#20978
But I Don't Know Anyone: Networking 101 for Introverts 
'But I don't know anyone is a common response when I give people the advice to build their professional networks. What they really mean is 'I don't know anyone who can give me a job.' This protest and response is missing the point. Networking is not justabout finding work. It's about building a professional network of peers who keep in touch on a professional level, who can help each other out from time to time, share pertinent information, and keeping your mind in shape.
Hamer, Emma C. Hamer Associates. Careers>Collaboration>Community Building
#31677
A cargo cult website is a site that has all the bells and whistles of a dynamic community facing website but might as well be hand coded HTML for all the difference it really makes. The sites that imitate other sites and wonder why they too are not earning billions. A fine example of Cargo Cult CMS is Drupal. It is an overweight and underpowered system that tries to incorporate every kind of template system and every kind of website type in order to summon the gods of cool websites, community or success.
Lordmatt.co.uk (2007). Articles>Content Management>Community Building>Drupal
#26252
Celebrate Technical Communication
he recognition activities of STC generate a key component of the value provided to its members. Establishing a Technical Communication Week celebration can help boost your community’s profile and the perceived value of our work.
Barnett, Thomas P. Tieline (2005). Articles>TC>Community Building>STC
#27352
Chapter Development Stem Overview 
The Chapter Development Stem offers sessions for all conference participants, not just the STC leadership. We have broadened the scope of the stem to create room for some new and innovative topics that compliment our traditional mix of chapter-related sessions. So take a look at what we have to offer and think about how you can include several Chapter Development sessions in your conference plans.
Hoyt, Thomas B. STC Proceedings (1994). Articles>Collaboration>Community Building
#24385
Chapter Presidents Share "Bright Ideas"
A list, organized in alphabetical order by chapter name, of the best sixteen tips from STC chapter leaders in 2000.
Laurent, J. Suzanna. Tieline (2001). Articles>TC>Community Building
#24705
Chapter seminars help members by providing current technical communication information, significant additional chapter funding, recruitment of new members, and a proving ground for new leaders. Seminars need a definite organization and leaders need clearly defined responsibilities and authorities. Seminars must provide useful relevant information, either focused or diverse, delivered effectively by skilled speakers. Seminars are not expanded monthly meetings; they must be quiet properly equipped pleasant facilities. Seminar finances must be balanced to provide the desired surplus, or the sting of lost funds will linger long after the sweet success of a stimulating program is forgotten.
Malcolm, Andrew. STC Proceedings (1994). Articles>Collaboration>Community Building>STC
#20875
CHIplace is an online community site for Human-Computer Interaction. All HCI topics are relevant, and all perspectives from our multi-disciplinary field are welcome.
CHIplace. Resources>Human Computer Interaction>Community Building
#25019
Circles of Leadership: Resources for Chapter Committee Managers
Every chapter relies on volunteers for its success. The secret to successful chapters, then, starts with recruiting the right people, training them well, delegating to them carefully, nurturing them along the way, and rewarding them for a job well done.
Brown, Dennise C. STC Proceedings (1994). Articles>TC>Community Building>STC
#19539
Clustering and Dependencies in Free/Open Source Software Development: Methodology and Tools 
This paper addresses the problem of measurement of non-monetary economic activity, specifically in the area of free/open source software [1] communities. It describes the problems associated with research on these communities in the absence of measurable monetary transactions, and suggests possible alternatives. A class of techniques using software source code as factual documentation of economic activity is described and a methodology for the extraction, interpretation and analysis of empirical data from software source code is detailed, with the outline of algorithms for identifying collaborative authorship and determining the identity of coherent economic actors in developer communities. Finally, conclusions are drawn from the application of these techniques to a base of software.
Aiyer Ghosh, Rishab. First Monday (2003). Articles>Software>Open Source>Community
#24096
Communication as Participation 
A discussion of the relationship between visual language and participation is important in light of globalization and the homogenization of the visual landscape, forces that breed marginalization and diminish invention.
Bowers, John. University of Alberta (2000). Design>Graphic Design>Community Building>Visual Rhetoric
#14800
Communication, Cognition, and Community
There is a vast assortment of schools of thought concerning how it is possible to communicate. Empiricism, romanticism, materialism, psychoanalysis, and cognitive psychology all have been used as rationale for, and to describe the genesis of, the simple and natural activity of communication. How is it possible that we are able to communicate successfully? Much scholarly work has been generated documenting our interpretation of written discourse in an attempt to describe how we successfully convey meaning from within to without. Whether a theorist is an advocate of New Criticism, Reader Response, Phenomenology, Social Constructionism, rhetoric, or plain style, the basic question remains the same: How are we able to convey concepts successfully and accurately from one source to another?
Smith, David C. Orange Journal, The (2001). Articles>Communication>Community Building
#23855
Communities of Practice: Dealing with the Changes in the Technical Communication Field
STC has been challenged by the changing economy and the evolving nature of our work and career development. These challenges have required Society leaders to look carefully into how the STC should change to better serve a diverse and global membership.
