STC Summit 2016

Listen to the stories of four well-established professionals who have experienced changing positions, titles, and responsibilities during their technical communication careers. In some cases, they've had to accept, choose, or take risks on different paths than what they originally intended or expected. Come to this session to be inspired and hear how they've faced their situations and overcome obstacles to come out ahead. They will then open it up to the audience for questions.

Are you interested in contributing your practitioner expertise to the body of knowledge used for certification? Come to this session to learn how the TC BOK is supporting CPTC Foundation certification as a supplemental resource and CPTC Practitioner certification as a primary resource. BOK editors are soliciting content for specific content areas and will cover the license that governs the content of the site. SIG volunteers and others interested in contributing content to the BOK are highly encouraged to attend.

Join our expert panel for a lively and fun Q&A session. The panel has over 125 years of combined experience, and their expertise areas include (but are not limited to): management, Agile, interviewing SMEs, soft skills, embedded help, minimalism, responsive design, Git/GitHub, wikis, Tech Comm Suite, Video, Mobile Content Delivery, Mobile Apps, Audio Recording, eLearning Development, content strategy, DITA, machine translation, and more. Come prepared with your questions!

Mixing fact and fun, two experts debate topics which may include "video tutorials are better than illustrated HTML or PDF/print content," or "the Table of Contents is better than the Index," or "junk food and caffeine is better for tech comm success than green tea and yoga." An unbiased, highly professional, and stone-cold serious moderator keeps them in line, guides the debate, and awards meaningless points. Love debates? Love comedic timing? Love tech comm? Don't choose just one, get all three! Debaters include winners (and losers) from last year's session as well as a few new faces. You can look forward to hearing from Jack Molisani, Leah Guren, Christopher Ward, Viqui Dill, and Greta Boller. Bonus points awarded to those who figure out the alphabetization scheme of the debater names.