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Vancouver Island Tech Comm Café: April 13, 2016 recap
At the third Vancouver Island Tech Comm Café, six attendees enjoyed Thai food at the Tropical Island restaurant. Highly recommended: their Singapore noodles with shrimp or a curry! After introductions, Serena Beck, who organized the get-together, announced the new...
April 23 – AGM and All Hands Chapter Collaboration Meeting
About the AGM STC Canada West Coast chapter officers hold office from June 1 to May 31 each year. At the April 23, 2016, annual general meeting, we’ll be holding elections to fill these positions for the coming year. The current Vice-President, Stephen Gauer, will...
March 19 – How the foundation for technical communication can lead to business analysis
Event Description ***Seating limited to 20; please register soon*** It can happen to the best of us. From our earnest beginnings as technical writers, over time we progress to power users in our organizations. Various departments recognize us as the "go-to" person -...
Vancouver Island Tech Comm Café: Feb. 18 recap
At the second Vancouver Island Tech Comm Café, attendees enjoyed an evening of sizzling Indian food and great conversation. We discussed which tools we use for writing. More than half of us at the meeting use Madcap Flare; the rest use FrameMaker or Microsoft Word....
February 27 – All Hands Chapter Collaboration Meeting
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...
January 30 – All Hands Chapter Collaboration Meeting
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...
November 21 – Learn to write API documentation
Event Description ***Limited seats remaining; please register soon*** The hottest jobs in the lower mainland are asking us more and more for the following skill: API writing. The talent pool may be self-taught; post secondary institution offerings on this skill are...
November 7 – All Hands Chapter Collaboration Meeting
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...
October 24 – How to Create and Deliver Effective Presentations
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...
September 8 – FREE live webinar, courtesy of Joe Welinske
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 president@stcwestcoast.ca if...
September 19 – All Hands Chapter Collaboration Meeting
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...
August 15 – All Hands Chapter Collaboration Meeting
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...
July 25 – All Hands Chapter Collaboration Meeting
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...
April 25 – Annual General Meeting
Event Description: AGM Ensure your membership is up-to-date and join us from 9:30–10:00 for our Annual General Meeting. During this meeting our Treasurer will provide a financial report and we will hold the election for the Vice-president, Treasurer and Secretary...
March 28 – How to Design Instructional Video for Technical Writers
Event Description Thanks to the introduction of technologies such as social media and mobile devices, the last several years have seen a revolution in both the way people learn and the way they want to learn. Across the board, all forms of technology based learning,...
April 11 – Chapter Council Meeting
About This Meeting Chapter council meetings are typically held on the second Saturday of the month (subject to change based on everyone’s availability and holidays!). We will be discussing the current projects and events for the spring. If you are interested in...
March 14 – Chapter Council Meeting
About This Meeting Chapter council meetings are typically held on the second Saturday of the month (subject to change based on everyone’s availability and holidays!). We will be discussing the current projects and events for this spring. If you are interested in...
February 21 – Chapter Council Meeting
About This Meeting Chapter council meetings are typically held on the second Saturday of the month (subject to change based on everyone’s availability and holidays!). We will be discussing the current projects and events for this spring. If you are interested in...
January 10 – Chapter Council Meeting
About This Meeting Chapter council meetings are typically held on the second Saturday of the month (subject to change based on everyone’s availability!). Who Should Attend? All chapter members and volunteers, including non-member volunteers, are welcome to attend....
January 31 – Making Tracks
Event Description As technical communicators, we are always looking for ways to make an impact with our work. Come join the STC Canada West Coast chapter for a day of learning how you can make a difference. The event will have two tracks: one for students and new...
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