March Education Evening: Pretty Much Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Copyrights and Trademarks

What is the proper way to claim and acknowledge copyrights and trademarks? That is a question that many marketing and technical communicators have, especially in smaller organizations that have yet to develop guidelines. Even in larger organizations, the guidelines may not reflect current law or best practices. This presentation will help demystify copyrights and trademarks, and explain how to use them properly in your communications. | More

April Education Days: Structured Writing and DITA

Join us in April for our Education Days featuring two dynamic speakers over two days. Neil Perlin speaks on both topic-based and structured authoring. Bernard Aschwanden provides a hands-on demonstration of Darwin Information Type Architecture (DITA). Bring your laptop to both sessions to apply what you learn to real-world examples. | More

The Quill

The new edition of the Quill is online. Check out back issues too.

Our New Blog

Fei Min Lorente, President, announces the creation of the Southwestern Ontario Chapter blog. She will be posting the latest breaking news about the chapter and the STC. Read more about the serious financial issues facing the Society and about how our chapter, and the other Canadian chapters, are meeting the challenge.

Message from STC Presidents Fei Min and Debbie

Past-President Debbie Kerr welcomes Incoming President Fei Min Lorente. Debbie and Fei Min outline the benefits of being an STC member.

Volunteering

Hey brother, can you spare an hour? We need YOUR help to run your chapter! [more]