Notes from 47th International STC Conference
Orlando, Florida, May 21-24, 2000

Outreach Opportunities: Education for the Community and Professional Development for the Members

Gail Lippincott, RGL Solutions
Dan Voss, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control - Orlando
Dan Jones, University of Central Florida
Jon Kessler, Computing System Innovations
Betty Montgomery, Montgomery County Public Schools
Dana Chisnell, Tec-Ed, Inc.
Susan Moran, Columbus State Community College
Jason Overturf and Sarah Flenar, Cedarville College
Russel Hirst, University of Tennessee
Marty Goodwin, president, Orlando Chapter
Judith Herr, Science Applications Inc., Livermore, California

Progression sponsored and coordinated by the Orlando Chapter Education Committee

Session Description: This progression showcased a variety of chapter education and professional development programs. Representatives talked about what they've accomplished and how they've accomplished it, describing successes and failures and offering tips.

Note: Notes are not available from the table discussions, since I was a moderator. The subjects the presenters addressed are listed below; if you would like further information on any of these areas, contact them via e-mail (links provided) or contact Dan Voss. Links to .pdf files of the papers which the presenters published in the Proceedings, as well as flyers on the Orlando Chapter's Melissa Pellegrin Memorial Scholarship Fund and the annual Central Florida High School Technical Writing Competition, are provided beneath the appropriate session titles below.

Topics

• "Developing Operating Procedures and Avenues of Communication for a Chapter-Level Education Committee," Voss and Lippincott.
   
• "Reaching Out--How an STC Chapter Can Support Education in its Community and Professional Development for its Membership," paper by Dan Voss and Gail Lippincott, published in Proceedings.
• "Instituting and Administering a Scholarship Program," Jones and Hirst.
   
• "Melissa Pellegrin Memorial Scholarship Fund," informational brochure by Orlando Chapter Education Committee.
• "How the East Tennessee Chapter of STC Created, and Administers, Its J. Paul Blakely Scholarship," paper by Russel Hirst, published in Proceedings.
• "Conducting a High School Writing Competition," Kessler and Montgomery.
   
• "Fifth Annual Central Florida High School Technical Writing Competition," informational brochure by Orlando Chapter Education Committee.
• "Providing Instructional Support," Chisnell.
   
• "Teaching Teachers at the Institute in Technical Communication: A Special Report on Our Pilot Project", paper by Dana Chisnell, published in Proceedings.
• "STC Outreach--Where Do You Come In?", a description of STC's Practical Communication Committee (PCC) and the educational outreach programs in which it is involved. By Dana Chisnell, Immediate Past Chairperson of the PCC.
• "Strategies for Student Chapter Success," Overturf and Flenar.
   
• "Strategies for Student Chapter Success," paper by Jason Overturf and Sarah Flenar, Cedarville College, published in Proceedings.
• "Supporting and Enhancing Professional Development," Goodwin.
• "Supporting and Enhancing Professional Development," Moran.
   
• "The Chicago Chapter STC Institute for Professional Development: A Model for Developing Partnerships Between STC and Universities/Colleges," paper by Christine Barabas Abbott which appeared in the Proceedings.
• "How Technical Communicators and Inner City Students Swappped Knowledge -- and Everybody Won!", Herr.