Society for Technical Communication
If you attended our year-end banquet, you may have heard the exciting news! Danielle Villegas has stepped into the role of Vice President. Congratulations, Danielle!
Danielle will join our other leaders…
President: Timothy Esposito
Treasurer: Ellen O’Brien
Secretary: Karen Levine
Congratulations to all! We can’t wait to start the 2016-17 program year.
Earlier this year, 3 students from Drexel University won STC-PMC student membership. Each recipient submitted an application detailing why they wanted to join STC and how they thought they could benefit from membership. Each new student member then competed for the chance to win a scholarship worth $500 by volunteering with STC-PMC, attending local chapter events, and connecting with current members.
We are pleased to announce that our 2016 scholarship recipient is…
Sara attended numerous STC-PMC events, volunteered at Conduit 2016, and connected with our current members through social media. Sara will use the scholarship towards her continued studies at Drexel University. Congratulations, Sara!
Company Overview
If you want to experience working in an exciting and fast-paced startup environment, CardConnect is the place for you. We provide internship opportunities that provide a glimpse into the world of payments and the booming FinTech industry. If you are looking to begin an exciting career with a diverse company, look no further! CardConnect offers a variety of entry-level positions and provides its employees with amazing career opportunities.
What We Need….
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and energetic technical writer intern who can help us create, edit, and organize content for our online knowledge center. Our knowledge center is a one-stop-shop for CardConnect documentation and we’re looking to take it to the next level by creating an industry leading self-service support site.
Your Days Will Consist Of….
• Editing existing web-based documentation for clarity, conciseness, and overall accuracy.
• Meeting with internal subject matter experts to gather information about our products and services.
• Explaining technical information in simple, easy-to-understand user content.
• Helping organize web-based content to ensure that it is accessible to its audiences.
• Playing ping pong and helping yourself to free snacks and drinks in our modern and super cool office.
You Should Be….
• Working toward a BA or BS in English/Technical Communication or a similar field.
• A team player interested in making an impact at an exciting tech startup while sharpening your tech communication skillset.
• Willing to be transparent in regards to project statuses.
• Experienced working in an online CMS, such as WordPress, Craft CMS, Joomla, etc.
• Familiar with graphics and diagramming software (i.e., Snag It, Omnigraffle, Visio).
Why Intern at CardConnect?
• You’ll have a flexible schedule.
• You’ll work with a lot of smart and fun people in the FinTech industry.
• Access to endless snacks, coffee, and drinks in our kitchen.
• Free catered lunches every Thursday.
• You’ll work in our shiny new King of Prussia office with ping pong, video games, and a meditation room to boot!
Interested?
To apply for this internship, please submit your resume to:
Dave Gouger
Product Knowledge Manager
dgouger@cardconnect.com
Election time is here and nominations are requested for candidates for the STC – Philadelphia Metro Chapter Executive Board for the 2016-2017 chapter year.
You may submit your name for the position for which you would like to be a candidate, or submit the names of persons you are nominating.
You also can use the nomination form to volunteer for a non-elected chapter role. You do not need to be a member of STC to become a volunteer.
Click Here to Submit a Nomination!
The current available positions for the STC – Philadelphia Metro Chapter Executive Board:
President – The President oversees chapter operations and helps other volunteers plan, organize, and conduct chapter activities.
Vice President – The Vice President organizes the chapter meetings and supports the President as needed.
Treasurer – The Treasurer manages all of the chapter’s funds and financial operations.
Secretary – The Secretary serves as the membership chair and keeps the records of council meetings.
All chapter executive candidates must be current members of the STC – Philadelphia Metro Chapter.
The Society for Technical Communication has awarded the Philadelphia Metro Chapter the Platinum Community Award.
Citation: For having strong and varied programs and events for your members, and especially for your great focus on your student community with your Week of Writing and Web Content Strategy workshop.
Comments: Congratulations to you all for earning a Platinum Community award. Your community was one of the highest scoring applicants in this year’s CAA process. You have so much to offer your members, it was truly a pleasure to review your application.
The STC Community Achievement Award exists to recognize our outstanding communities for providing outstanding member services modeling success, and fostering innovation, which encourages collaboration, and ultimately serving the members of STC.
In addition to serving STC and its communities, Community Achievement Award-related activities provide individual members with many valuable professional development opportunities, including:
The application for the Community Achievement Award is quite extensive. Points are awarded for activities done in 2015.
Awards can be earned by multiple communities. As in previous years, communities are not competing with each other. Communities perform the activities listed on the Community Achievement Award Application, using these activities to serve the professional technical communication community.
Thank you to the administrative councils and and our chapter members for helping STC-PMC achieve this recognition!
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