categoryallspace2-Organizations Regional http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Organizations/Regional A directory of resources about organizations and regional in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Organizations/Regional http://tc.eserver.org/31494.html http://tc.eserver.org/31494.html The African regional chapter for the International Association of Business Communicators. http://tc.eserver.org/30644.html http://tc.eserver.org/30644.html 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. http://tc.eserver.org/28327.html http://tc.eserver.org/28327.html The European Design for All e-Accessibility Network is a network of 160 organisations in EU member states. The goal of the network is to support all citizens' access to the Information Society. http://tc.eserver.org/28307.html http://tc.eserver.org/28307.html COM&TEC è l'associazione italiana per la comunicazione tecnica. Il suo obiettivo è quello di fornire supporto sia ai professionisti della comunicazione e della documentazione tecnica che a quelli della traduzione e localizzazione. L'associazione mira a creare maggiore consapevolezza in merito all'importanza della documentazione tecnica di buona qualità e svolge a tal fine attività di sensibilizzazione ed indirizzo per l'intero settore. http://tc.eserver.org/28301.html http://tc.eserver.org/28301.html STC France is a geographic community of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). Our Mission is to encourage and support technical communicators in France with regular networking and training events, news, useful resources, and an online job bank service. http://tc.eserver.org/27466.html http://tc.eserver.org/27466.html The Houston Chapter of STC was formed in 1962 and provides networking, employment, volunteer, and educational opportunities to local and satellite members. http://tc.eserver.org/27465.html http://tc.eserver.org/27465.html 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. http://tc.eserver.org/26984.html http://tc.eserver.org/26984.html The website of the Bay Area Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. http://tc.eserver.org/26939.html http://tc.eserver.org/26939.html The XML Authoring Group is an informal gathering of technical communication professions in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) area of North Carolina who meet once every two months or so to discuss issues regarding the development of technical content with structure or XML tags. We are not a group of XML programmers and we are not beginners with XML either. We are using XML for developing, delivering, and maintaining technical content, not data. http://tc.eserver.org/26769.html http://tc.eserver.org/26769.html 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. http://tc.eserver.org/26438.html http://tc.eserver.org/26438.html RusCHI serves as an inter-disciplinary group for the exchange of ideas and experience in the field of usability and human-computer interaction (HCI) by bringing together people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive systems. http://tc.eserver.org/25285.html http://tc.eserver.org/25285.html The CSSR's purpose is to promote the study of the theory and practice of rhetoric in all periods and languages, and its relationships with other fields of enquiry and realms of practice. http://tc.eserver.org/24934.html http://tc.eserver.org/24934.html Basic information about Science Communication Group: what we do and who we are. http://tc.eserver.org/23209.html http://tc.eserver.org/23209.html EBLIDA is the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations. We are an independent umbrella association of national library, information, documentation and archive associations and institutions in Europe. http://tc.eserver.org/23206.html http://tc.eserver.org/23206.html コンセントによる日本のインフォメーションアーキテクトのための情報提供サイト。IA関連イベント情報、参考文献、IA関連リンクなどの紹介。 http://tc.eserver.org/23024.html http://tc.eserver.org/23024.html An organization for Usability and Design professional, as well as people just enthusiastic about these endeavors, who live or work in the Greater Twin Cities Area. http://tc.eserver.org/22894.html http://tc.eserver.org/22894.html The Australian Society for Technical Communication (NSW) is a professional non-profit organisation dedicated to serving the needs of technical communicators. http://tc.eserver.org/22896.html http://tc.eserver.org/22896.html The Society of Editors (Victoria) Inc. is an organisation for people who are engaged professionally in editing for publication. It has more than 300 members, including in-house and freelance editors. http://tc.eserver.org/22630.html http://tc.eserver.org/22630.html The Editors' Association of Canada promotes professional editing as key in producing effective communications. Its 1,600-plus members, salaried and freelance, work with individuals and in the corporate, technical, government, non-profit, and publishing sectors. http://tc.eserver.org/21454.html http://tc.eserver.org/21454.html TCeurope is the European umbrella organisation for technical documentation, currently representing technical writers and