October/November 2003

Volume 44, Number 2

In this issue...

From our Director-Sponsor: Future-proofing your career as strategic partner instead of pointless space-taker.

From our president: At ease with unease.

From the editor: Speak up, stand out: Who speaks for our profession? We do.

Tips from the trenches: From paving ways to parting waves (and all the steps in between): ideas for successful project managing.

Twenty-Ninth STC RMC Technical Communications Competition: Got pride in your guide? Submit your work in the 29th Annual STC-RMC Technical Communications Competition.

Looking back: A President's term and chapter achievements affirmed: Martha Sippel looks back.

The good, the bad, and the reality of being a technical communicator: As different as aye and nay: writers weigh in on techcomm career advice.

Creativity and the technical communicator: Calling all muses: inspired ways to nurture your creativity.

Web hosting demystified: Unfurl your URL: a writer's guide to launching your Web site.

Student view: Summertime tech writing: Horse caretaker, researcher, paper co-author: one student's summer adventures in technical writing.

My not-so-gentle reminder: One writer's not-so-gentle reminder about no excuses for not networking.

Understanding the design change control process: Change by design, control as result: Understanding the design change control process.

Chapter news

In the spotlight...Mary Jo Stark

Mary Jo Stark

Mary Jo is a senior member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter and has been re-elected as treasurer of STC International. Mary Jo served as chapter treasurer for many years before being elected to the board of the society leaders. Our congratulations go out to Mary Jo!

Welcome our chapter's new members!

New members for the months of July and August, 2003:

If you would like to make contact with anyone on the above list, please email Helen Tuttle, Membership Manager.