Join us for the STC MT dinner in Butte:
When: Tuesday, May 20. 6:00 pm
Where: Broadway Cafe in Butte
Vanessa Murray, a technical communications graduate student at Montana Tech, will present her project on the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP). She's helping to create a fundraising campaign and grant-writing program for CFWEP.
We'll also announce the election winners at the dinner, and I hear rumors of door prizes!
RSVP to Ruthmeri Gleason.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
It's a fuzzy, fuzzy world
Could you still do your job if you couldn't see?
I had to ask myself this question this morning when I decided to go back to work today after having PRK surgery last Thursday. Friday I was nearly blind, Saturday I could see enough to figure out which toothbrush was mine, and Sunday I could finally open the window blinds and let some sunlight in.
I took a cautious peek at the newspaper this morning- I could read again!!! The words had to be within 12 inches of my face, but it was progress! I went to work.
The first thing I did was turn on all the low vision accessibility options on my computer- high contract fonts, the Windows Magnifier, increased text sizes in browsers, and anything else I could think of. I then had to prioritize what absolutely had to get done and what could wait, since I knew I only had a few good hours of eyesight today before my eyes are exhausted. Apparently, posting to the STC Montana blog made the list. I know my eyes will get better, slowly, but in the meantime I am gaining a whole new appreciation for web usability guidelines.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Elections
It's that time of year again—time to elect your STC Montana officers for 2008-2009! I am looking for a volunteer to be the Elections co-Chair. Susan Ledford volunteered to coordinate the Nominations portion, but she's traveling for a month beginning in mid-April and cannot run the elections after the nominations.
Please consider volunteering for this low-risk and easy opportunity to help your chapter (and Susan!)
The time commitment is minimal. Each small task (instructions provided!) can be done right from your computer. It's really quite simple. As Susan's co-Chair, you will receive the confirmed nominations (with short biographical statements.) You’d then have the choice to either do an e-ballot via an email message or set up the election using Survey Monkey and send out the link in an email message.
If you choose the e-ballot via email route, we have sample emails drafted already. You’d tell me the results before our annual chapter dinner, Tuesday, May 20, in Butte.
Don't hesitate to take advantage of the opportunity to serve YOUR Chapter! Email me at hollik at greatharvest dot com
Last and Most Important
Considering our Chapter size and geographic challenges, we have had a GREAT year, so please be thinking of clever ways to say "YES!" to Susan when she calls on you to step up to run for a Chapter Officer position in April.
With the strong coordination and knowledge sharing among our officers this year, incoming 2008 - 2009 officers can count on an easy transition and lots of support to be successful.
Please consider volunteering for this low-risk and easy opportunity to help your chapter (and Susan!)
The time commitment is minimal. Each small task (instructions provided!) can be done right from your computer. It's really quite simple. As Susan's co-Chair, you will receive the confirmed nominations (with short biographical statements.) You’d then have the choice to either do an e-ballot via an email message or set up the election using Survey Monkey and send out the link in an email message.
If you choose the e-ballot via email route, we have sample emails drafted already. You’d tell me the results before our annual chapter dinner, Tuesday, May 20, in Butte.
Don't hesitate to take advantage of the opportunity to serve YOUR Chapter! Email me at hollik at greatharvest dot com
Last and Most Important
Considering our Chapter size and geographic challenges, we have had a GREAT year, so please be thinking of clever ways to say "YES!" to Susan when she calls on you to step up to run for a Chapter Officer position in April.
With the strong coordination and knowledge sharing among our officers this year, incoming 2008 - 2009 officers can count on an easy transition and lots of support to be successful.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Neck and neck!
Come on folks...we have the 3rd highest renewal rate of all the STC chapters! In our division, only Eastern Iowa is ahead of us by 1.47%.
I'll admit, since I am originally from Eastern Iowa, I've got a personal agenda on this one. However, we could win 4 free registrations to the STC annual conference in June!
Renew now!
I'll admit, since I am originally from Eastern Iowa, I've got a personal agenda on this one. However, we could win 4 free registrations to the STC annual conference in June!
Renew now!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
STC Group Blogs
Anne Wiley, Lou Quillio, and Destry Wion -- all STC members -- started group blogs a while ago. I have added a link to the group blogs (in upper right corner on the page) so we can jump from our blog to the group blog easily. I hope you find it useful.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
November Tieline article on Dispersed Environments
The November 2007 issue of the STC Tieline has an article on getting participation in chapters with "dispersed environments." The article talks about several options for overcoming this, and eventually ends up with a solution similar to ours (virtual meetings!) Seems pretty obvious, but still a good read.
http://www.stc-cdx.org/tieline/2007/11
-Holli
http://www.stc-cdx.org/tieline/2007/11
-Holli
Monday, November 12, 2007
Vista and Word 2007
If anyone is running the new Vista operating system and using Word 2007, you might find this article in the STC Atlanta CommLink newsletter interesting. Go to http://www.stcatlanta.org/newsletters/STC_July07_small.pdf. It may take a minute or two to download the file.
I was visiting with a friend over the weekend who recently purchased a new computer with both Vista and Word 2007, and she said the changeover is difficult at best. After reading this article, I think I understand why she is having problems transitioning to Word 2007.
Personally, I just think Microsoft thrives on making our lives miserable when every new product comes out. Their philosophy seems to be sell it and wait for the customers to tell us where the bugs are in the application; then, send out patches and fixes to make the customer happy. I'm glad to be spending most of my day with Adobe products these days.
I was visiting with a friend over the weekend who recently purchased a new computer with both Vista and Word 2007, and she said the changeover is difficult at best. After reading this article, I think I understand why she is having problems transitioning to Word 2007.
Personally, I just think Microsoft thrives on making our lives miserable when every new product comes out. Their philosophy seems to be sell it and wait for the customers to tell us where the bugs are in the application; then, send out patches and fixes to make the customer happy. I'm glad to be spending most of my day with Adobe products these days.
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