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Last updated January 11, 2007

STC Membership Information

Career Resources

Library of Best Practice Tools


A thinking technical communicator

This page provides information, resources, and tools of interest to current or future technical communicators. Whether you're a student, professional, volunteer, or hobbyist, self-employed, changing careers, or have some other connection to the profession, there's something here of value for you!


STC Membership Information

The STC offers a variety of ways to become a member and keep your membership current. You can use the online sign-up and renewal resources, or access a form to print, fill out, and mail in. Click the links below to connect to the membership information on the national STC Web site.

Career Resources

The resources below are provided to help you achieve your career goals and aspirations. Each resource opens in a new browser window.

Employment agencies – This link opens a listing of local employment agencies, ranging geographically from north Santa Barbara county to north San Luis Obispo county; as well as agencies that specialize in technical communication staffing nationally or within the state of California.

Job-related search engines – This link opens a listing of employment-related search engines that include the technical communication profession.

Professional development resources – This link opens a listing of educational and professional organizations and venues that can enhance your career growth and development.

Self-employment & small business resources – This link opens a listing of local resources for starting or expanding your self-employment or small business operations.

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Library of Best Practice Tools

Best practice tools include examples of checklists, templates, forms, procedures, outlines, and style guides that contribute to a successful a project outcome. Each sample below can be downloaded and used as is, or modified as needed.

Sample Tool Name
Format
Size
Project Plan templates & samples:
Project Plan template
MS Word
64K
Project Plan template
PDF
17K
  Project Plan - nonprofit example
PDF
26K
  Project Plan - nonprofit example
HTML
44K
Preparing a Project Plan (Online tutorial and PDF self-study guide)
HTML, PDF
404K (PDF)
Estimating tools, tips, & techniques
Estimating tips and techniques
PDF
108K
Rough estimating worksheet
PDF
72K
  Time recording forms & tools (link to page by Dr. John Dalbey, Cal Poly Computer Science Dept.)
Estimating & Bidding (link to PDF presentation by Brian Berry, Rocky Mountain STC Chapter)
Meeting Management Guidelines
PDF
8K
Tips on Developing a Style Manual
PDF
184K
Typeface Conventions
MS Word
32K
Editing Checklist
MS Word
84K
Document Review Checklists
PDF
12K
Document Review Checklists
MS Word
112K
Press Check Checklist
MS Word
88K
Generic Test Plan
MS Word
56K
Product Test & Release Checklist
MS Word
84K
Web sites from which you can download or purchase project document templates:
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