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Consulting? Contracting?
Download Kathryn Poe's newsletter article (MS Word 22KB), which was published in Technically Write, the Lone Star Chapter's newsletter. Ms. Poe is the president of the Lone Star Chapter. She will be speaking in December and has generously offered to share her newsletter article with the chapter. See the Events section for details.
XML Article
Read Michael Smith's article on how XML can be used to save time and money in document authoring. Smith is the moderator for the xml-doc mailing list.
Directory of Freelancers/Self-Employed Communicators
The Kansas City chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (KC/IABC) has published its updated directory of freelancers/self-employed communicators in the Kansas City area. It is a resource for anyone needing to hire experts in the areas of writing, editing, marketing, public relations, communications consulting, photography, graphic design and more. It's available in PDF format on their Web site.
Salary Survey
The complete 2002 Technical Communicator Salary Survey is available on the STC Web site.
The survey covers the responses of more than 1,200 technical writers and editors working in entry through senior-level/supervisory jobs across the U.S. and Canada.
Team Conflict
Suzanna Laurent, Director-Sponsor of Region 5, explains how conflict can lead to positive results in her article, Team Conflict is Natural. Ms. Laurent was also the featured speaker at the December program.
A Unified Content Strategy
Read Ann Rockley's article on "creating consistently structured content for reuse, managing that content in a definitive source, and assembling content on demand to meet your cus-tomers' needs." Ms. Rockley was the featured speaker at the September 9th local program at the Mag Center. See the Events section for details.
Having trouble selling the idea of an STC membership to the boss?
Read how to get it paid through your corporate training budget in Selling STC to the Boss .
2002 49th Annual STC Conference
Check out the uploaded session materials from this year's annual STC conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
Writing Tip
Judy Vorfeld, founder of Office Support Services, debunks the myth that "YOU MUST NEVER END A SENTENCE WITH A PREPOSITION!!"
Call for Submissions
Would you like an opportunity to share your ideas with others in the technical writing community? This is the place to do just that! For more information, see the Submission Guidelines.

Consulting? Contracting? Download Kathryn Poe's newsletter article (MS Word 22KB), which was published in Technically Write, the Lone Star Chapter's newsletter. Ms. Poe is the president of the Lone Star Chapter. She will be speaking in December and has generously offered to share her newsletter article with the chapter. See the Events section for details. XML Article Read Michael Smith's article on how XML can be used to save time and money in document authoring. Smith is the moderator for the xml-doc mailing list. Directory of Freelancers/Self-Employed Communicators The Kansas City chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (KC/IABC) has published its updated directory of freelancers/self-employed communicators in the Kansas City area. It is a resource for anyone needing to hire experts in the areas of writing, editing, marketing, public relations, communications consulting, photography, graphic design and more. It's available in PDF format on their Web site. Salary Survey The complete 2002 Technical Communicator Salary Survey is available on the STC Web site. The survey covers the responses of more than 1,200 technical writers and editors working in entry through senior-level/supervisory jobs across the U.S. and Canada. Team Conflict Suzanna Laurent, Director-Sponsor of Region 5, explains how conflict can lead to positive results in her article, Team Conflict is Natural. Ms. Laurent was also the featured speaker at the December program.	A Unified Content Strategy Read Ann Rockley's article on "creating consistently structured content for reuse, managing that content in a definitive source, and assembling content on demand to meet your cus-tomers' needs." Ms. Rockley was the featured speaker at the September 9th local program at the Mag Center. See the Events section for details. Having trouble selling the idea of an STC membership to the boss? Read how to get it paid through your corporate training budget in Selling STC to the Boss . 2002 49th Annual STC Conference Check out the uploaded session materials from this year's annual STC conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Writing Tip Judy Vorfeld, founder of Office Support Services, debunks the myth that "YOU MUST NEVER END A SENTENCE WITH A PREPOSITION!!" Call for Submissions Would you like an opportunity to share your ideas with others in the technical writing community? This is the place to do just that! For more information, see the Submission Guidelines.