Author Archives: Jane Olivera

Dear STC Berkeley chapter member: As the end of the year approaches, so does the annual election for our chapter officers. I am writing to ask you to consider running for one of the elected offices. Holding a chapter office … Continue reading →

If this site looks different from the last time you visited, that’s because STC Berkeley volunteers rebuilt it for WordPress. The leadership committee decided in December 2016 to replace the previous website, constructed in the early 2000s, with this WordPress-hosted site. They did so partly … Continue reading →

By Patrick Lufkin STC Fellow and VP Membership On June 3, a group of technical communicators and friends from around the Bay Area visited one of the area’s hidden treasures, the Bay Model in Sausalito. The excursion was organized by … Continue reading →

There are things we can’t control, like ageism. And there are things we can control in order to stay relevant and valuable in workplaces whose median age is usually below 40. Older workers in tech can fall into some career-killing … Continue reading →

  May 2017 Chapter Meeting Register now, on our reservation page The information age is also the age of the short attention span. We typically write for people who must spend much of each day reading. Many readers would prefer … Continue reading →