The six Northern California chapters of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) sponsor an annual technical communication competition. We submit winners in the Distinguished category to the Society-level competitions, where they compete with entries from around the world.
Distinguished
The entry is clearly superior in all areas. It contains no major flaws, and few, if any, minor flaws. It applies the principles of technical communication in an outstanding way, particularly in the way it anticipates and fulfills the needs of its audience.
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Kristen Kent Claudia Wood
Sonoma Medicine
Sonoma County Medical Association
Steve Osborn Cynthia Melody Linda McLaughlin
Erika Goodwin Rachel Pandolfi
Excellence
The entry consistently meets high standards in all areas. It might contain a single major flaw or a few minor flaws. The entry clearly demonstrates an exceptional understanding of technical communication principles.
Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac User’s Guide
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Jason Cabassi Andrey Starovoitov Christina Kajtsa
Tanya Romanova
Chatter Video Library
salesforce.com
Dean Atchison Noella Tavares Sarah Marovich
Merit
The entry consistently meets high standards in most areas. It might contain a small number of major or minor flaws but it still applies technical communication principles in a highly proficient manner.
Advent Revenue Center 3.0: Completing Your Billing Cycle
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Stewart Florsheim Heather Donnell
Moxy 7: Using the Portfolio Manager
Advent
Stewart Florsheim John Biasatti
AT3545G Full Spectrum DWDM Transmitters—Installation and Activation Guide
Aurora
Vince Swanson Ed Perry Greg Heath
GT3410A T1/E1 Access Module Installation and Activation Guide TM 87-10444
Aurora
Fred M Wickersham Shridhar Kulkarni Chuck Becker
Ed Perry
TN-10-002—OR4148H RFoG and TN-10-007—OR4168H RFPON Diplexer/Return Receiver Installation and Setup
Aurora
Vince Swanson Ed Perry Glenn Carley
AutoCAD User Assistance Videos
Autodesk
Jonathan Geary Allen Lowe Marianne Schwerdtfeger
Energy IQ: Australia’s Champion of Conservation
Chevron
Claire Tom Wai Tu
Corel Painter 12 Getting Started Guide
Corel
Carmen Humplik Nadezda Vladimirova Ludmila Minkova
Corel Painter Development Team
Oracle PeopleSoft Information Development – Hosted Documentation Website
Oracle
Hideto Kishi Jessica True Lisa Brown
Oracle PeopleSoft Information Development – PeopleSoft Information Portal
Oracle
Greg Parikh Race Bannon
Oracle PeopleSoft Information Development – Upgrade Resources Report Tool
Oracle
Greg Parikh Laurice Strickland
Pegasus Product Manual, v1.0
PROMISE Technology
Daniel Doornbos
Chatter Help
salesforce.com
Sarah Marovich Lauren Pederson Chris McGuire
Kristen Powell Noella Tavares Liane Yee
Stefanie Andersen Sheri Bernard
Database.com Workbook
salesforce.com
Jon Mountjoy Mike Jacobsen
ISVforce Workbook
salesforce.com
Mario Korf
Java for Heroku Workbook
salesforce.com
Mark Leonard James Ward
STC Silicon Valley Website
STC Silicon Valley Chapter
DJ Cline Doug Wray Todd Hawley
vSphere 5 Videos
VMWare
Renate Kempf Amy Bowman Chuck Potter
Doreen Kasson Gary Gray Diane Huffman
Svetlana Voskoboinikova
NanoSec Product Guide
Write Quick
Monique Semp
Judges
The following people evaluated the entries: Mysti Berry, Melody Brumis, DJ Cline, Nathaniel Lim, Patrick Lufkin, Michael Meyer, Joy Montgomery, Chris Muntzer, Bruce Poropat, Frank Ripp, Vince Swanson, Gail Waldron, and Prescott Williams
Volunteers
The following people volunteered in non-judging roles: Guy Haas, Judith Herr, Misty Herr, Joe Humbert, Patrick Lufkin, and Richard Mateosian