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Welcome to the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication!

We are the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (external link)

. We are technical communicators - technical writers and editors, content developers, documentation specialists, technical illustrators, instructional designers, academics, information architects, usability and human factors professionals, visual designers, Web designers and developers, and translators - anyone whose work makes technical information available to those who need it.

Practical Conference on Communication (PCOC) - Building and Sustaining a Technical Communication Career

October 7 - 9
Millennium Maxwell House Hotel
Nashville, TN

What do David Armbruster, Hillary Hart, Rich Maggiani, Fred O’Hara, and Deborah Sauer have in common? They are all distinguished STC Fellows, and they’re all speaking at this year’s Practical Conference on Communication (PCOC) in Nashville October 7 - 9.

Join these STC luminaries, keynote speaker Neil Perlin, and many other movers and shakers in the technical communication field as we explore practical ways to build and sustain a technical communication career.

Learn more about topics, speakers, conference registration, and reservations at Nashville’s Millennium Hotel at our PCOC website (external link)

. Registration is open now!

2010-2011 Technical Communication Competition

This year's competition will be managed by Middle Tennessee Chapter of STC.

It’s that time of year again…time to select and submit your entries in the annual technical communication competition. The Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication is once again sponsoring a competition at the chapter level to recognize and celebrate exceptional technical communication materials. This year, STC has changed the name of the competition. The technical publications and online competitions are now simply referred to as the STC Summit Awards. The name change reflects the newly restructured competition. This year, you submit entries in one of the following four categories, regardless of the media used to create the entry:
* Informational Materials
*Instructional Materials
*Promotional Materials
*User Support Materials

In other words, you might enter an online help file in addition to a different printed manual, both in the User Support Materials category. To participate in the competition:

1. Review the chapter website: http://www.stcmidtenn.org/competitions/2010-entries.htm (external link)

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2. Complete the entry form: http://www.stcmidtenn.org/competitions/Annual-Competition-Entry-Forms_2010.doc (external link)

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3. Include 4 original copies of each entry.
4. Submit entries by October 20, 2010.

We also welcome judging volunteers. You can be a judge regardless of whether you submit an entry. Judging takes place between October 30 and November 30, 2010, and no travel is required. For more information about judging responsibilities, visit our website at http://www.stcmidtenn.org/competitions/judging.htm (external link)

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Questions? Ask Amy Oldham, MidTNCompetitions@gmail.com.