by Michelle Vinci | Sep 28, 2014 | Techniques
“Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun.” – Raph Koster, Theory of Fun, 2005 It can be challenging to engage learners. Building gamification into instructional design can help keep...
by Autumn Jonssen | Sep 18, 2014 | Recent Events
About This Meeting Chapter council meetings are typically held on the second Saturday of the month (subject to change based on everyone’s availability!). The agenda includes committee and executive business, as well as volunteer and leadership training. Who Should...
by Heather Sommerville | Sep 18, 2014 | Announcements, Volunteer Opportunities
The STC Canada West Coast chapter will participate this year at Word Vancouver (formerly Word on the Street), an annual festival celebrating reading, literacy, print, language, and writing of all kinds. The STC booth will show the sometimes invisible face of technical...
by Heather Sommerville | Sep 18, 2014 | Announcements, Recent Events
The STC Canada West Coast chapter will participate again this year at Word Vancouver (formerly Word on the Street), an annual festival celebrating reading, literacy, print, language, and writing of all kinds. The STC booth will show the sometimes invisible face of...
by Heather Sommerville | Sep 17, 2014 | Announcements, Tech Comm Café
STC Canada West Coast hosts another meeting of its popular Tech Comm Café on October 8, 2014. The TCC provides networking opportunities, job leads, answers to work-related dilemmas, and the camaraderie that gives a burst of professional energy to keep you motivated....
by Heather Sommerville | Sep 17, 2014 | Tech Comm Café
The STC Canada West Coast chapter’s Tech Comm Café group met on September 10, 2014. We were pleased to see that attendance had again increased over the previous month’s. Whatever we’re doing, it’s working! This time, the group included recent graduates of technical...
by Autumn Jonssen | Sep 15, 2014 | Recent Events
About the Event The Community Plain Language Services is partnering with the Editors’ Association of Canada, BC branch and our chapter to celebrate International Plain Language Day. Other organizations are invited to join us to share views on where we are and where we...
by Autumn Jonssen | Sep 9, 2014 | President's Message
The dedicated volunteer team has been working hard this summer to bring you lots of new website articles and plan for the fall events. Check out all the new articles on the blog. Keep checking back for everything they publish this fall too! We are very excited to have...
by Jonathan Bond | Sep 1, 2014 | Spotlights
In September’s spotlight, we feature Catherine Girczyc, a senior technical writer who also pursues creative work, writing for television and prose markets. She is currently working as a senior technical writer for Western Union Business Solutions, producing...
by Heather Sommerville | Aug 27, 2014 | Announcements, Recent Events
Event Description The biggest mistake technical writers make when writing training is focusing on the content. Is your training effective? Does it ever seem flat and boring? This hands-on workshop will teach you the nuts and bolts of authoring training. Learn to use a...
