Of Interest: Presentations at STC Summit 2021

STC’s Technical Communication Summit is the premier conference for technical communication education and networking. The Summit attracts many attendees and exhibitors over a three-day period (7-9 June 2021), and brings together like-minded individuals to grow in their knowledge of the technical communication field.

As in past years, members of the Technical Editing SIG will be presenting talks at the Summit. To help you easily find them, we’ve put together a list. Please attend and encourage our members! (To register for the Summit, click here.)

• So You Think You Know What Your Readers Want?
  Yoel Strimling, June 07 @ 09:00 EDT
• Kelsey & Ben’s Excellent Adventure: A Mentoring Story
  Ben Woelk and Kelsey Loftin, June 07 @ 11:00 EDT
• Low-Cost and Low-Effort Ways to Create Infographics and Visually Appealing Slides
  Kelly Schrank, June 08 @ 10:00 EDT
• Basically, It’s Technical Editing
  Linda Oestreich, June 08 @ 16:00 EDT
• Show Up, Speak Up, Shut Up: How to Be a Good Ally
  Viqui Dill, June 08 @ 16:00 EDT
• The Phases of Successful Freelance Technical Editing
  Avon Murphy, June 09 @ 10:00 EDT
• From Contributor to Manager: What Got Me Here Won’t Get Me There
  Roberta (Bobbi) Werner, June 09 @ 10:00
• Using Warehouse Files to Improve the Overall Findability of Your DITA Content
  Liz Fraley, June 09 @ 15:30

In addition, the following talk might also be of interest to technical editing practitioners:

• From Editing API Strings to Reshaping the API Docs Content Lifecycle
  Arthur Berger, June 07 @ 09:00

If you attend any of these sessions (or any of the other excellent Summit sessions not listed here), please consider writing a summary of it for Corrigo!