Why I Value STC Rochester

Lori Meyer

Thanks, Ben. I’m joining this conversation a little late, but what a great list you’ve shared. I identify very much with both the benefits and the costs. For me, the benefits always have outweighed the costs, in terms of what I’ve learned, the treasured friendships I’ve been able to make, and the perspectives I’ve gained about our profession. STC is meeting many challenges head-on, and I’m optimistic that we’ll all come through those challenges in a good place.

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Andrea Wenger

Ben, thanks for this list. Lately I’ve been asking myself why I put so much time and energy into my STC chapter. Is it really worth it? Are members getting as much out of it as I’m putting in? Then, the chapter will have a great meeting like the one tonight. Steve Jong was in the Raleigh/Durham area, and he spoke to the Carolina chapter on the subject of STC Certification. (See the tweets under the hashtag #stccert.) STC is making big, positive changes that will affect the way the value of technical communicators is perceived. It’s an exciting time to be part of the organization, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to participate.

Paul Pehrson

I get tons of benefits from my local STC chapter (Intermountain [aka Utah and Southern Idaho]), essentially what you enumerated in your list. I’m the chapter president, and we have a great chapter board.

I love working with so many people who willingly volunteer their time to support the STC cause. As with any volunteer organization, nobody has to do anything. Everything they do for the organization is given from their own free will.

When you bring together such positive energy, channeled into a single cause, it is fun to see what we can all accomplish together.

benwoelk

Hi Mary,
Thanks for the affirmation. I’m hoping to provoke/inspire some serious thought as our chapter articulates our value proposition. I also hope to spark some thinking by other chapter leaders. I think it’s critical that we reevaluate our value proposition so that we can meet the needs of a changing market and membership.

I hope preparations are going well for your Practical Communications conference. Judy’s looking forward to presenting there.

Ben

Mary Knepper

Ben,
I like your list. The greatest cost of any association is the time spent contributing to it and sharing in its activities. More money we can get; time we can’t. So when volunteers give their time, they are giving a lot. And we will get as good as our investment. Thanks for the investment. You have fans in ET. Keep encouraging all of us! Mary

rita

Nice Ben!

The main reason I value STC Rochester is that it has always established a high quality standard for our profession, a means to measure our work against that standard, mentors to help us improve our work to attain or excel beyond that standard, and fresh new practitioners to challenge our thinking and keep us aligned with current practices toward further improving the standard.

Beyond that, it is a place to share all of the emotional, intellectual, physical, and spiritual challenges associated with this work — with people who know exactly what it takes.

Looking forward to this year’s journey!

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