Society for Technical Communication

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The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is a professional society for the advancement of the theory and practice of technical communication.

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[edit] Overview

Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, USA,[1] STC is the largest organization of its type in the world according to its website.[2] It includes 130 chapters, 21 special interest groups (SIGs), and about 14,000 members worldwide. STC members work in a wide range of roles, including:

Most STC members belong to one or more communities, which are either geographic chapters or special interest groups (SIGs). Most chapters are in the United States. The largest group outside the U.S. is the chapter in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

STC publishes a quarterly journal, Technical Communication, and a monthly magazine, Intercom.

[edit] History

The organization traces its roots to the Society of Technical Writers (STW) in Boston and the Association of Technical Writers and Editors (ATWE) in New York. Both were founded in the United States in 1953. These organizations merged in 1957 to form the Society of Technical Writers and Editors (STWE). In 1960, this group merged with the Technical Publishing Society (TPS), based in Los Angeles, to become the Society of Technical Writers and Publishers. In 1971, the organization's name was changed to the Society for Technical Communication.

The organization's main journal developed from the TWE Journal to the STWE Review to the STWP Review to Technical Communications to Technical Communication. Editors of this journal have included Douglas E. Knight, Allan H. Lytel, A. Stanley Higgins, Frank R. Smith, George Hayhoe, and Menno de Jong.

Other important leaders in the history of STC include Robert T. Hamlett (first president of ATWE), A. E. Tyler (first president of TPS), Samuel A. Miles (president of the Society of Technical Writers and Editors, which became ATWE's New York chapter in 1955), Vernon R. Root, Robert O. Shockney, and Stello Jordan.

[edit] Annual Conference

In May or June of each year, STC holds the largest conference for technical communicators in the world. Conferences have been or will be held in the following locations:

[edit] STC Honors

STC recognizes outstanding individuals by conferring the titles of Fellow, Associate Fellow, and Honorary Fellow. STC announced that their Honorary Fellow for 2009 is "Jimmy Wales, founder and creator of Wikipedia."[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "STC News and Notes—May 2009". http://www.stc.org/pFiles/pdf/newsNotes_May2009.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-05-06. 
  2. ^ "Society for Technical Communication's official site". http://www.stc.org/about/. Retrieved on 2009-05-06. 
  3. ^ "Sept 2008 News and Notes". 3. http://www.stc.org/pFiles/pdf/newsNotes_Sep2008.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-05-06. 

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