by Catherine Girczyc | Oct 5, 2015 | Tools
MadCap Flare is an extremely powerful single sourcing and content management platform capable of publishing to a variety of formats. Today, I’ll cover tips on online help HTML5 outputs. This is aimed at the intermediate Flare user who wants to work with their online...
by Mala Rupnarain | Sep 30, 2015 | 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...
by Andrew Macquistan | Sep 28, 2015 | Tech Comm Café
The monthly Tech Comm Café met on September 9 at the Allegro Café, on the mezzanine level of the Whole Foods Market at 8th and Cambie in Vancouver. The turnout was smaller than usual, which made for more lively and in-depth discussions than in a larger group....
by Mala Rupnarain | Sep 24, 2015 | Announcements, Recent Events
Event Description Technical writing may same seem like an introverted profession, but there can be a high degree of person-to-person engagement. The sharper your ability to verbally communicate, the more likely you are to succeed in your profession. Your résumé and...
by Michelle Vinci | Sep 11, 2015 | Career
During the past few months in my current position, I have begun to think differently about what it means to be a technical communicator. Initially, I worked solely with development teams and subject matter experts using an Agile methodology, documenting product...
by Andrew Macquistan | Sep 1, 2015 | Spotlights
In September’s Spotlight, we feature Bridget Greenwood, a recent technical writing graduate and volunteer webmaster for the STC Canada West Coast Chapter. In this interview, Bridget discusses her love of the written word, and her background in newspaper...
by Krista-June Soderlind | Aug 31, 2015 | Tech Comm Café
The monthly Tech Comm Café met on August 12 at BG Urban Café in Metrotown, Burnaby. Surprisingly on such a hot, humid night, we had an excellent turnout. One member brought her “traveling air conditioner” (a spray bottle attached to a battery-operated fan), which was...
by Mala Rupnarain | Aug 23, 2015 | Announcements, Recent Events
Joe Welinske of Writer’s UA has kindly offered us a free webinar on Tuesday, September 8th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on concise writing tips. He’ll leave the last 20 minutes or so of the presentation for questions and answers. Please rsvp to...
by Mala Rupnarain | Aug 15, 2015 | 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 Mala Rupnarain | Aug 3, 2015 | President's Message
Every year, the chapter focuses on a theme to help shape the event offerings for the season. When we meet each other at tech comm cafés or collaboration meetings, we are sometimes asked what we’re about and what we have to offer those in the technical writing...
