Portfolio Opportunities

Here's an opportunity to expand your portfolio and share your experiences with other technical writers - write an article for The Quill! The following are just a few ideas for submissions.

Corporate Spotlights

Every company addresses their communication roles and responsibilities in a different way. Why not tell people about where you work, what you do, and how you do it?

Success Stories

Ever accomplished something at work that you wanted to share with everyone, only to realize that only another writer, editor, graphic artist, could possibly understand what it means? Well, now you can share that success with a captive audience. People learn from other people's mistakes; why not let them learn from your successes as well?

Tricks of the Trade

What you consider easy to do may not be easy for someone else to do. If you don't have time for an entire article, think about sharing a tip or trick that you may have just discovered. Don't assume that everyone knows the same tricks. Being a member of the STC means sharing information with others, and learning from their experience(s).

Articles About Different Industries

If you have ever read The Quill and thought, "None of this information applies to me. I work in an entirely different industry." then here's how you can make a difference. While many of the communicators in the Southwestern Ontario chapter produce documentation for software products, there are many other types of industries that employ technical communicators. Write an article about the industry where you work - manufacturing, ISO, financial services, insurance, research and development, and so on. Tell us about your industry and how you contribute as a technical communicator.

Acronyms

Information is not always spread by "word" of mouth; in today's times, it's usually an acronym for many words. Why not submit some industry-specific acronyms? Write out some clues and see if people who are not in that industry can figure them out. After all, in this profession, we love a challenge!

Word Searches, Word Origins, Your Funniest Typo or Wrong Word

Feed our fascination with words. Create a word search or research a word origin. Share a sentence with a wrong word or typo that gives it a whole new meaning. Words are our life, so it's not surprising that anything word related can be fun.

The options are endless. The topics we can include in this newsletter are limited only by your imagination. Do you have something that you would like to see covered in the newsletter? New ideas are always welcome.

Where to Submit These Items

Please submit your articles and ideas to quill@stc-org.ca.