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Going back and re-reading his email, you are right. He did mention STC
Cnference and not local chapter competitions. Either way you wind up with
the same result. Your work is being evaluated by others with differing
backgrounds who are going to apply what they think is right, whether it is
right or not. They are expressing their opinion, and you know what opinions
are link. We all have one, and at one time or another, it tends to give off
an odor.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Brierley [mailto:sbri -at- haestad -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:21 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: STC Conference: Manual Evaluations--valuable?
Well, that's the crux, isn't it? The evaluators bring their training,
education, and experience to the table. Agreed, an Award of Excellence
is awesome!! But, just who is critiquing your stuff?
I mean, the STC is so very broad in scope that it might be somebody who
is literally applying some techniques they learnt in "Usability class,"
or it might be an insightful guru with a bunch of experience. It might
be somebody who has no idea what you are doing, or somebody who has been
there and appreciates the hurdles.
I'd say, if you got an excellence award, you are doing fine. For those
who did not, perhaps you should consider the STC judges as part of your
target audience before you prepare your documentation. This might lead
to some compromises for your paying audience, but you should be able to
hide that sufficiently. Just a thought.
Still, wasn't the original poster talking about an actual conference
session, and not the STC publications competition?
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