Program Meeting: The State of STC as the New Decade Dawns
Nov 10, 2009 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm (Central US)
PBHS Bldg. @ The Houstonian Hotel
123 N. Post Oak Lane
Meeting Details
Networking Hour: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Program Meeting: 6:30-8 p.m.
Meeting will have light snacks and drinks only this month.
Meeting Pricing has changed. Click here for details!
Meeting Location CHANGE:
APQC Bldg. @ The Houstonian Hotel - 123 N. Post Oak Lane. (Click the link for directions and a map to the hotel.)
Directions to our meeting at APQC Bldg.:
When you enter the Houstonian campus off N. Post Oak Ln., continue straight ahead to the security guard booth. You do not need to sign in, just wave politely and continue around the booth to the left. Stay to the left at each driveway and split in the road. When it seems as if you are about to drive off into the woods onto a service road, you are exactly where you need to be! The road will dead end into the first floor parking lot of the APQC building.
You will see signs indicating APQC Parking Only and No Houstonian Hotel Parking. Park in the APQC building parking lot. There are doors into the APQC building both from the parking lot and from the front of the building. Once inside go to the 4th floor and proceed to the back corner of the building, where you will find Suite 435, where our meeting will be held.
Meeting Program:
The State of STC as the New Decade Dawns
Hillary Hart, STC 2nd Vice-President
Hillary Hart will present an overview of the state of STC at the closing of this year of financial crisis. She will summarize STC’s current financial position, explain the new 2010 dues structure, and describe some of the new benefits and services (the New Norm) that are coming online now and in the coming year.
Hillary will also present her vision of STC’s New Norm: the direction she would like to see the Society take in the next couple of years, with the help of its community leaders and members.
As the STC communities become more similar in administrative structure, increased collaboration and synergy across communities of practice and of geography become possible. Increased use of social media and other online communication technologies enables more timely communication between STC and members. These synergies and enhanced communication are great for both STC and its members but necessitate new infrastructure and bring with them responsibilities for consistent, clear, accurate messaging by all parties.
Hillary would really like to hear from Houston chapter members how they see the STC network of communities evolving and how STC and its communities can partner to advance the profession of Technical Communication.
About the Speaker:
Hillary Hart is a fellow of STC and currently serves as 2nd vice-president of the Society. Having long served at the community and international levels, her STC awards include a Distinguished Technical Communication Award from Technical Communication, Distinguished Special Service Award, Distinguished Chapter Service Award, and the President’s Award.
As Distinguished Sr. Lecturer in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas, Hillary has developed a multi-level program in technical communication, teaching over 175 undergraduate and graduate engineering students yearly and bringing in speakers, scholarships, and student-writing competitions. She also consults with and conducts short courses and workshops for a diverse selection of clients, including public agencies (the TX Water Development Board, TX Commission on Environmental Quality) and corporations such as BP-Amoco, Gestalt, and Alcoa.
Hillary has published one book (sole author) and over 20 technical articles on environmental risk communication, engineering ethics, teaching communication to engineering undergraduates, and defining technical communication. She has also presented over 35 talks at national technical conferences (including 20 at STC conferences). She is currently a co-PI on a 3-year, $225,000 National Science Foundation grant to help graduate students avoid ethical problems in research and publication. As a researcher at UT Austin, she has helped secured $3,000,000 in grant funding, $300,000 of which she has individually managed.
Hillary is a member of the Austin chapter and two SIGs: Academic: Environmental, Safety and Health Communication.
