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STC-PSC Newsletter
Vol. 6, Issue 1
 (HTML) | - President's Column
- Competition Summary
- Volunteer!
- An Editor's Confession
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December 2005 Newsletter STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 5, Issue 2
"DYI: Do It Yourself"
 (HTML) | - President's Column
- Editor's Letter
- Graduate Degree Programs in Technical Communication
- Single-Sourcing with FrameMaker and SiberSafe
- Wikipedia and the "Informalation" Revolution
- Information Architecture of Content Management
- I Gave at the Office!
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October 2005 Newsletter STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 5, Issue 2
"DYI: Do It Yourself"
 (HTML) | - President's Column
- Editor's Letter
- Job Search Tips
- What's in a Title?
- Add Programming to Your Skill Set
- Publish a Book Review in Technical Communications
- All by Myself - A Tale of Independent Contracting
- Call Me Joe: STC-PSC's 2005 Souther & White Scholarship Recipient
- Rockley Seminar Handout
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July-August 2005 Newsletter STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 5, Issue 1
"DYI: Do It Yourself"
 (HTML) | - President's Column
- Editor's Letter
- Feature Article: STC Conference Attendees Ruminate
- June Chapter meeting: Certification, yea/nay?
- June Chapter Meeting Handout
- July Chapter meeting announcement: Introduction to Windows "Longhorn" Help
- Increase Your Sphere of Influence
- Babel Not: Machine Translation for the Technical Communicator
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May-June 2005 Newsletter STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 6
(HTML) | - President's column: A time for change
- Editor's column: Thanks to the volunteers
- Feature article: Warning! Microsoft Word stores hidden information about you
- March Chapter meeting report: The 10 most common mistakes writers make when looking for work
- April Chapter meeting: UW Department of Technical Communication research showcase
- June Chapter meeting: Can certification open doors for you?
- Getting to know you: An interview with Craig Herman
- New Puget Sound Chapter members
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 5 March-April 2005
 (HTML) | - President's column: It's not the critic who counts
- Editor's column: Don't miss this opportunity
- Feature article: Technical writing in the financial industry, part 2
- February Chapter meeting report: Software user assistance
- Seniors online: Problems and remedies
- Help us "Blow the Whistle on Asthma!"
- Tools deliver personalized Web pages and aid fundraising
- And much more
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 4 January-February 2005
 (HTML) | - President's column: Chapter membership value
- Editor's column: Outlook 2005 and beyond
- Feature article: Technical writing in the financial industry
- Annual Competition awards banquet report
- An introduction to marcom writing
- Beyond the box: Pearls of wisdom from a marcom professional
- And much more
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 3 November-December 2004
 (HTML) | - President's column: Still writing after all these years?
- December Chapter holiday party and 45th anniversary
- Feature article: Introduction to ASP.NET
- Jobs, or lack thereof
- Ten tips for talking to artists
- Project management in times of chaos
- And much more
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 2 August-September 2004
 (HTML) | - President's column: Views about the future
- Exciting new membership choices
- July STC Chapter meeting: Networking for technical communicators
- Sarbanes-Oxley 404: New tasks and jobs for tech writers
- The 2004-2005 Puget Sound STC competition is in full swing
- KCTS fundraiser a huge success
- Nanotechnology: An overview
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 1 June-July 2004
 (HTML) | - President's column: A perspective on transformation
- Sounds Off! wins excellence, most improved awards
- Then and now: part 2
- Why technical writers should learn XML now
- Summer reading list
- And much more
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 6 April–May 2004
 (HMTL) | - Editor's column: Thanks for the memories
- President's column: Restoring the connection with documentation
- 2004 Scholarship award winners
- Then and now: A short history of the Puget Sound Chapter, part 1
- Puget Sound Chapter wins highest PR award
- Feature article: Certification for technical communicators
- STC wins award
- And much more
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 5 February–March 2004
 (HMTL) | - Editor's column: What is your worth as a technical communicator?
- President's column: A call for change
- Elections 2004
- Feature article: Getting the most out of a regional conference
- Why are we still in a jobless recovery?
- Market changes afoot: What does this mean for technical communicators?
- A helping hand: Operation Butterfly and St. Jude's Ranch for Children
- And much more
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 4 December 2003/ January 2004
 (HTML) | - Editor's column: Why should I join STC?
