STC International SIG (STC-ITC)
Business Meeting -  STC Summit 2013

Agenda

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Please bring your lunch and drink

Announcements

• Welcome:  current and potential members

Leadership team changes and positions available

• Gina Wadley, Acting Manager
• Phil Gray, Assistant Acting Manager
• Ann Wiley, Webmaster/Email List/Editor
• Open:  Membership/Volunteer/Student Coordinator

Roadmap:  STC Summit sessions for ITC SIG members

Discussion

• Collaboration and Communication
  • Global Talk Web site (blog): http://itcglobaltalk.org/
    • Collaboration needed (article research and blog posts)
    • Email discussion list: http://mailman.stc.org/mailman/listinfo/stcitcsig-l
    • Webinars
      • Currently presenting jointly with STC-Europe (announcements via our email list)
      • Webinar tools (currently using AT&T connect for STC-Europe)
        • Possible topics:
          • Terminology standardization
          • Standardized and simple English
          • Writing for translation
          • Translation tools
          • Localization laws
          • How to decrease translation costs
          • Education and training
          • Careers and jobs
          • Other
        • Twitter:  @stc_itc_sig   (hashtag:  #stc-itc)
        • MySTC group page:
          http://stc.org/mystc/groups/viewgroup/107International+Technical+Communication
        • LinkedIn
          • http://www.linkedin.com/groups/International-Technical-Communication-Society-Technical-3919306/about
• Working with related SIGs
  • STC Europe SIG, STC France Chapter, STC Canada SIG, and STC India Chapter
  • How can we work together to accomplish our goals and promote issues?  Joint webinars?
• Associated organizations:
  • Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)
    • At Summit 2008, we jointly sponsored an International Pavilion.  Do we want to work with other groups like this again?
  • ATA and how to become a certified translator (which is done in person at their conventions)
  • LavaCon Conference on Digital Media and Content Strategies
    • Offers some sessions on localization and international issues
  • Others?

Summit News agenda, meeting, stc_summit

We’re busy planning our events at the STC Summit in Atlanta (May 4-8), including our table at the Communities Reception on Monday evening and our business meeting (to be held either on Monday or Tuesday during lunch time).

The keynote presenter is David Pogue.

We’re especially looking forward to the following presentations and progressions on localization and translation:

• Six Easy Ways to Control Your Localization Costs, presented by Bill Swallow
• Take Control of Your Content, presented by Jean-Luc Mazet
• Using Foreign-Accented Speech: To Localize or Not?, presented by Halcyon Lawrence
• Writing for Everyone: SEO, ESL, Translation, and Accessibility, presented by Char James-Tanny
• Communication and Translation Progression
  • Is Your Content Ready for Localization?
  • Localization Is Key to Going Global
  • New International Standard for Content Management
  • There’s Nothing Simple About Simplified Technical English
  • New International Standard for Content Management

For descriptions, see the full list of currently scheduled sessions, with presenters and descriptions (PDF).

Gina Wadley
Acting Manager

Summit News