by Tanya Vasto | Nov 19, 2019 | Career, Techniques, Tools
An independent contractor is a person, business, or corporation that provides a product or service that is agreed upon by a written contract, or sometimes a verbal agreement. Unlike employees, independent contractors do not have a regular employer. Some contractors...
by Joel Basart | Nov 16, 2019 | Career, Recent Events, Techniques
On November 6, 2019, Kit Brown-Hoekstra presented a webinar on productivity for technical writers. She provided dozens of useful tips from her own experiences as a busy and productive person. Kit is an author, trainer, consultant, STC Fellow, a Past President of the...
by Solange Labbe | Jul 1, 2019 | Career, Recent Events, Techniques, Tools
The STC held its annual international Summit conference in Denver, Colorado on May 4-8. This year, the Summit marked its highest attendance in almost a decade, with more than 700 participants. Joel Basart, an STC member for over 20 years, and currently STC Canada West...
by Joel Basart | Mar 26, 2019 | Recent Events, Techniques, Tools
On March 6, 2019, graphic designer Olga Krelin presented an excellent hour-long webinar titled “Infographics and beyond: visualizing data, processes, and abstract ideas while avoiding confusion.” Olga has many years of experience, including an Industrial Design...
by Rick Georg | Feb 9, 2019 | Recent Events, Techniques, Tools
The STC Canada West Coast chapter held its first event of 2019, a sold-out workshop on creating instructional videos, at a meeting room at the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library on January 19. Joel Basart, facilitator of the workshop, tapped into his years...
by Jenny Riecken | Oct 4, 2018 | Recent Events, Techniques
On September 20, 2018 Nenad Furtula presented an overview of the principles and value of structured content. Nenad, a partner and VP Sales and Marketing at Bluestream Database Software, has been working with Extensible Markup Language (XML) for over 15 years....