- President's column: A semi-annual review
- Feature article: The connection between publishing, databases, and XML
- The job market: What's hot and what's not
- Identifying the gap between technical writing and instructional design
- Press release 101: An introduction to writing press releases
- XML fundamentals for technical writers
- Puget Sound Chapter to offer two scholarships in 2004
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 3 October–November 2003
 (HMTL) | - President's column: A time to reevaluate
- Feature article: A writing process for producing quality documents
- Creative methods for finding good jobs
- Information modeling and structured writing workshop
- New Chicago invites new users
- Becoming a programmer writer
- Review: Technical writing faults
- Smashing spyware
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 2 August–September 2003
 (HMTL) | - Cube your success: STC competition news
- Where we stand in the current job market
- Getting through the blog!
- Not so lazy days of summer
- Region 7 conference director-sponsor message
- 2003 Documentation and Training Conference
- Fall reading list
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 1 July 2003
 (PDF: 396 k) | - Using an introduction to connect with employers
- June meeting report
- Structured writing for single sourcing
- Region 7 conference news
- May STC board meeting in Dallas
- Single sourcing with FrameMaker
- New senior STC members
- Puget Sound Chapter summer contest
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 11 May–June 2003
 (PDF: 851 k) | - New president's column: Leap of faith
- Sound Off! wins newsletter competition award
- STC Puget Sound Chapter awards
- Scholarship announcements 2003
- Writing content for information-rich websites
- Dallas delights
- Chapter officers' bios
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 10 April 2003
 (PDF: 252k) | - Feature article: Bad design—The silent killer of products and features, part 2
- Annual STC networking cruise in May
- Immediate volunteer openings
- XML publishing at Microsoft Press: A success story
- STC@50—50th Annual Conference, May 18-21, 2003
- And more!
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 9 March 2003
 (PDF: 363k) | - Feature article: Bad design—The silent killer of products and features, part 1
- Content Management Strategies 2003 conference
- Riding the achievement roller coaster
- Creating and managing interactive content
- Support candidates for second vice president
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 8 February 2003
 (PDF: 391k) | - Feature article: Making the most of unemployment
- Annual STC competition banquet news
- The importance of STC membership
- Idea watch challenge
- Special needs SIG
- And more!
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 7 December 2002/ January 2003
 (PDF: 439k) | - Feature article: Preparing a print portfolio, part 2
- Annual STC competition banquet
- Last month's meeting: Joint meeting with UW Technical Communication alumni and UW student chapter of the STC
- Zoomerang June and October surveys compared
- Third Annual Worst Manual Contest
- Souther and White Scholarship Program
- New BCC certificate programs
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 6 November 2002
 (PDF: 289k) | - Feature article: Preparing a print portfolio, part 1
- November PSC meeting: Joint meeting with UW Technical Communication alumni and UW student chapter of the STC
- Last month's meeting: Windows XP Tablet PC: The next generation of computers
- Tips from a recruiter
- Scholarships for technical communication
- And more!
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 5 October 2002
 (PDF: 257k) | - Feature article: Test your copyediting skills
- November PSC meeting: Joint meeting with UW Technical Communication alumni and UW student chapter of the STC
- Last month's meeting: Developing leadership skills
- Technical communicator's toolkit
- STC competition news
- Region 7 conference checklist
- And more!
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 4 September 2002
 (PDF: 288k) | - Feature article: Techcom managers address tough times
- September PSC meeting: Developing leadership skills
- Last month's meeting: Knowledge management—Getting paid to be curious
- STC committees—Everything you wanted to know
- STC competition news
- Top 10 reasons to attend the Region 7 conference
- And more!
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 3 August 2002
 (PDF: 292k) | - Feature article: Editing team projects—The importance of style guides (full version)
- August PSC meeting: Knowledge management—Getting paid to be curious
- Last
month's meeting: Expanding your horizons—A panel discussion about forms
of technical writing you may not have considered (full version)
- Starting a chapter-level Special Interest Group (full version)
- Annual STC competition is coming!
- How to establish a relationship with employment agencies
- And more!
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 2 July 2002
 (PDF: 264k) | - Feature article: Usability (full version)
- July PSC meeting: Expanding your horizons
- Last month's speaker: Lance Gelein, The road ahead
- Idea watch
- Profile on Chapter officers and committee leaders
- Volunteer opportunities
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STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 1 June 2002
 (PDF: 264k) | - Lance Gelein presents tips and tricks for staying ahead in the job market at our June 18 chapter meeting
- Li Cao, our scholarship winner, talks about his experiences living in the United States
- Vivian Todhunter, incoming president, talks about her goals for the year
- And more... check it out!
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| STC-PSC Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 1 June 2002 
(PDF: 264k) | Lance Gelein presents tips and tricks for staying ahead in the job market at our June 18 chapter meeting Li Cao, our scholarship winner, talks about his experiences living in the United States Vivian Todhunter, incoming president, talks about her goals for the year And more... check it out!
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