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to ensure that the content for your organization remains a valuable asset to all those who consume that content what are your thoughts include your comments below rate this share this tweet share on tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in uncategorized so where do we go from here posted on february 6 2025 may 8 2025 by techcommgeekmom in the aftermath of stc closing there s just a lot going on as the board vp who is still involved in closing activities i ve seen a range of emotions from those who ve claimed a connection with stc most are sad but understand that we had to do what we had to do and showed appreciation for the organization over the years other have expressed things differently i have words for those people since they were not involved with the decision making so i will save those for another day instead one of the biggest messages from this has been without stc where can i go for my professional development networking and community well if you do enough research there are lots of different avenues you can take some focus broadly on tech comm topics and others are more specialized either way there s something for everyone even in these early post closing days i ve seen former members rally to form smaller groups not affiliated with stc mind you to help a grassroots movement to fill in this gap sara feldman started a post on linkedin asking others about these alternatives and with her permission the list below is based on all the suggestions that she and others who contributed to her online conversation as potential alternatives to explore please note that these are is listed in alphabetical order so as not to show any preferences or personal endorsements from me for any of these institutions this is not all institutions but rather many that either sara s linkedin post provided or some that i researched most descriptions are parsed or paraphrased from their websites this is simply a partial list that you can use to start your exploration of tech comm professional options last updated 5 may 2025 organization resource tell me about this aces the society for editing aces elevates editorial excellence and empower editors across industries through training networking and career opportunities as an international alliance they advocate for professionals in journalism media publishing corporate communications academia and government american institute of graphic arts aiga the professional association for design as the profession s oldest and largest professional membership organization for design with more than 70 chapters and more than 15 000 members we advance design as a professional craft strategic advantage and vital cultural force american translators association ata ata supports the issues affecting translators and interpreters and actively promotes the value of their services american medical writers association amwa amwa s mission is to promote excellence in medical communication and to provide educational resources in support of that goal association for business communication abc the association for business communication abc is an international interdisciplinary organization committed to advancing business communication research education and practice association of independent information professionals aiip aiip is a global network of independent business owners running information centric businesses members offer expertise across a wide variety of industries services and geographies association of proposal management professionals apmp the association of proposal management professionals mission is to be the trusted leader that serves a global community of bid and proposal development life cycle professionals association for talent development atd the association for talent development atd is a professional membership organization supporting those who develop the knowledge and skills of employees in organizations worldwide association of teachers of technical writing attw members of attw work in graduate and undergraduate programs in technical communication media engineering rhetoric writing studies and english among other complementary research programs australian society for technical communication astc the australian society for technical communication astc promotes and supports people who design write and edit technical and business information button conference presented by kristina halverson of brain traffic button content design events and community resources help independent contributors and leads grow in their careers canadian association of instructional designers this organization supports professional instructional designers in canada and abroad center for information development management cidm cidm is a member organization that facilitates the sharing of information about current trends best practices and development within the industry providing networking opportunities host conferences lead roundtable discussions and publish newsletters hosts of the convex conference consortium for service innovation the consortium is a nonprofit think tank focused on customer engagement consortium members created and continue to develop the widely adopted knowledge centered support kcs and intelligent swarming methodologies content strategy alliance organization for content strategists ux writers content designers and other content professionals the content wrangler tcw tcw offers over 100 live free one hour webinars for tech writers each year and maintains an archive of almost 800 recorded shows council for programs in technical and scientific communication cptsc cptsc brings together administrators faculty researchers and students to advance the study and teaching of technical professional and scientific communication editorial freelancers association the editorial freelancers association is the largest and oldest u s based professional association of editorial freelancers their members include editors book coaches writers indexers proofreaders researchers fact checkers marketing experts graphic designers translators and more firehead europe s market leader in finding placing and training technical communicators strong us canada ex pat community globalization and localization association gala gala serves and supports the global language services and technologies industry which comprises translation interpreting localization and the technologies that support such activities ieee professional communications society ieee procomm ieee procomm supports professional scientific engineering and technical communication content development information design and usability as well as their potential social impacts the indexing society of canada this is a global community of like minded people who enjoy the challenge of providing clear concise time saving guides for readers and researchers information architect institute conference the ia conference exists to promote discourse and learning about the intentional design of information environments it is a gathering of practitioners from around the globe who practice and teach information architecture and other design related disciplines institute for performance and learning i4pl training networking and certification institute of scientific technical communication istc the institute of scientific and technical communicators istc is the largest uk body representing