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.
Autodesk Inventor Show Me Animations
Autodesk
Nick Hasselblad Jessica Yu Paul Norman
Claudia Wood Ashley Rutherford Song Yang
Shirley Koh Colin Zhang Kathy Wang
Teresa Yu Autodesk Manufacturing Technical Publications
Motor Gasolines Technical Review
Chevron
Andrea Farr
Jacqueline Jones
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.
iPod touch User Guide
Apple
Nathan Melsted
Stefan Smith
Garet Igarashi
Autodesk Inventor Help
Autodesk
Jeanie Wayker Claudia Wood Nick Hasselblad
Teresa Yu Paul Norman Jessica Yu
Ashley Rutherford Colin Zhang Kathy Wang
Patrick Miller Rene Plautz Bill Cari
Darin Redlinger Ted Saufley Bill Bogan
Irena Kubicova Stepa Vnuckova
Autodesk Manufacturing Technical Publications
IBM InfoSphere Warehouse Tutorials
IBM
Lora Harrison Erin Wilson Kevin Cheung
Soyo Ahn Gustav Verhulsdonck Shannon Rouiller
Debbie Mayhew Brett Johnson
Get Started Guide for Palm Pre Phone for Sprint
Palm
Joe Sadusky Kwong Liew Arthur Manzi
Kristin Schwarz Palm User Assistance Team
Attacks on Mobile and Embedded Systems: Current Trends
Write Quick
Abby Breedt
Best Practices for Testing Secure Applications for Embedded Devices
Write Quick
Monique Semp
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.
Using Advent Revenue Center: Case Studies
Advent
Heather Donnell
Stewart Florsheim
Keynote ’09 User Guide
Apple
Usha Alexander
Ann Walker
Julie Finnigan
Mac OSX Server Getting Started Version 10.6 Snow Leopard
Apple
Lon Poole
Danny Wong
Christine Franco
Server Field Guide
Apple
Bob Mueller
Kay Burnett
Tom Llewellyn
iPod shuffle Quick Start
Apple
Ginny Gelczis
Ahree Lee
Tom Llewelly
AG3034A Aggregator Installation and Activation Guide
Aurora
Cheryl Morris
Edmund Perry
Shridhar Kulkarni
Scalable Node Installation and Activation Guide
Aurora
Vince Swanson
Edmund Perry
Glenn Carley
Moving from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Electrical Help
Autodesk
Shirley Koh
Nick Hasselblad
Installation of the Palm Pre Phone Retail Display
Palm
Cathi Skyles
Kwong Liew
Arthur Manzi
Palm User Assistance Team
Clips for Palm Pre Phone on www.palm.com
Palm
Caroline Bressler Midyne Spear David Chien
Kathe Rickel Palm User Assistance Team
webOS Help System for the Palm Pre Phone for Sprint
Palm
Joe Sadusky Kristin Schwarz Paul Shine
Arthur Manzi Tom Baker Chris Lucey
Jane Faraola Caroline Bressler Josh Noble
Kathe Rickel Palm User Assistance Team
Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 72 Topic Set
Sun Microsystems
Matt Matlock
Sue Jackson
Sun Rack II
Sun Microsystems
Daniel Brougher
Michael Bloomenfeld
Billie Markim
Judges
The following people evaluated the entries: Abby Breedt, Melody Brumis, Karen Byers, Marc DeLucia, Jerry Franklin, Susan Jaeger, Nathaniel Lim, Michael Meyer, Joy Montgomery, Chris Muntzer, Frank Ripp, Monique Semp, Vince Swanson, Prescott Williams, Steven Zegas
Volunteers
The following people volunteered in non-judging roles: Guy Haas, Judith Herr, Misty Herr, Joe Humbert, Patrick Lufkin, Richard Mateosian
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