Bachmann, Karen L. Usability Interface (2004). Articles>TC>Community Building>STC
#25023
Community Service: Giving Something Back Through Literacy Training
Literacy is a major problem in America that affects our profession more than we may realize. A recent study sponsored by the U.S. Congress suggests that over half the U.S. population cannot read our writing. The literacy problem offers STC chapters a perfect opportunity to pool the best of their skills and to get involved in community- based projects. Our skills are exactly what are needed to help America attain one of its National Goals: 100% of all Americans will be literate by the year 2000. This workshop will help your chapter get active in giving something back through literacy training.
Hoft, Nancy L. STC Proceedings (1994). Articles>Education>Community Building
#31419
Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Any community—online or off—must start slowly, and be nurtured. You cannot “just add community.” It must be cared for, and hosted; it takes time and people with great communication skills to set the tone and tend the conversation.
Oates, George. List Apart, A (2008). Articles>Web Design>Community Building
#29633
Consistently Leading A Successful Community
Boston, one of the founding chapters of STC, has a distinguished 50-year record of accomplishments. Boston recently won its third consecutive Chapter of Achievement award. We strive to consistently provide an outstanding level and value of services to our members.
Sztaimberg, Ilana. STC Proceedings (2005). Articles>TC>Community Building>STC
#20990
Web technology makes it very easy to quickly communicate with so many people that it's easy to forget the overriding purpose of creating a powerful Web site.
Allen, Cliff. Allen.com (2003). Design>Web Design>Community Building
#27616
CSS Beauty is a project focused on providing its audience with a database of well designed CSS based websites from around the world. Its purpose is to showcase designers' work and to act as a small portal to the CSS design community.
#30748
Defining Moment for the Eastern Iowa Chapter
The Define-a-Thon is a new word game from the editors of The American Heritage Dictionary. The idea is that you can spell a word without knowing its meaning. So why not develop a competition where the contestant has to pick the right word after its definition has been given?
Crawley, Charles R. Tieline (2008). Articles>TC>Community Building>STC
#14197
Design for Community: An Interview with Derek M. Powazek
Derek M. Powazek has worked on community features for Netscape, Nike, and Sony, along with creating the community sites, {fray}, Kvetch!, and SF Stories. Christine Perfetti, a consultant at User Interface Engineering, recently talked with Derek about his experience. Here is what he had to say about creating effective online communities.
Perfetti, Christine. User Interface Engineering (2002). Articles>Web Design>Community Building
#31871
Designing a Different Kind of Intranet: An Intranet for a UX Team
Most of us who are working as part of a design team in a services company, a product company, or even a design boutique have to live with a generic intranet. In this article, I’ll describe how to leverage your company’s intranet and how to build a community around an intranet for a UX team.
Mallik, Anirban Basu. UXmatters (2008). Articles>Web Design>Community Building>Intranets
#30823
Designing Ethical Experiences: Social Media and the Conflicted Future
Questions of ethics and conflict can seem far removed from the daily work of user experience (UX) designers who are trying to develop insights into people's needs, understand their outlooks, and design with empathy for their concerns [2]. In fact, the converse is true: When conflicts between businesses and customers--or any groups of stakeholders--remain unresolved, UX practitioners frequently find themselves facing ethical dilemmas, searching for design compromises that satisfy competing camps. This dynamic is the essential pattern by which conflicts in goals and perspectives become ethical concerns for UX designers. Unchecked, it can lead to the creation of unethical experiences that are hostile to users--the very people most designers work hard to benefit--and damaging to the reputations and brand identities of the businesses responsible.
Lamantia, Joe. UXmatters (2008). Articles>User Experience>Community Building>Ethics
#31057
Designing Online Social Networks: The Theories of Social Groups
It's important to fully understand the theories of social groups before designing online social networks - find out all you need to know!
Halabi, Lisa. Webcredible (2008). Design>Web Design>Community Building>Social Networking
#24388
Developing a Chapter Career Day Program
In the past few years, our chapter has presented three or four Saturday workshops per year, including the Career Day workshop. (We offer the Saturday workshops as an alternative to the usual monthly chapter dinner meeting.) We developed our Career Day program with two tracks—one for novice technical communicators (and curious laypeople), and another for persons with some experience in the field. Initially, we cooperated with a smaller, nearby chapter with many of the same employment issues.
Thomstatter, John H. Tieline (2000). Careers>Mentoring>Community Building
#24692
Developing a Chapter Mentoring Program
In an effort to promote and encourage an interest in the field of technical communication through academic/professional relationships, the New York Metro Chapter has developed a mentoring pilot program with Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) in Madison, New Jersey. The chapter, along with Dr. Michael B. Goodman, Director of FDU’s M.A. program in Corporate and Organizational Communication, coordinated their efforts to select members who can serve as role models for students interested in this field.
Epp, Barbara E. STC Proceedings (1996). Careers>Mentoring>Community Building>STC
#30073
Discover Buried Treasure at Your Local STC Chapter Meetings
You don't have to be an officer to benefit professionally from your local STC chapter meetings. Start attending your local chapter meetings and discover the many forms of buried treasure. These treasures will result in a new perspective of your writing, an increased library of professional resources, professional writers being hired at your workplace, and the chance to view the 'Best of Show' writing. You can reap rewards such as these with a small investment of personal time.
Lunemann, Rhonda S. STC Proceedings (2001). Articles>TC>Community Building>STC
