Next Meeting
STC-Huntsville North Alabama Technical Communication Conference
Saturday, April 13, 2024
9 am to 1 pm
Please join the Society for Technical Communication Huntsville/North Alabama for the 2024 Rocket City Technical Communication Conference! The conference will be held from 9 am to 1 pm on April 13 in the UAH Shelby Center (SST on the map).
The conference offers exciting, informative presentations on great topics:
- Instructional Design
- Configuration Management
- Knowledge Management
- Information Architecture
- How To Not Be an Annoying Technical Writer
- The Many Roles of Tech Writers
- Style Guides
For the first ever, this year’s conference is free to all attendees! Coffee and lunch are served!
We can’t wait to see you at the conference. You can RSVP with Ryan Weber at rw0019@uah.edu.
Congrats to our 2024 STC Huntsville/North Alabama Officers!
PRESIDENT – STC-NA CHAPTER – 2024
Ryan Weber
Ryan Weber is an Associate Professor of English and the Director of Business and Technical Writing at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. His research has appeared in Technical Communication, Technical Communication Quarterly, IEEE: Transactions on Professional Communication, and other publications. He edits the Student Perspectives column for the STC Monthly Magazine Intercom and also hosts the podcast 10-Minute Tech Comm. He is the UAH Student Liaison for the STC-NA Chapter.
TREASURER – STC-NA CHAPTER – 2024
Eric Brittingham
Eric Brittingham is the Secretary/Treasurer of the STC-H/NA chapter and works at Hexagon PPM (formerly Intergraph) developing documentation and training for the company’s engineering and construction information management software products. Before 2007, he lived in northern Delaware and was a member of the Philadelphia Metro chapter, working as an instructional designer, business analyst, solution analyst, and documentation writer for various corporations. He currently lives in Madison County, Alabama.
SECRETARY/MEMBERSHIP CHAIR – STC-NA CHAPTER – 2024
Julie Blair
Julie Blair is the current Secretary and Membership Chair of the STC North Alabama Chapter. A member since 2011, she has held multiple offices and roles in the chapter. In her service to STC, Julie attended three Summits. She has presented at the STC mini-con, which she never misses. Under her Presidency, the Chapter flourished with professional development and networking opportunities. Julie has met with tech comm college students and others interested in tech comm for the last 10 years. Twice Julie earned a Team IBM coin. Julie has experience in both software and hardware writing.
WEBMASTER – STC-NA CHAPTER – 2024
Beverly Watson
Beverly Watson is the current STC-NA Chapter webmaster. She has been a member of the Society for Technical Communication since 2011 and has served as Chapter Secretary and President for STC-NA. Beverly has over 25 years of professional experience in the aerospace and defense industries. She currently works as a technical editor in North Alabama.
Past Events and Speakers
Curious about what we’ve been up to and who our speakers were? Click on our STC-NA_Speakers_Events_Calendar_2023 and have a look!
Previous Meetings
Don’t Miss This Special Guest Speaker Event
Speaker: Sean Hubbell on UML Diagrams
When: Tuesday, October 10, 6 pm Central
Location: UAH Salmon Library, Room 111
Parking Map: https://www.uah.edu/map [Park in Lot G17]
More Info or to RSVP: Dr. Ryan Weber, rw0019@uah.edu
Please joint us at our Meet-and-Greet at Biergarten in the U.S. Space and Rocket Center!
Date: August 24, 2023
Time: 5:30 to 7 pm
The first 10 STC-NA members get in for free. Regular admission is $5. We’ll be meeting at the bottom of the stairs. For clickable links, open the PDF link below:
STC-NA Meet-in-Greet at the US Space and Rocket Center Biergarten PDF Flyer
The 2023 Rocket City Technical Communication Conference
First Presentation starts at 9 am. Plan to arrive any time between 8:00 to 8:45 am.
Lunch is served between 12 and 1 pm.
If you missed John Clement’s October 25th discussion, Tech Communication: A Lifetime of Learning, please view the presentation online on YouTube at this link:
Tech Communication: A Lifetime of Learning
John Clement is an active volunteer in STC. He is a recent graduate of the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he majored in English: Technical Communication and served as the president of the Future Technical Communicators club for several years. In STC, he currently serves as the Student Outreach Director on the Community Affairs Committee (CAC) and a member of the Membership Marketing Committee. He is passionate about student involvement, community building, and networking.
