In recent years, organizations for information architects (also known as 'information designers') have become vital and interesting places to meet and discuss emerging issues in usability, experience design, interaction design and metadata collection/development.
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The Houston Chapter of STC was formed in 1962 and provides networking, employment, volunteer, and educational opportunities to local and satellite members.
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STC Indexing Special Interest Group
The Indexing SIG will enhance members' analytical skills, promote quality and usability concepts, encourage retrievability techniques that increase customer satisfaction, and promote communication between STC members and the indexing community. The Indexing SIG will also give STC members access to information and resources that help them improve their indexing skills and the usability of their documentation products.
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STC Instructional Design and Learning Special Interest Group
The Instructional Design & Learning (IDL) SIG helps STC members design, develop, and implement technical instruction in electronic and classroom settings. It promotes sound design practices and educates members about instructional theory, research, and tools. The IDL SIG provides resources to STC members interested in the intersection of technical communication and instructional design, especially in the following areas: Training development and delivery. Research and theory in instructional design and learning. Self-paced training development and delivery, including web-based training (WBT) and computer-based training (CBT). Tools for WBT and CBT.
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STC International Technical Communication Special Interest Group
Members exchange information on internationalization, localization, translation, international standards, cross-cultural communication, and technical communication worldwide. Projects include a bibliography and 'kits' of articles on specific topics, including the translation kit. The newsletter is Global Talk Online.
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Our STC chapter draws members from throughout the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia; from the upper and middle Shenandoah Valley to the Blue Ridge to the Piedmont to Tidewater. Our members are employees and independent contractors or consultants.
STC James River Chapter. Organizations>TC>Regional>Southern US
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STC Lone Writer Special Interest Group
The Lone Writer SIG provides an avenue of professional education, monitoring, and support to writers who are the sole technical writers for their organizations, particularly those that lack in-house resources and assistance on issues concerning their profession.
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STC Marketing Communication SIG
The Marketing Communication Special Interest Group is a resource designed to help its members network, exchange information, and receive education on marketing and public relations writing for technical products. Members are marketing and public relations writers, editors, specialists, managers, and consultants, as well as technical communicators interested in marketing communication.
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This website informs you about technical communication in general, technical communicators working in the Netherlands and the work of the Netherlands Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication.
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STC Policies and Procedures Special Interest Group 
The Policies and Procedures (P&P) Special Interest Group of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) helps members develop, implement, and manage policies and procedures communication. This is accomplished through education and networking opportunities, conference sessions and publications, and interaction with other other STC SIGs and professional organizations in areas of common interest. Policies and Procedures SIG activities include publishing a regular newsletter, presenting conference sessions, developing articles for Society publications on related issues, and providing referrals for information requests. The P&P SIG began in September, 1994, with 60 members. Today, it has more than 850 members from around the world. It is the largest known group specializing in policies and procedures communication.
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STC Scientific Communication SIG
The Scientific Communication SIG provides a forum in which STC members can exchange information about publications and presentations related to science or scientific research for a variety of audiences. Scientific Communication SIG activities include publishing The Exchange (the SIG's newsletter), promoting sessions on scientific communication at STC conferences, and developing articles on issues in scientific communication for Intercom and Technical Communication.
STC Scientific Communication SIG. Organizations>Scientific Communication
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STC Single Sourcing Special Interest Group
A special interest group dedicated to work using a single document source to generate multiple types of document outputs; workflows for creating multiple outputs from a document or database source.
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The Southeastern Michigan Chapter (STC/SM) ranges from Jackson, Michigan, to Lansing and Port Huron—with a majority of our members concentrated in the metro Detroit and Ann Arbor areas. Our local chapter provides learning and networking opportunities for technical communicators and supports the international STC organization with its efforts.
STC Southeastern Michigan. Organizations>TC>Regional>Michigan
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STC Special Needs Special Interest Group
The Special Needs SIG serves as a focal point both to help members with special needs achieve their potential and to help ensure the accessibility of technical communication products to end users with special needs. We accomplish this by researching and publishing information about products, services, and literature that can assist technical communicators with disabilities in their career activities and to assist all technical communicators in developing products that are fully accessible to users with disabilities.
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STC Technical Editing Special Interest Group
The Technical Editing SIG focuses on issues related to technical editing. Our goal is to provide editing resources and leadership for STC members who want to learn more about technical editing and its important contributions to our profession.
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Studiekring voor Technische Informatie en Communicatie
STIC stelt zich tot doel: een platform te bieden voor contacten tussen de beoefenaars van het vakgebied; de bekendheid en het goede imago van het vakgebied te bevorderen; hoogwaardige vormen van onderwijs en opleiding in het vakgebied te bevorderen; op te treden als spreekbuis van de technische communicatie in Nederland ten opzichte van het bedrijfsleven, onderwijsinstellingen, overheid en in internationale verband.
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The Studio for New Media is an interdisciplinary research institute organized to support, further, and coordinate work with digital media.
Studio for New Media. Organizations>Web Design>Multimedia>Iowa
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Suomen Tekniset Dokumentoijat ry
Suomen tekniset dokumentoijat ry on kaikkien teknisen dokumentaation ja viestinnän alalla toimivien yhdistys. Näillä sivuilla kerrotaan Suomen tekniset dokumentoijat ry:stä kaikki se, mitä ihmisten yhdistyksestä tulisi tietää.
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This site is dedicated to increasing awareness of the benefits derived from the use of 'user-centered' development methods in the creation of advanced technological solutions to complex social and business problems. The primary focus of our editorial content is on screen-based products and services. In the strong belief that knowledge is power and collaboration expands knowledge we have created this site with the hope of building an executive resource for user-centered design information.
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Technical Communication Organizations
A listing of over 175 technical communication organizations and associations.
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Technical Writers Club of Ukraine
An Ukrainian community of technical writers. The club is headquartered in the city of Kharkiv, the second largest Ukrainian city.
TWCU (2007). Organizations>Writing>Technical Writing>Ukraine
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The Technical Writers of India
Welcome to the cyberhome of TWIN (Technical Writers of India). TWIN, the bonding glue of the Indian technical writing community, was founded in the winter of 1997. The TWIN mailing list, with over 700 members, is a forum to communicate, share, and discuss issues about technical writing. You may want to have a look at what has transpired on the list since 1997. Though TWIN was founded as a mailing list for Indian technical writers, it is open to everyone interested in technical writing whether you are experienced hand, a newbie, or a wannabe. Come, join us now to be a part of this growing and vibrant community.
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This is a site that permits ranting and raving about your favourite technical writing tool. Love/hate MS Word, FrameMaker, Interleaf etc? This is the place to complain and keep it off the other professional lists.
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TECOM Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Technische Kommunikation
Die TECOM Schweiz ist der Fachverband der Autoren, Redaktoren, Illustratoren und weiteren Kommunikationsspezialisten, die sich mit Dokumentation von technischen Einrichtungen, Prozessen und Software beschäftigen.
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tekom is the German society for technical communication. Nearly all contents of tekom's website have been translated into English. A lot of contents are free, others are for members only.
