News

May Meeting Announcement

May 15th, 2009 | By editor | Category: April/May 2009, News, SWO Meetings

My Favorite STC Conference Session

by the SWO STC Program Committee

Those of us who attend the annual STC conference fairly regularly come back with renewed energy and enthusiasm, ready to move forward, take the plunge, or otherwise deal with our work in new, more efficient ways. (…)



Strategy and Tactics

May 15th, 2009 | By editor | Category: April/May 2009, Career Strategies, Employment, News

Selected Readings for Job Hunters

Here’s an assortment of articles that might be useful to any of us who are job-hunting. Read and enjoy! (…)



Kristen Recupero

May 1st, 2009 | By editor | Category: April/May 2009, Career Strategies, Employment, News

Looking for an Internship…Pretty Hopeful Still

Kristen wasn’t looking for easy when she signed up for a double major in Technical and Professional Communication and English Literature at Cedarville University. (…)



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? (…)