Where do you think Technical Communication will be 5 years from now? What can you do now to be ready for the coming changes? Joining a professional organization can help you keep up with the changing world of Technical Communication through continuous learning, certification, and networking. #masonstc #STCorg

1. How Professional Organizations
Can Help Your Career
Hosted by the GMU Society for
Technical Communication
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2. Icebreaker
• What is this?
–Paleolithic cave painting in Lascaux,
southwestern France
• When was this?
–20,000 years ago
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3. Icebreaker
• Who is this?
–Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of movable
type
• When was this?
–Around 1439
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4. Icebreaker
• What is this?
–Pony Express
• When was this?
–1860–1861
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5. Icebreaker
• Who is this?
–Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the
telephone
• When was this?
–1876
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6. Icebreaker
• Who is this?
–Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of radio
• When was this?
–1896
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7. Icebreaker
• Who is this?
–Hedy Lamarr, inventor of Frequency-
hopping spread-spectrum technology
• When was this?
–1942
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8. Icebreaker
• Who is this?
–Al Gore, sponsor of
the High-
Performance
Computing and
Communications Act
• When was this?
–1991
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9. • What do all of these things
have in common?
–They were all innovations
in communication
–They are all obsolete today
Icebreaker
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10. Icebreaker
• Where do you think Technical Communication
will be 5 years from now?
• What can you do now to be ready for the
coming changes?
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11. Join up!
• Professional Organizations in Technical
Communication (Tech Comm)
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12. Sign up!
• Continuous learning
– Webinars
– Conferences
– Meet ups
– Competitions
– Publications
– Body of Knowledge
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13. Level up!
• Enhancing Your Resume with Professional
Certifications
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14. Show up!
• Networking
– Face-to-face
– Virtual
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15. Questions?
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16. Start connecting now!
Viqui Dill
• Bio
http://wdcb.stcwdc.org/about-us/chapter-bios/dill-bio/
• Blog
https://viquidill.wordpress.com/
• Email
social_media@stcwdc.org
• Twitter
@viqui_dill
• LinkedIn
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• Facebook
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Greta Boller
• Blog
https://lonetechnicalwriter.wordpress.com/
• Email
lonetechnicalwriter@gmail.com
• Twitter
@TheLoneTW
• LinkedIn
/gretaboller
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17. Start connecting now!
STC
• Website
http://stc.org
• The Summit
http://summit.stc.org
• Twitter
@stc_org
• LinkedIn Group
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2926
The GMU Chapter
The DC-Baltimore Chapter
• Website
http://wdcb.stcwdc.org/
• Twitter
@stcwdc
• LinkedIn Group
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/156478
• Website
https://gmu.collegiatelink.net/organization/GMUSTC
• Facebook
/masonstc
• Twitter
@Mason_STC
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