Veteran Communicators Share Their War Stories  

Ten to twenty long-time members of the Society share their stories of problems in technical publishing from their collective storehouse of experience. Their experiences come from virtually every major industry, many minor industries, the military and academia. Each speaker in just two minutes will tell of his or her most excruciating experience in publishing a wide range of documents on paper and in electronic form. Some tales mirror the audience’s frustrating experiences with customers, suppliers, fellow employees and supervisors; while others will relate stories of humor and fortuitous circumstances.

Malcolm, Andrew and Carl Kirchner. STC Proceedings (1998). Careers>TC

Writing for Those Born Deaf  

Persons who are born hearing-impaired or who become hearing-impaired during the critical early language learning years of life often have deficient vocabulary development and difficulty reading certain language structures. A panel of educators of the hearing-impaired will present their views on the needs of prelingually deaf and hard-of-hearing readers and the moderator will focus the discussion on writing techniques which technical communicators might use communicate to those with such language deficits.

Malcolm, Andrew and Carl Kirchner. STC Proceedings (1998). Articles>Writing>Accessibility