illustrators in seven European countries. http://tc.eserver.org/21455.html http://tc.eserver.org/21455.html Die TECOM Schweiz ist der Fachverband der Autoren, Redaktoren, Illustratoren und weiteren Kommunikationsspezialisten, die sich mit Dokumentation von technischen Einrichtungen, Prozessen und Software beschäftigen. http://tc.eserver.org/20906.html http://tc.eserver.org/20906.html Northwest Science Writers Association (NSWA) is a northwest-US based organization that strives to improve understanding of science and technology by examining issues from a variety of perspectives. We encourage writers of all types (e.g., journalists, novelists, poets, technical writers) and others (e.g., policy makers, educators, business leaders) to participate in discussions to gain insight from one another. http://tc.eserver.org/20041.html http://tc.eserver.org/20041.html AIfIA in het Nederlands is de sectie van de AIfIA website waar we vertalingen van belangrijke teksten over informatie-architectuur (IA) in het Nederlands publiceren. We plaatsen ook nieuws over en hyperlinks naar informatie over IA in het Nederlandse taalgebied. Wij bieden gelegenheid tot interactie in de Nederlandse taal via commentaren op nieuwsberichten en een e-mail rondzendlijst. http://tc.eserver.org/19173.html http://tc.eserver.org/19173.html The Information Design Association (IDA) was founded in the UK in 1991, to bring together practitioners, users and anyone else with an interest in information design. http://tc.eserver.org/15057.html http://tc.eserver.org/15057.html GRApES is a group of applied linguists and rhetoricians in the English Department at ISU who meet regularly to discuss their various research pursuits, looking for areas of mutual interest in terms of methodology and theory. As you will see below, the group is quite diverse in interests and expertise. Our goal is to collaborate on joint research projects. Feel free to contact any of us about our research. http://tc.eserver.org/15044.html http://tc.eserver.org/15044.html Links to the websites of regional chapters of the NASW. http://tc.eserver.org/14494.html http://tc.eserver.org/14494.html The Belgian Laboratory of Computer-Human Interaction (BCHI) is conducting research, development, and consulting services in the domain of user interface engineering. This domain is located midway between software engineering, human-computer interaction, and usability engineering. http://tc.eserver.org/14323.html http://tc.eserver.org/14323.html Terminologi er af vital betydning for en vellykket kommunikation, for virksomheder, for forskningen og for udviklingen af nye ideer. Terminologi er en forudsætning for, at fx lovtekster og regulativer, produktinformation, private og offentlige informationssystemer, standarder, marketingbrochurer og forskningsrapporter kan formidle et budskab korrekt. Som et resultat heraf har terminologiske ressourcer og aktiviteter en betragtelig strategisk og økonomisk betydning i samfundet. http://tc.eserver.org/14309.html http://tc.eserver.org/14309.html Föreningen Teknisk Information (FTI) är en förening för professionella informatörer med teknik och naturvetenskap som arbetsfält. Föreningen fungerar som ett kontaktnät informatörerna emellan och är ett forum för utbyte av erfarenheter. FTI arrangerar bl a studiebesök, höst- och vårmöte med seminarier och föredrag. På några platser finns också lokala arbetsgrupper. En viktig del i föreningens verksamhet är certifiering av teknikinformatörer. http://tc.eserver.org/14257.html http://tc.eserver.org/14257.html ACM SIGCHI brings together people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive computing systems for human use. ACM SIGCHI provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas about the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). http://tc.eserver.org/14166.html http://tc.eserver.org/14166.html 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. http://tc.eserver.org/14110.html http://tc.eserver.org/14110.html La Société québécoise de la rédaction professionnelle (SQRP) est née en 1993 de l'association de spécialistes travaillant dans divers domaines de la rédaction. http://tc.eserver.org/14111.html http://tc.eserver.org/14111.html 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. http://tc.eserver.org/14088.html http://tc.eserver.org/14088.html The Canadian Issues SIG was created to explore the issues that are unique to Canadian Technical Communicators, and to raise the awareness of the need for technical communications in the Canadian market today. http://tc.eserver.org/13992.html http://tc.eserver.org/13992.html De Beroepsorganisatie Nederlandse Ontwerpers (BNO) is de branchevereniging van ontwerpers en ontwerpbureaus in Nederland. Deze zijn actief binnen diverse disciplines: grafisch ontwerpen, interactief ontwerpen, industrieel ontwerpen, verpakkingsontwerpen, ruimtelijk ontwerpen, mode en styling, en illustratie. De BNO is de meest representatieve gesprekspartner op het gebied van het ontwerpen in Nederland en is gericht op de voortdurende ontwikkeling van de discipline en het vergroten van haar betekenis. De BNO