John’s Talk: In this presentation, John will discuss three places you should exert yourself to grow as a technical communicator: classes, career, and community. It is never too early to prepare for becoming a technical communicator; that includes getting involved in organizations like STC and its resources, which include networking, volunteering, scholarship opportunities, and more. John will talk about his time as a student leader in STC and at his tech comm club at UCF and how they both benefited his student experiences
What: Virtual Review of the 2020-2021 STC Salary Database and UAH Salary Survey Results
When: Thursday, May 5, 2022
Presentation Start Time: 6:00 pm Central (If possible, please log in 10 minutes prior.)
Where: Zoom Online/Virtual Meeting
How: This virtual event requires RSVP by Tuesday, May 3, 5:00 pm Central. To RSVP, send an email with your Name and Org Affiliation (STC-NA, UAH, or Friend) to STC-NA. You will receive a confirmation email within a day that contains information on accessing the meeting online.
Join us virtually on May 5 at 6 PM for an informal review of the 2020-2021 STC Salary Database. We will share how to find it and will review how it is organized. Dr. Ryan Weber, who leads the Technical Writing Department at UAH, will share his thoughts on the 2020-2021 STC Salary Database compared to the UAH Salary Survey performed in late 2019 by the Technical Writing Department at UAH. Then, we will have open discussion on the results for Alabama technical communicators and related roles.
This meeting will not be recorded, so don’t miss learning from and networking with your local technical communication peers.
In case you missed Google Suite for Non-Profits by Arthur Berger, please view the presentation online on YouTube at this link:
STC-Huntsville/North Alabama, Speaker: Art Berger, Google Suite, 2/3/2022
Virtual STC-NA Networking and News
Date: November 4, 2021
Time: 6 pm, Central Time
On November 4, the STC-NA will hold a general virtual meeting to network, share information about events coming in 2022, discuss speaker meetings in 2022, and open the call for questions and/or nominations of volunteer leadership positions. The call for nominations starts in November and concludes with the 2022 STC-NA administrative council election in December. Community leaders
and non-leader volunteers are a vital part to maintaining and growing the STC-NA Chapter, so we hope you can join the November 4 meeting to meet them and share your ideas for the future of the chapter.
In case you missed Effective Listening by Monica Tucker, please view the presentation online on YouTube at this link: STC NA Virtual Meeting Effective Listening 20210902 – YouTube.
If you missed Rosilyn Rayborn’s delightful presentation of In the Age of the Pandemic, How to Present Yourself to Potential Employers to Get Hired – Approach Your Next Career Search with Confidence! , clink on this link to view it on YouTube:
STC NA Podcast…How to Get Hired…Rosilyn Rayborn…May 6, 2021 – YouTube
In case you missed Bart Leahy’s fantastic presentation, Getting Things Rolling: Starting Your Technical Writing Business, we have the Zoom recording and the slides for you to view! Enjoy!
Link to the Zoom presentation: Getting Things Rolling: Starting Your Technical Writing Business
Link to the slides: STC_Presentation_Bart_Leahy_20210204-compressed
Did you miss The Write Stuff: The Authors Who Chronicle Humanity’s Outward Odyssey, featuring the below panelists?
No worries! The entire presentation is on YouTube? Click on this link to see it!!
Did You Miss the Dynamic April Online Meeting with Rosilyn Rayborn?
Well, Rosilyn has you covered!! Click on this link to view the recording: Rosilyn Rayborn’s Presentation on Personal Branding!
Description: Rosilyn Rayborn spoke about what it takes to brand yourself in her presentation, Do As I Say and Not As I Do: The Most Powerful—and Practical—Lessons I’ve Learned to Inspire My Personal Brand and How You Can Learn from Them, Too!
About the Speaker: With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Rosilyn Rayborn has worked in many industries and held various roles all in the name of good marketing. She’s worked as a technical writer for SaaS startups, provided social media support for healthcare providers, managed online reputation and PR campaigns, and developed content for B2B and B2C brands. In her last position, she did these things for a portfolio of more than 120 brands. In her latest role, Rosilyn is taking on the CPG industry—providing support to notable consumer-facing brands as Creative Director of brandcory—a Dallas-based branding agency. Outside of work, Rosilyn has participated in the entrepreneurial realm, starting an online cosmetics company and she is now focused on her latest hobby, genealogy. Rosilyn has been featured on countless panels and at various conferences to discuss marketing trends, genealogy and more. Learn more about Rosilyn at rosilynrayborn.com.
CANCELLED 3/19/2020 at 6:00 pm CST – “My Success, Failure, and Future Vision of Telling the Complete Story” by Alabama Author, Ryan M. Cole
CANCELLED 3/21/2020, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm CST – 2020 Rocket City Technical Communication Mini-Conference
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