March 2005 (Volume 16 Number 6) About the Quill

In This Issue

President's Message

Being the president has its advantages. Opal gets to announce two special award winners in our chapter.  Find out all that they have done to earn this recognition. Click to read the Quill Article

Upcoming Events

It's not always to know where things are "happening", but our program manager pulls it all together in one article so you can plan out your STC activities for the month. Click to read the Quill Article

Education Seminars...two days + four seminars = success!

Our education manager tried something new this year by having four seminars over two days. If you couldn't attend, you'll want to find out what you missed during this special event. Click to read the Quill Article

Adobe Acrobat 7.0: STC Web-telephone seminar recap

It's amazing how much information you can learn in a short period of time. Read this article and find out what new features were discussed at the Adobe Acrobat Webinar. Click to read the Quill Article

A View From the Other Side...of a writer's marathon

We all run a marathon each day as we rush to complete our tasks. Find out what our feature writer is doing to get things in shape in England. Click to read the Quill Article

February General Meeting Recap: Single-Sourcing and E-Learning

If you are interested in reusing information and simplifying the process to get from Point A to Point B, then this is the article for you. Find out why you do not want to miss our monthly general meetings. Click to read the Quill Article

Recap of the February Council Meeting

It was a small but mighty group who managed to attend February's council meeting. Here are the minutes from that meeting. Click to read the Quill Article

Fitness for the Sole Proprietor: Getting out of the office and into shape

Choosing what you want to do for fitness can be one of the most important decisions that you make. Find out what karate has to do with our CIC-SIG Coordinator. Click to read the Quill Article

Membership News

Many people have realized that membership has its privileges, and they are either new or transfers to our chapter. Read the biographies that two members provided. Click to read the Quill Article

Letter to the Editor

Someone took the time to sing the praises of one of our writers. Find out who is getting and giving the praise. They are both winners in our books. Click to read the Quill Article

Doug Woestendiek: Candidate for STC Treasurer

With the STC elections fast approaching, a candidate for treasurer tells us why he's a person we can count on. Click to read the Quill Article

STC Training

STC is pleased to announce that our first Training Program will be held October 20-21, 2005. Click to read the Quill Article

The Editor's Message

I don't know about you, but February has felt like the longest month of the year instead of the shortest. 

Cowd and Fu Season

If you are like many people, you have been exposed to a cold or flu, whether you personally have been sick or someone else who sits near you has been sick. I know in our family, we have been mastering the fine art of "barking". It's not a skill we wanted to master, but some skills just come naturally during flu season.

Personally, I feel like I have been in a flu-like state for weeks. While I have not experienced the fever and the barking, I have felt drained. It's hard to get a newsletter together when you fall asleep on the couch every night. If you receive this newsletter before the Wine and Cheese on Tuesday, then I was able to dig deep and pull it together; otherwise, I put myself to sleep reading my own article and my forehead now sports the imprint of the keyboard.

Feedback is Healthy

Many of us—me included—take it for granted when someone does a great job and we only take the time to comment when we are dissatisfied. Currently, where I work, we are encouraged to provide others with unsolicited feedback at least once a month. We even receive training on the best way to give both positive and "developmental" feedback.

Although it sounds sort of strange, I thought I'd give someone praise for work that I thought was great. The end result was that she got the recognition she deserved from both her supervisor and me, and I got to feel good about the whole experience. No one really loses when you take the time to comment on an experience that you may regularly take for granted.

Why not try giving someone feedback in March to see if it will generate a warm feeling that could result in an early thaw?

To print the entire Quill, click here!Send your articles, suggestions, and comments to me, Debbie, at quill@stc-soc.org.

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