February 2009

Behold a Cornucopia of Conferences

Mar 2nd, 2009 | By editor | Category: Career Strategies, February 2009, News, Resources

Attend the PeachPit Web Conference
Meet the people who feed the chapter’s book habit at Peachpit’s annual confab. (…)



Are There Really 50 Ways to Eat an Oreo?

Feb 27th, 2009 | By editor | Category: February 2009, News, SWO Members

The Answer Depends on Whom You Ask

On February 14 and 15, some of us learned a lot about technical communication from a fictional space alien, a carton of Oreos, and five hundred kids. The Tech-Fest Refresher Course in Technical Communication was a rechcomm worshop that showcased at least five cardinal rules to follow when writing procedures. (…)



More Good News for SWO Bibliophiles

Feb 26th, 2009 | By editor | Category: Career Strategies, February 2009, News

Perks and Gifts for Book Buyers
When you buy a book online, you have to wait for a shipping company to deliver it to your doorstep. (…)



March Meeting Announcement

Feb 26th, 2009 | By editor | Category: February 2009, News, SWO Meetings, Writing

Writing for Business and Success
The Southwestern Ohio chapter of the Society for Technical Communication — in conjunction with the Mad Anthony Writers’ Conference and Book Festival — presents
A Technical Communication Workshop Series
This is for all you non-members out there. (…)



Tech Fest is a Smash Hit!

Feb 26th, 2009 | By Jean Fudge | Category: Employment, February 2009, News

Cookies, Kids, and Technical Communication
by Jean Fudge
Tech Fest is a program dedicated to introducing kids to science, technology, engineering, medicine and math (STEM). (…)



Member Profile

Feb 25th, 2009 | By editor | Category: February 2009, News, SWO Members

Finding the Perfect Fit
by Karen Rokich

An accidental technical writer, Lisa Colon didn’t know what to expect when she entered Cedarville University’s Professional Writing (since renamed as Technical and Professional Communication) program in the winter of 2000. (…)



Scholarships for Career Training

Feb 24th, 2009 | By editor | Category: Career Strategies, February 2009, News

Learning Instructional Design?

Photo by rj43214
Are you currently pursuing an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or certificate in the area of Instructional Design? (…)



Calling All Verbivores

Feb 22nd, 2009 | By Harold Fox | Category: Columns, February 2009, News

Anagrams and Other Puzzles
by Harold Fox
Last time I left you with the following teaser from one of the websites from Richard Lederer’s list of language sites:
The letters of the phrase CORRECT ANSWERS can be rearranged to make two words, each of which names a vegetable you might find in the produce section of a supermarket. (…)