Society for Technical Communication—Israel Chapter

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2005

2005 Israel Convention Presentations

January 2005: The Leah Guren Special (including her presentation)

Technical Communication in Israel. Yehuda Zelenko provides an interesting article about the history of Technical Communication in Israel, from Biblical Times to today. This article is provided as is; for more information, contact Yehuda.

Patricia Carmel's article in Intercom.The article you are opening was written by Patricia Carmel and is used with permission from Intercom, the magazine of the Society for Technical Communication, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.

2006

June Interactivity (Part 2) Event. This link leads you to summaries of the event, to presentations by Yigal Rahamim, Nahum Samuel and Meir Gefen, and to the photo album.

Linear-K Presentation This link opens the interactivity presentation given by Meir Gefen.

May 18 Localization Event: a sneak preview into the world of localization. This article provides a summary of the event and links to the presentations given by Pascale Amozig-Bukszpan and Jeanne Wiegelmann.

Joint STC and Yokneam Forum of Technical Writers' Event: Working and Living in Israel. This article provides a summary of the event.

Premium Event with Saul Carliner: View the Album and download Saul's Presentation.

2007

Results of the 2006 Professional Survey are in! View the Summary of all data and the Salary Correlations.

2002

Leaner & Meaner: On March 20, David Wolicki shared tips on how to say more with less.

Pain in the Neck: A review of the STC Israel RSI day event.

EngBrew or Hebrish: How is your Englit? You'll enjoy this fun article by, Neil Churgin.

Grieving and Living: Thoughts on what it means to live in Israel by Debbie Shapiro

2003

In Memory of David Wolicki

2003 Israel Convention Presentations

2004

2004 Marketing Writing Event: This event was so popular it was offered twice.

What's different about Marketing Writing: Mike Druttman

Marketing Writing: Create, Captivate, Convey, Compel by Sarah Yarkoni

2004 Israel Convention Presentations

1999

The future of help development, Joe Welinske, Dec 1999

A Penny for Your Thoughts, Chani Sacharen, Nov 1999

Establishing a Web Presence for our Product, Sue Reiss, Nov 1999

Different names, similar challenges: the forces behind the merger of instructional design, technical communication and interactive communication, Saul Carliner, October 1999

Israeli Hi-Tech Writing Cited for Excellence, Mark L. Levinson, April 18, 1999

Meet Mustafa Askari—a TC from Amman, an interview by Patricia Carmel

Meet Mikhail Ostrogorskij, a TC from Moscow, an interview by Patricia Carmel

2000

Distance Learning: A Personal Experience, Debbie Shapiro, Oct 2000

Delegating for Results, Suzanna Laurent, Jan 2000

The Usefulness of the Internet for Technical Communicators, Debbie Shapiro, Oct 2000

Knowledge Management Beyond the Intranet: Take a tour with William Horton to the exciting world of Knowledge (Acrobat PDF file 190KB).

RSI Awareness Day was held at NICE. Check here for pictures and an overview of the highlights of this special event.

Special Interest Groups: A Good Investment by  George F. Hayhoe. Reprinted with permission of the Carolina Communique

2001

Where Do Your Dues Go? Chris Benz, Oct 2001

APIs/SDKs: What's the Difference? Manuel Gordon, July 2001

What Does It Take? Leah Guren, April 2001

Why Be a Chapter Volunteer? Chris Benz, April 2001

Maxims of User Documentation: Lessons from the Past Twenty Years, Ed Weiss, April 2001

Web Design Basics, Lauren Gotlieb Bar, Feb 2001

Why enter the STC Technical Publications Competition? Svi Ben-Elya gives 5 reasons why you should enter and how you can benefit.

Mark Levinson provides a different perspective of the STC Technical Publications Competition, and explains how the Oscars could learn from us...

What Technical Communicators Have Been Asking For—Results of the STC Israel Salary Survey 2000: STC Israel publishes the  median results of the Salary Survey 2000 conducted this past Fall (includes an Acrobat PDF file 30KB).