STC Berkeley: October 2006 Monthly Meeting

Technical communicators sometimes wonder how their skills, talents, and expertise apply to other careers or jobs. Judy will help us identify the qualities we bring to the table as technical communicators. She will help us understand the value that these qualities bring to other career opportunities.

Judy will lead a highly interactive discussion, starting from an inventory of our skills and experience. You can download the inventory survey form before the meeting, or just show up ready to interact. The file is in Microsoft Word format.

Based on the results of the inventory, Judy will show us how we can use our skills in other positions. For example, she will show how our skills enable us to coordinate proposals and grants or provide consultative support to small businesses and non-profit organizations.

Finally, Judy will lead a discussion of opportunities, successful transitions, and lessons learned.

Speaker:

Judy Herr

Judy Herr has worked as a technical communicator for 25 years - as a writer/editor, public health worker, trainer, and documentation department manager. She is the principal of Well Chosen Words, a consulting company that provides consultative support and services in technical communication and knowledge management, occupational health, environmental science, and business acquisition. Her projects include preparing proposals to win government and commercial contracts; documenting computer system design; conducting design reviews; documenting scientific, environmental, emergency preparedness, and occupational safety programs; teaching adults, facilitating events and training; and conducting public relations and marketing.

Judy is an STC Fellow and the advocate for SIGs at the Society level. Her many former STC positions include president of the East Bay chapter, director of the Touchstone technical communication competition, and, most recently, leader of the Management SIG.

Monthly Chapter Meetings

The Berkeley chapter meets the second Wednesday of the month.

Continuing in July, 2006 we will meet in the Town Room (on the second floor) of the Shattuck Plaza Hotel in Berkeley, CA.

Program Ideas
Fees
Agenda
Location and Directions

Chapter Meeting Program Ideas?

If you have a suggestion for a meeting topic you'd like to hear more about or if you'd like to be a presenter, send an email to Mary Ann Campbell, VP of Programs.

Chapter Meeting Fees

For the meeting and dinner, reserved on the Chapter's website in advance:

Members: $10
Non-members: $18
Students: $10

For the meeting and dinner, at the door:

Members: $15
Non-members: $21
Students: $15

Note: If you do not reserve dinner in advance, dinner may or may not be available on a walk-in basis. We order dinner for the number of reservations plus a few walk-ins.

To attend the program only, reserved in advance:

Members: $5
Non-members: $15
Students: $5

To attend the program only, at the door:

Members: $10
Non-members: $15
Students: $10

NOTE ONE: Non-members are always welcome to STC meetings.

NOTE TWO: All members of the San Francisco Chapter of the IABC are welcome to register for Berkeley STC General Meetings at the member price.

If you wish to pay by cash or check, send email to that effect to treasurer@stc-berkeley.org, and then bring payment to the meeting.

If you wish to pay be credit card, please reserve using our online storefront.

Interested in becoming a member?

Chapter Meetings Agenda

6:00 to 7:00: Networking, conversation, and dinner
7:00 to 7:15: Chapter business, announcements, introductions, jobs needed and available*
7:15 to 8:30: Formal program
8:30 to 9:00: Conversation, off-line questions for the speakers, follow-up on job announcements
9:00 to 9:15: Clear the room, move conversations to the sidewalk

*Attendees are encouraged to announce open positions. Please bring job listings for distribution. Recruiters may introduce themselves, but may not describe open positions in detail. Save that for one-on-one after the program.

Location and Directions

Shattuck Plaza Hotel
2086 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA

The Shattuck Plaza Hotel is located at 2086 Allston Way in downtown Berkeley, immediately west of Shattuck Ave. We meet in the Towne Room on the second floor.

The Shattuck Plaza Hotel in Downtown Berkeley, just off of Shattuck

The hotel is within walking distance from the Berkeley BART station; meter parking on the street is free after 6:00 p.m.

The Shattuck Plaza Hotel Lobby

Directions to the Shattuck Plaza Hotel

By BART:

Emerge from the Berkeley BART station.
Walk south on Shattuck one block.
Turn right on Allston.
The Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the left.

By car:

Metered parking on the street is free after 6:00 p.m.

From north of Berkeley: I-880 south and get off at the University Avenue exit. Follow University east to Shattuck and turn right. Allston is three blocks south of University, and the Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the South side of the street.

From south of Oakland: SOUTH: Take I-880 north to downtown Oakland, and then bear right onto I-980. Take the Martin Luther King exit and bear left to merge onto Martin Luther King Way. Turn right onto Adeline just past the sharp curve. Adeline will merge into Shattuck Avenue. Turn left on Allston and the hotel will be on the left side of Allston.

From San Francisco: Take the Bay Bridge towards Oakland (I-80 East). At the end of the bridge, take I-80 east towards Berkeley. Get off at the University Avenue exit. Follow University east to Shattuck and turn right. Allston is three blocks south of University, and the Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the South side of the street.

From far East Bay: Take Highway 24 West through the Caldecott Tunnel. Exit at Highway 13 north towards Berkeley. Turn right on Shattuck Avenue. Turn left on Allston and the hotel will be on the left side of Allston.

Please email webpage corrections or webpage comments to:

Jim Dexter (internet@stc-berkeley.org)

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