Survey: How Do You Become a Technical Editor?

In May/June 2023, the STC is going to publish a special issue of Intercom on Technical Editing (Kelly Schrank, guest editor)!

One of the subjects that they want to cover is “how do you become a technical editor?” To answer this fascinating question, Linda Oestreich has put together a short survey and has asked Corrigo to publicize it so she can get a broad range of answers from technical editing practitioners at various stages of their career. 

Please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SMSNZQT, and help answer this thought-provoking question!

Coming Soon: The STC TESIG Editors’ Exchange 2022 Mini-Conference!

The goal of the STC Technical Editing SIG (TESIG) is to provide its members with high quality information about editing processes and best practices, as well as resources that demonstrate the value of editing and editors in an organization.

To meet this goal, we are launching the first of what we hope will be an annual event – an online mini-conference dedicated to the field of technical editing and to technical editing practitioners.

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Announcing the STC Technical Editing SIG Editors’ Exchange 2022 Mini-Conference!

The STC Technical Editing SIG is proud to announce its first official mini-conference – EdEx2022!

The goal of the STC Technical Editing SIG (TESIG) is to provide its members with high quality information about editing processes and best practices, as well as resources that demonstrate the value of editing and editors in an organization.

To meet this goal, we are launching the first of what we hope will be an annual event – a mini-conference dedicated to the field of technical editing and to technical editing practitioners.

EdEx2022 will be held on 15 November 2022 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PM ET (for your local time, go to https://bit.ly/3ARVwEn).

We especially encourage students and new technical editing practitioners to join us!

To see details about the presentations and to purchase tickets for EdEx2022, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stc-technical-editing-sig-editors-exchange-2022-mini-conference-tickets-372579063007.

The price of the tickets is for the entire mini-conference, and attendees can join at any time. All sessions will be recorded, and the recording and slides will be made available to attendees after the mini-conference.

Introducing the New STC Technical Editing SIG Website!

The STC TESIG is proud to announce its new, easy-to-use website:
website.stc-techedit.org!

On the TESIG website, you can find information about:

  • The TESIG’s goals, especially in terms of student outreach
  • The nice volunteers who run the TESIG
  • Events you might be interested in
  • Discussion forums where you can discuss issues with other technical editing practitioners
  • Editing resources that might make your job easier
  • Our cool #TechEditNoJoke competition
  • How to contact the TESIG

Come on over and tell us what you think! 🙂

Of Interest: Editing for Leaner Modern Content Webinar

As a TechComm editor, you often work with old legacy content that is overly formal, poorly structured, and contains unnecessary information.

Your challenge is to reduce complexity and remove unnecessary content to improve the user experience. But how do you get started?

On 8 September 2022 at 10 AM ET (for
your local time zone, go to https://bit.ly/3KHn0A1), join renowned speaker Leah Guren to learn:

  • Why fluff is so bad
  • Why lean content is a future-proof TechComm skill
  • How to identify common forms of fluff
  • How to edit aggressively
  • How to think creatively to solve structure problems
  • …and more!

To order tickets for this webinar, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/editing-for-leaner-modern-content-tickets-387978854197