STC-Phila. Metro Chapter

Society for Technical Communication

The STC-PMC Election of 2018: Results

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The results are in, and we’d like to give a thank you to everyone who nominated themselves and others, our nominees, and all who voted.

The results our in, and we’d love for you to meet your new STC-PMC Admin Council!

We will be led by our President, Danielle M. Villegas!

Our Vice-President will be Karen Levine!

In the role of Secretary will be Jen Meservey!

And finally, our Treasurer will be Madison Hughes!

We wish our newly elected council members the best of luck, and we’d like to thank our outgoing members for their service.

CONDUIT 2018: Wrap-Up

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With CONDUIT 2018 behind us, STC-PMC would like to thank you all for your support. The fastest-growing Tech Comm conference on the East Coast was a great success this year thanks to a great many people. If you weren’t able to join us, don’t worry! We’ll be making some of the presentations public so you can learn more about the Tech Comm industry from its leaders, so be sure to keep an eye on this blog for updates!

In the meantime, here’s a list of highlights from CONDUIT 2018!

1. The Swag – Thanks to our generous sponsors, we were able to create swag bags for our attendees. With lanyards, bags, pens and notepads, we made sure to provide everything needed to enjoy the conference.

2. The Raffle – We were able to give away a whole host of great door prizes this year, including copies of Camtasia Studio, oXygen XML Editor Enterprise, a text book for STC’s Certified Professional Technical Communicator certification, a variety of books, and a ticket to LavaCon!

3. The Keynote – Finally, David Dylan Thomas presented CONDUIT’s keynote, 7 Lessons from the Future of Content. In his talk, he explored how the internet and crowd-funding are enabling a new generation of content creators and the diversity that is sweeping through content creation. It was an eye-opening discussion, and it was great to learn from a leader and innovator in content strategy!

What did you most enjoy about CONDUIT 2018? What were your highlights?

We hope that you’ll join us next year for CONDUIT 2019, and don’t forget to check out STC Summit, coming up in May in beautiful Orlando, Florida!

And the Nominees Are…

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Be sure to check your email, STC-PMC members, because you only have till April 27th, 7:00PM EST to vote for your new admin council!

The nominees for the positions are:

President

Danielle M. Villegas is currently the Vice-President of the STC-Philadelphia Metro Chapter, as well as Conference and Sponsorship chair for the STC-PMC’s CONDUIT conference.  She is a technical communicator who has recently started her own consultancy, Dair Communications, and is currently working at United Technologies. She is best known in the technical communications world for her blog, TechCommGeekMom.com, which has flourished since its debut in 2012. She has presented webinars and seminars for Adobe, the Society for Technical Communication (STC), the IEEE ProComm, and at Drexel University’s eLearning Conference, as well as written articles for the STC Intercom, STC Notebook, Adobe’s Tech Comm blog, the Content Rules blog, the InSyncTraining blog, and The Content Wrangler.  She recently taught for the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s tech comm graduate program. You can learn more about Danielle on LinkedIn, on Twitter @techcommgeekmom, through her blog, or daircomm.com.

 

Vice-President
 

Karen Levine is a technical documentation manager, localization manager and technical writer with more than 25 years of experience in the defense and medical device industries, specializing in user and service documentation.

Karen is a senior member of STC and is an active member of the Philadelphia Metro chapter. She just finished being co-chair of CONDUIT 2018 and currently chairs the chapter Mentor Program. Previously, she held the office of Secretary/Membership Chair.  Karen was also the Entries Manager for the NY Metro/PMC regional STC TechComm competition for several years. She was a speaker at the international SIG’s progression sessions during several STC SUMMITs.

Karen is a recipient of the Distinguished Community Service Award and an award of excellence from the NY Metro/PMC regional STC TechComm competition.

She is currently the Technical Documentation Manager at Draeger Medical Systems, Inc. in Telford, Pennsylvania. You can find her on LinkedIn.

Secretary

“I’m a graduate student currently completing my master’s in technical communication online at Northeastern University. My concentration is in writing for the computer industry. I have a background in IT and technical support and over five years of experience as a freelance copywriter. Now I’m combining the two and breaking into technical writing. I currently write training manuals and other technical documentation for LPW training services. I also write articles for two retail industry magazines. I hope to take on more technical writing clients once I finish my master’s degree towards the end of this year.

I currently serve on the Board of Directors and as secretary for the Circadian Sleep Disorders Network. I send out reminders and write up the minutes for our quarterly Board meetings, which are conducted in an online forum. I also serve on the Advisory Board for Lansdale School of Business, where I completed my associate’s degree in computer technologies with a concentration in network administration back in 2011.”
– Jen Meservey

Treasurer

Madison Hughes graduated from Drexel University in 2015 and is currently working part-time as a marketing assistant in a small, financial planning firm. She has been one half of STC-PMC’s publicity team since October of 2017, and is excited to continue helping the Chapter succeed.

Come to the STC TechComm Competition Awards Dinner 2018!

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Come celebrate our STC Competition awardees 2018 with the STC New York Metro Chapter!

The STC TechComm Competition awards continue to be one of the most coveted achievements in technical communication. Join us on May 5 to:

 

  • Celebrate the accomplishments of 2017-18 Competition winners from New York and Philadelphia and ALL who participated this year.
  • Thank all our Judges, Team Leader and volunteers
  • View firsthand the actual winning entries
  • Come for the Awarding ceremonies, photos and selfies!
  • Good Mediterranean food, and vegetarian options: Sahara Restaurant
  • Dine and network in-person with friends from other corners of I-95!

Bring your Boss, peers, your loved ones and friends. Children are welcome!

LOCATION
Sahara Restaurant
65 Easton Avenue,
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

DATE AND TIME
05/05/18 5:30pm – 05/05/18 9:00pm

Sahara Parking is available. The restaurant is a 5-10 minute walk from public transport.

Dinner

Price: $40.00 per person.

The price is the same for everyone and includes a multi-course meal, unlimited soft drinks, tax and gratuity.

BYOB!!! – Please feel free to bring a bottle or 2 of your favorite wine or drinks. There is no charge for corkage.

For more information, please contact us at publicity@stcpmc.org

STC-PMC Wins Pacesetter Award!

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STC-PMC is honored and proud to announce that we are the recipients of a Pacesetter Award for our work and community building last year! Our major achievement, as identified by the Pacesetter Award Evaluation Committee, was significantly boosting community sponsorship revenue by developing a tiered sponsorship system. Our new system increased funding for CONDUIT by 124%. Be sure to come to CONDUIT 2018 to see the results of that hard work!

We would like to sincerely thank our great community for their dedication to the Philadelphia Metro Chapter, and we would also like to thank the Pacesetter Award Evaluation Committee for the recognition. We are truly honored!

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