Blog Archives

Alan Houser Elected STC Vice President

Congratulations to STC Pittsburgh member Alan Houser who was elected Vice President of the Society for Technical Communication on March 30th 2011. Alan was STC Pittsburgh Chapter President in 2003, and the STC Pittsburgh Regional Conference “Writers Without Borders” was held in 2004, during his tenure as Past President of the chapter. Alan has...

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STC Pittsburgh makes PopCity!

STC Pittsburgh makes PopCity!

The Technology Group Social Media Mashup event held at AlphaLab on August 26th was a success with nearly 100 attendees and keynote speaker Ian Rosenberger of Strategic Images speaking on business and social media. Word of the event reached the media and digital magazine PopCity was in attendance and wrote a piece on the...

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Pittsburgh Technology Group Social Media Mashup

Pittsburgh Technology Group Social Media Mashup

The STC Pittsburgh & TechPOWR Technology Group Social Media Mashup. This event is open and FREE to everyone in, or interested in, the Pittsburgh Technology community. There are many interesting technology groups in Pittsburgh who meet on a regular basis, and they are all invited to attend. This is a great opportunity to find...

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She’s a Director; He’s a Fellow!

It has been another great year for the Society for Technical Communication Pittsburgh Chapter. The chapter continued to achieve distinction within the Society, as Nicky Bleiel was re-elected to the STC Board of Directors, and Alan Houser earned the distinction of STC Fellow and served as Conference Manager. Join Nicky and Alan for an...

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Nicky Bleiel Elected for Second Term as Director of the Society for Technical Communication

Nicky Bleiel Elected for Second Term as Director of the Society for Technical Communication

Author: Alan Houser All members and friends of the STC Pittsburgh chapter can be proud! Pittsburgh chapter member Nicky Bleiel was re-elected to the Society for Technical Communication Board of Directors as a director-at-large. Nicky’s second term officially began on May 3, 2010 at the annual STC business meeting, held during the STC Summit...

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STC Pittsburgh member Alan Houser awarded STC Fellow

STC Pittsburgh member Alan Houser awarded STC Fellow

STC Pittsburgh member Alan Houser awarded STC Fellow At this year’s STC Technical Communication Summit in Dallas, Alan Houser had a dual role: not only was he the Conference Chair; he was also awarded the rank of STC Fellow. Fellow is the highest honor bestowed by the Society and is only awarded to Associate...

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Congratulations, Alan!

Congratulations, Alan!

Congratulations to Alan Houser on earning the rank of Fellow in the Society for Technical Communication. It is the greatest honor of my life to achieve the rank of Fellow in the Society for Technical Communication. #stc10less than a minute ago via GravityAlan Houser arh

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Message from Bryce Walat, STC Pittsburgh’s Outgoing President

As the 2009-2010 STC Pittsburgh event year ends, I’d like to take the time to thank STC Pittsburgh for choosing me to serve as President for the past two event years. It seems like only yesterday I joined STC Pittsburgh and started taking an active leadership role as Secretary in 2006. I’d like to...

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Nicky Bleiel — STC Candidate for Director

Nicky Bleiel — STC Candidate for Director

Material provided by Nicky Bleiel, Pittsburgh Chapter member. Nicky Bleiel — STC Candidate for Director I am currently serving on the Society for Technical Communication Board of Directors and am running for another two-year term as a Director-At-Large. My past two years on the Board have been interesting, challenging, and important. Interesting because I...

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2010: A New Year for STC Pittsburgh

Can you believe it’s 2010 already? When I was young, I imagined 2010 as the time when the world portrayed in The Jetsons and 2010: The Year We Make Contact would be reality. While we don’t have the flying cars, space tourism and robot housekeepers that Hanna-Barbera and Stanley Kubrick predicted, we have social...

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Upcoming Events 2011-2012

Dates with an * are tentative and may change.

Note all dates listed are the 3rd Thursday of the month unless otherwise indicated.

August 18
STC Pittsburgh & WorkQuest Social
September 15
Meeting: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
October 29
Software Saturday: FrameMaker
November 10
World Usability Day
December __
Holiday Social
January 21 (Saturday)
Employment Roundtable at Duquesne University
February 09 (2nd TH)
Joe Welinske of WritersUA
March 15
Meeting
April 19
Business Meeting & Elections
May 17
Meeting
June __
End of Year Picnic