SWO Member Judges ITCC Entries
SWO Senior Member and STC Associate Fellow Sylvia Miller judged in the annual International Technical Publications Competitions of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). STC is an organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication. It is the largest organization of its type in the world.
The international competition is the result of local competitions. Local STC chapters—both US and nternational—hold competitions by exchanging entries with another STC chapter. The entries Sylvia judged included the following:
- A literature suite promoting piping equipment used in oil drilling
- A literature suite promoting a plug-in hybrid vehicle
- An export manual from the US Dept. of Agriculture
- Two books: one about capturing and analyzing computer security
metrics and one about writing effective content for Web sites - A “coffee table book” commemorating five decades of accomplishments
of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Sylvia and two other judges spent two to three hours per entry, reviewing its content and organization, copy editing, visual design, and overall effectiveness. They reviewed the same set of entries and completed evaluation forms independently. Then, they conferred via a teleconference to determine the award, if any, for each entry. Although their team did not award a Best of Show this year, they did give a Distinguished Communication award and a couple of other awards.