[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Author Index (this month)][Thread Index (this month)][Top of Archive]

Re: STC Letter to the Editor

Subject: Re: STC Letter to the Editor
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 10:16:12 -0800


Grant, Christopher wrote:


Given the admission of this inability to assess technical accuracy, I do not
understand how the STC can get away with holding "technical communication"
competitions and have folks take them seriously.

I'm not sure that anybody outside the STC does take them seriously.

I don't say this to bash the STC, but simply because most people outside the STC haven't heard of the organization. Those who have heard of it probably don't know much about it (and why should they? Many of them are not writers), so can't judge what an award means.The average HR clerk must only have a sense of a vaguely impressive accomplishment.

Another problem is that the more competitions there are, the less winning means. Even if the majority of STC chapters do not hold competitions, there must be a dozen or more regional competitions yearly. In this crowd, winning an award is analogous to being on one of the dozens of best-seller lists as a novelist: winning a regional competition may be something to be pleased or proud about, but the accomplishment is diminished by the number of other winners.

--
Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7177
http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield

"Rats bite, bees sting,
Bullets strike and tigers spring,
While love whispers, money talks,
But Guy Fawkes must burn."
-Leon Rosselson, "Penny for the Guy."


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Check out SnagIt - The Screen Capture Standard!
Download a free 30-day trial from http://www.techsmith.com/rdr/txt/twr
Find out what all the other tech writers, including Dan, already know!

All-new RoboHelp X3 is now shipping! Get single sourcing, print-quality
documentation, conditional text and much more, in the most monumental
release ever. Save $100! Order online at http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.


References:
RE: STC Letter to the Editor: From: Grant, Christopher

Previous by Author: Re: STC Letter to the Editor
Next by Author: Re: STC and words
Previous by Thread: RE: STC Letter to the Editor
Next by Thread: RE: STC Letter to the Editor

[Top of Archive] | [Author Index (this month)] | [Thread Index (this month)]

What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:

Sponsored Ads