by Amy Takeda | Nov 14, 2016 | Announcements, Recent Events
The STC Canada West Coast chapter welcomes Keith Barker on Saturday, November 19, 2016 to explore the world of personality types, specifically the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The MBTI was created by Katherine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers in...
by Stephen Gauer | Nov 13, 2016 | Announcements, Recent Events
About This Collaboration Meeting This is an all-hands meeting to discuss upcoming events, welcome all volunteers, and review the work that needs to be done to keep our chapter moving forward in serving our community of writers. If you want to out what’s happening,...
by Heather Sommerville | Oct 30, 2016 | Announcements, Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
The Tech Comm Café met on October 12 and focused on questions from people who are switching to a technical writing career. First of all, how do you decide whether to change to a technical writing career when you’re already working full-time in another field? How do...
by Stephen Gauer | Oct 24, 2016 | Chapter
Our third guest speaker this fall is Keith Barker, who will lead us on an exploration of the fascinating world of the Myers-Briggs type indicator, a well-known tool for gaining insights about ourselves and how we interact with others. Keith will review the underlying...
by Stephen Gauer | Oct 11, 2016 | Announcements, Recent Events
About This Collaboration Meeting This is an all-hands meeting to discuss upcoming events and seminars, welcome all volunteers, and review the work that needs to be done to keep our chapter moving forward in serving our community of writers. If you are interested in...
by Serena Beck | Oct 10, 2016 | Announcements, Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
On Monday, October 3, 2016, eight technical writers braved the rain to eat tacos, debate style guides, review award-winning technical writing, and contemplate other interesting topics. The STC Canada West Coast chapter President, Stephen Gauer, brought award-winning...
by Amy Takeda | Oct 7, 2016 | Recent Events
On Saturday, October 15, 2016, STCCWC will welcome Cindy Oxenbury to present on privacy issues and protection. This presentation will surely change your mind when it comes to understanding privacy, while providing information on how to make intelligent decisions when...
by Stephen Gauer | Oct 7, 2016 | Tools
Flare gives you several basic tools for grouping links to related topics. The most time-consuming method is manual — you create a Related Topics list of hyperlinks at the bottom of each topic page. To do this, type the heading, “Related topics”, then type each topic...
by Stephen Gauer | Oct 1, 2016 | Announcements, Recent Events
In the digital age how private are your parts? This is the provocative question addressed by privacy expert Cindy Oxenbury at our October 15th speaker’s event. Privacy issues are in the news every day, from police using privacy legislation to avoid releasing...
by Amy Takeda | Sep 27, 2016 | Recent Events
STC Canada Westcoast’s 2016-2017 Kick-off Presentation was hosted by Karen Rempel on September 10, 2016. This informative presentation featured winners from the video entry category of this year’s STC International Summit Awards. Karen explained the structure...
