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STC Chicago // October At-a-Glance
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Join fellow technical communicators for lunch at the following locations on Thursday, October 1.
City Location Caffè Baci at 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 2 N LaSalle St building (entrance on Madison) Chicago, IL 60602 Noodles & Company at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm 900 Milwaukee Ave
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Western Location DuPage Inn at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm 2410 Ogden Ave. Downers Grove, IL 60515 Northwestern Location Jason's Deli at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm 1530 McConnor Pkwy. (off Meacham, just south of 90) Schaumburg, IL 60173
To help us try to ensure seating for everyone, please email the site contact (listed above for each location) and let him or her know you're coming. Drop-ins are always welcome, but reservations are recommended. Questions? See Thursdays @ STC Chicago. |
Join us Wednesday, Oct 21 as we discuss what's essential to know, what's good to know, and what you probably don't need to know about CSS3 and HTML5. Our speaker Scott DeLoach will provide an overview of HTML5 and CSS3, what's new, and what's expected next for both technologies. He'll also share basic, intermediate, and advanced real-world HTML5 and CSS3 examples that you can apply to your own projects, including how to use HTML5 and CSS3 to format mobile, desktop, and print.
If you need to get up to speed with these important web technologies, are interested in how other people are using HTML5 and CSS3, or want to add cool features to your content, this session is for you!
This event includes a buffet dinner with the following options:
- Beet Salad (vegetarian)
- Stuffed Medjool Dates (gluten free)
- Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken (gluten free)
- Pork Shoulder
Program
Wednesday, October 21
6:30 - 9:00 pm
Location
Flight 112 Wine Bar & Restaurant
110 West Park Ave
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Flight 112 is conveniently located directly across from the UP-W Elmhurst Metra station.
The restaurant does not have its own parking lot; however, a municipal parking garage is located about a half block south of Flight 122 on Adelaide St. Parking is free after 5:00 pm. Also, the Metra station parking spots across from the restaurant on Park Ave. are free after 5:00 pm.
 About the speaker
Scott DeLoach is the founder of ClickStart ( www.clickstart.net), a UX/UA design, consulting, and training company. Over the last 22 years, Scott has presented more than 150 papers on embedded user assistance, web-based UA, MadCap Flare, CSS, and UI design at conferences around the world. He has been designing and developing online user assistance since 1992, is a certified Flare instructor and consultant, and is the author of "MadCap Flare Developer's Guide," "CSS to the Point," and "HTML5 to the Point." Scott will be presenting at the WritersUA Central conference in Chicago on October 20-21.
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STC Chicago's Wednesday Webinar Series
October Webinar - REST API Overview and Documentation Best Practices
If you haven't documented a REST API, you might be asked to do so soon. REST APIs are growing quickly, with enterprise and finance the fastest growing categories. The job market for REST API writers is hot, and technical communicators can increase their marketability and value to their company by learning about REST APIs. Be prepared by getting a head-start on what you need to know!
 About the speaker Marta Rauch works on a development team at Oracle, where she architects and leads mobile, cloud, and REST API projects. She works on REST API guides, provides input to corporate REST API standards, and participates with a team that develops a new REST API interface. She also enjoys design jams and developer challenges for mobile, augmented reality, beacons, and wearable technology.
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STC Chicago's Administrative Council meets once a month to discuss chapter business and to plan upcoming events. All AC meetings are open to the public. October's meeting takes place:
Saturday, October 10
9:30 am
Panera Bread
The Oaks of Oak Brook
1600 16th Street
Oak Brook, IL 60523
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 STC Webinars
STC is offering the following webinars this month:
Wednesday, October 7 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT
Presented by Rob Hanna
Wednesday, October 14 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT
Presented by Mark Cornillie
Wednesday, October 21 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT
Presented by Denise Kadilak
Wednesday, October 28 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT
Presented by Michael Opsteegh
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Information Modeling Workshop
Indianapolis, IN
October 12-13, 2015
Are you responsible for your organization's Information Architecture? Do you need to understand how to create that architecture and capture the plans and principles in an Information Model?
This workshop is the very best starting point for your implementation of DITA and XML topic-based authoring. We will cover all aspects of the Information Model, which is the set of principles that define your information architecture. Learn how to build an Information Model for your organization. Learn how to define your information types, the content units they contain, your standard document structures, as well as your metadata schema, file and graphic naming conventions, and folder structure. You will have an opportunity to apply the principles to your own content. You will analyze your organization's potential for content reuse and begin to define a reuse strategy.
Learn more and register here.
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The 2016 Call for Proposals has been extended to Monday, October 5. Anyone with experience in the latest communication techniques, technologies, approaches, and solutions is invited to submit. You are not required to be an STC member to submit a proposal. Read more about the proposal process here.
Proposals are now due Monday, October 5, 2015 at 10:59 pm CDT. Next year's Summit takes place May 15-18, 2016 in Anaheim, California.
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Get ready for the 44th annual STC Chicago Technical Communication Competition! Membership in STC Chicago is not required - anyone can enter.
 Submit an Entry
A team of technical communicators judge each entry and offer feedback on the structure, usability, and presentation quality of your submission.
Entry benefits:
- Receive a peer review of entries.
- Provides recommendations to enhance your documentation.
- Confirmation that your documentation meets the audience needs.
Be a Judge
Interested in being a competition judge? You must have previous technical communication experience, but no prior judging experience is required.
Competition judge benefits:- Allows you to see examples of work from some of the best communicators from small and large companies.
- Ideas to incorporate in your writing.
- Provides you with a chance to team up with other technical communicators, support the STC Chicago chapter, and efforts of our community.
Join our team of judges and help make this year's STC Chicago competition great!
New this Year
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ATDChi
Thursday, October 8
12:00 pm - 1:00pm
Thursday, October 22
5:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Tuesday, October 27
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
ChAPT
Thursday, October 15
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
ODN Chicago
Thursday, October 8
5:30 pm dinner, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm program
Be sure to check out the Alliance website for additional details and other upcoming events across Chicago!
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Alongside the pumpkin, autumn ushers in one of the most popular foods - the apple. Whether you enjoy freshly baked apple pie, apple cider, or just an apple from the tree, this fruit serves up a sweet bite and plenty of health benefits.
What country produces the most apples in the world?
Send your answer to pr@stc-chicago.com. The first person to respond with the correct answer wins a $20 giftcard to Amazon.com. Check our blog for news of a winner.
Contestants are eligible to win only one prize within any 12-month period. We notify the winner via email. |
2015 is STC Chicago's 60th year as a chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Thank you to our generous sponsors!  
 
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Society for Technical Communication
2015 STC Community of Distincation
2014 STC Community of Distinction 2013 STC Community of Excellence 2012 STC Community of Distinction
2011 STC Community of the Year
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