information development professionals international association of business communicators iabc the international association of business communicators iabc enables a global network of communicators working in diverse industries and disciplines to identify share and apply the world s best communication practices the international design association ida ida is a professional organization dedicated to the design field international society for design and development in education isdde the goals of the isdde are to improve the design and development process build a design community and increase their impact on educational practice knowledge management global network knowledge management global network kmgn is a not for profit network of international km communities and associations that endeavours to connect km professionals and facilitate co creation and sharing of km assets and resources the kinetic council the kinetic council s mission is to unite and empower content data and semantics professionals through an industry wide authoritative association within this new association members will create meaningful connections advance careers through world class education and certification and shape the future of these fields together knowledge management institute kmi kmi provides knowledge management certification and training the lavacon content strategy conference very popular conference where content professionals share best practices and lessons learned network with peers and build professional relationships the learning and development community tldc networking and training member website learning guild focuses on elearning but also instructional design virtual training emerging technology and more national communication association nca nca is committed to transforming lives through communication plain language association international plain plain is the international association for plain language professionals that promotes clear communication in any language rhetoric society of america rsa the rhetoric society of america is committed to public facing research teaching programming commentary training and engagement in rhetorical studies to confront urgent concerns sunshine state scriveners discord server florida based tech comm group made of of former stc members not affiliated with stc support driven the community dedicated to customer support as a career tech comm connections tech comm community sessions on feb 6 11 hosted by comgenesis tech comm group slack slack community started by former stc members for networking technical english association of japan teaj is a japan based organization dedicated to promoting clear and concise technical communication we offer seminars and work opportunities for translators and technical writers who assist japanese companies in creating effective technical documents in english contact us at y_nakayama teaj or jp tekom europe tekom europe is the largest professional association for technical communication in europe whose interest is to promote the professional and business interests of all persons involved in technical communication user experience professionals association uxpa user experience professionals association uxpa international supports people who research design and evaluate the user experience ux of products and services write the docs write the docs is a global community of people who care about documentation we have a slack community conferences on 3 continents and local meetups world information architecture association world information architecture association is dedicated to growing awareness of the discipline of information architecture while promoting social responsibility among practitioners while i think it might be a little while before i jump into a new home i m still dealing with closing up the old one there are a lot of good suggestions here and plenty more out there here s wishing you good luck at wherever you land and hopefully i will meet up with you through one or more of these in the future rate this share this tweet share on tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in uncategorized rest in power stc posted on january 29 2025 january 29 2025 by techcommgeekmom i know it s been about a minute ha since i ve written here but it seemed appropriate under the circumstances to write this last week i thought i was having a heart attack a real heart attack my chest hurt my heart was racing at a million miles an hour i was having some difficulty breathing and when i had a head rush for no reason i knew something was wrong with a family history of heart disease i didn t want to take any chances i had my husband take me to the doctor and she determined that i was experiencing a panic attack well i guess i m glad it was a panic attack and not an actual heart attack but why today the world figured out a big part of what has been contributing to my stress for a while now the stc announced that it had shut its doors and is filing chapter 7 bankruptcy i was one of those people who had to make that decision while it was not my decision alone i know that those on the stc executive council and board are also feeling this stress and sadness as well while it sounds cliché believe me when i say that this decision was not made lightly and was very difficult it was a build up of years of issues coming to a head despite many best efforts to reverse those issues and rather than depending on unpredictable hope that it would get better it was the right decision to stop everything otherwise an already bad situation was only going to get worse and that would not be fair to anyone the members or those on the future board trying to keep things afloat while i could go into deeper details of the last seven months as i experienced them as board vice president and what led to this i won t it s not worth it at this point maybe if i ever meet you in person over a drink or lunch i could tell you the story but not here rather i want to use this to express how i m mourning this loss i ve been reading comments from all over the world about the announcement and trying to help others through this as best as i can as someone who started a new career in her forties stc was introduced to me when i decided to go back to school i joined as a graduate student and haven t left since that time while i haven t been a member as long as many people that i know i can honestly say that stc has been my chosen family i ve made a lot of professional connections with people i consider my mentors the knowledge i ve gained with my association with stc has been tremendous it took my knowledge and experience in tech comm to the next level to make my career what it is today heck i don t know that i would have the job i have now without my stc connection as that was a preferred qualification when i applied i ve also formed many friendships with my colleagues over the years there s a large group of technical communicators who i met through stc that are my touch base people they are the ones i don t have to mask my autism for and can totally be myself that says a lot these are friendships i hope to sustain for many years to come through social media and other means because these people do mean a lot to me and i might not see them as often now since we won t have stc to connect us the same way so for me to be one of the main people to push for this closing becau...