Stimulus Online

MAR/APR 1999
   Book Review
User and Task Analysis for Interface Design explains the "why" and the "how" of gathering information about users in order to create ...  read more.

   Director-Sponsor's Campfire
From the Region 5 Director-Sponsor - We were at the Casa Diablo camp on Sunday night of the Spring horse drive in the eastern California Sierras. Monday morning before breakfast, we ...  read more.

   Human factors in software ...
In this highly competitive age, technical writers (OK, "communicators") need to constantly fine-tune their skills to stay current ...  read more.

   Single source of contention
The January meeting - The panel discussion on Help was a raving success! Not only did we fill to capacity one of the largest rooms at the RA Centre, but we were thoroughly stimulated ...  read more.

Competition awards ceremony honours excellence

by Tim Scapillato Extra!

Tim Scapillato is the editor of Stimulus

   Technical communicators from Montreal to Edmonton were front and centre at the annual Technical Publications and Online Communications competitions awards presentation on February 25 at the RA Centre's Outaouais Room. More than 80 chapter members and friends attended the premiere event on the STCEO calendar. Former chapter president Laurel Simmons presided over the awards ceremonies, presenting certificates and plaques to the talented winners.
A record number of entries—35 print and 22 online—were submitted to this year's competition, but numbers alone are not the only measure of success. The high quality of this year's entries resulted in the presentation of 38 awards. Six of the entries—four print and two online—received Distinguished Awards, automatically qualifying them for the STC International Competition. This is one of the strongest showings ever by the Eastern Ontario Chapter. Judging of the international entries has been completed. The winners will be announced, and awards presented, at the STC annual conference in Cincinnati in May.
This year, both competitions received several entries from the Montreal Chapter, which was well-represented at the awards ceremonies by a delegation which drove up Highway 417 to receive awards and enjoy our hospitality. One recipient made the trip from Edmonton to receive an award, making this a truly national event.

Thanks to the organizers

The publications competitions are the highlight of our chapter's annual events program, providing technical communicators the opportunity to showcase their talents and receive important critical feedback from their peers.

(Competition awards ceremony) ...  read more.