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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. 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.

The STC-ETC Technical Publications and Online Communication Competition

Nov. 20 Deadline for submissions
Jan. 30 Winning submissions announced
Print forms for download:

Entry form

Call for submissions
General Information and Competition Rules
Judges call

Q1 2010 Programming

We are looking forward to some excellent programs for 2010. Here is a quick preview of what we have lined up, with details to follow in the new year:

January 19: "Creating Forms Using Adobe LiveCycle and Acrobat's Shared Review and Email Review," presented by Josh Hamblin, Manager of Coldstream Laboratories' standard operating procedures and material specifications systems; Barley's Knoxville

February 16: "Using STC Resources to Find a Job," Presented by Jackie Damrau , STC FEllow; Barley's Knoxville

March 16: Awards Banquet

Other topics that we are pursuing: Virtual machines (VM); writing for small spaces; a tour of the ORNL supercomputers; graphics in technical communication; checklist for a healthy website; and networking.

If you have a topic of interest and/or would like to propose a topic as a speaker, please contact Mary Knepper, Program Manager, at .

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