vertegenwoordigt ruim 2300 individuele ontwerpers en 200 ontwerpbureaus. http://tc.eserver.org/13993.html http://tc.eserver.org/13993.html Professionnel de la communication technique spécialisé dans la conception et la réalisation de documents destinés à l’utilisateur professionnel ou grand public de produits techniques. http://tc.eserver.org/13991.html http://tc.eserver.org/13991.html Het doel van deze website is om leden van en geïnteresseerden in de vereniging SIGCHI.NL een platform te bieden om op de hoogte te blijven van de stand van zaken op HCI-gebied. http://tc.eserver.org/13988.html http://tc.eserver.org/13988.html 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. http://tc.eserver.org/13990.html http://tc.eserver.org/13990.html Tekstnet is een beroepsvereniging voor professionals in tekst en taal: tekstschrijvers, redacteuren en taaltrainers in Nederland en Vlaanderen. Tekstnet zet zich in voor de professionaliteit van tekstspecialisten via: een toelatingsprocedure die de kwaliteit van de leden garandeert; kennisuitwisseling (bijeenkomsten, intervisiegroepen, mentorschap, mailinglijst, vakblad) leveringsvoorwaarden en een tarievenindicatie. http://tc.eserver.org/13550.html http://tc.eserver.org/13550.html The largest Canadian association for technical writers. CATTW/ACPRTS (Association canadienne des professeurs de rédaction technique et scientifique) has the unique mandate of encouraging research and discussion about technical communication in both of Canada's two official languages. Our association also actively encourages interdisciplinary and community-based research. http://tc.eserver.org/13519.html http://tc.eserver.org/13519.html The ASTC is a non-profit society, based in Victoria, for technical writers and other professionals involved in the communication of technical information. http://tc.eserver.org/13516.html http://tc.eserver.org/13516.html 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. http://tc.eserver.org/13314.html http://tc.eserver.org/13314.html Our purpose is to promote the study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientific principles of communication. SSCA, a not-for-profit organization, exists for educational, scientific, and literary purposes only. The mission of this network is to bring those in speech and communication-related disciplines--predominantly located, but not limited to the Southern United States--closer together. http://tc.eserver.org/13061.html http://tc.eserver.org/13061.html This list is a place where we can discuss issues relating to the technical writing profession and everything else in between! While the membership might weigh heavily with Montreal/Quebec based writers, anyone can join in on the discussion, regardless of where they are from! http://tc.eserver.org/11843.html http://tc.eserver.org/11843.html A society for the benefit of people who are involved in the field of documentation. http://tc.eserver.org/10855.html http://tc.eserver.org/10855.html Créée en 1963 dans le but de regrouper tous les professionnels de l'information et de la documentation, l'ADBS compte plus de 5600 adhérents et se place au premier rang européen des associations de spécialistes de l'information. Ses principaux objectifs sont de: développer les échanges entre professionnels; promouvoir et défendre la profession; diffuser et développer l'application des nouvelles technologies; contribuer au perfectionnement de ses adhérents par l'organisation de journées d'études et de sessions de formation; réaliser de nombreuses publications. http://tc.eserver.org/10658.html http://tc.eserver.org/10658.html The SFEP is a non-profit-distributing organization with the twin aims of: promoting high editorial standards; achieving recognition of the professional status of its members. There are currently around 1400 members (mostly in the UK), providing a wide range of freelance editorial services to the publishing community and beyond. Corporate membership is also available to publishing companies. http://tc.eserver.org/10621.html http://tc.eserver.org/10621.html The British HCI Group is the longest-established and largest national group in Europe devoted to HCI. The British HCI Group was set up in 1984 as a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society, to provide an umbrella organisation for all those working on the requirements analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of technology for human use. http://tc.eserver.org/10129.html http://tc.eserver.org/10129.html A UK organization (member of Intecom) that allows members to exchange views and information with other technical communicators. Offers book reviews on various subjects (e.g. editing, writing, indexing, web design, user interface design, and programming and mark-up languages). It also offers information on training and education for technical communicators. http://tc.eserver.org/10017.html http://tc.eserver.org/10017.html Links to the STC's more than 150 chapters, including student chapters, in eight regions worldwide. Use the search feature below to locate chapter contact information, including the chapter Web site address.