Join us on Thursday, April 17 as Stuart Bender highlights his experiences, insights, and techniques that he developed at CCC Information Services as a member of the Communications Services department when they created and enhanced their technical communication and user assistance deliverables. These include online help systems, user guides, tutorials, videos, interactive menus, reference cards, [...]

We’re honoring the winners of our Technical Communication Competition at the STC Chicago Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Join us for this special community celebration! You’ll have an opportunity to view the winning entries and meet this year’s award-winners in person.

We appreciate the time and dedication of our volunteers, and on this night, we’ll also [...]

STC Chicago is happy to announce that representatives from TechSmith will present SnagIt, a screen-capture software tool, at our February program. SnagIt is more than a simple screen capture tool, it’s a feature-rich application that allows you to capture, enhance, and share your on-screen visuals quickly and easily. TechSmith’s representatives will show how easy [...]

We’re partnering with MadCap Software to present a FREE webinar titled “Social Collaboration: How User-Added Content Enhances Your Documentation”.

Join us Thursday, Jan 16 from 12:00-1:00 pm. Register yourself and share the webinar with your colleagues.

There’s been a lot of talk about taking technical communication social, but what’s in it for you? In this [...]

Join us on Tuesday, December 10 for our annual Lightning Talks and holiday celebration meeting. 

Several of our chapter members will present Lightning Talks on a variety of topics, and one presenter will give an extemporaneous Lightning Talk.

A Lightning Talk is a 5-minute presentation using only 20 slides at 15 seconds per slide. [...]