Hi all,

The India Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) announces the start of the Salary Survey for the year 2009. To fill the survey, please visit the following link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=tjjWLqD9mk_2b5KbMND3zhZg_3d_3d

Last date to complete the survey is October 20, 2009. If you have any queries, please feel free to mail me at swami@mrmwrites.com.

Thanks and Regards
Swaminathan Moorthy
Employment Manager, STC India Chapter

Hi all,

STC India Chapter is happy to announce its next initiative, a new blog for all job advertisements related to Technical Communication.

To view a complete list of all the job advertisements, please visit the following hyperlink:

http://techwritingjobs-stcindia.blogspot.com/

Recruiting companies can directly post a job ad by sending an email to the following e-mail address:

stcindiajobs123.technicalwriting@blogger.com

Any questions, please mail me offline at swami@mrmwrites.com

Thanks and Regards
Swaminathan Moorthy
Employment Manager, STC India Chapter

Hi all,

I would like to invite all Chennai-based technical writers to join the Technical Writers from Chennai Google group through http://groups.google.co.in/group/technical_writers_chennai. This list will help us stay in touch with each other and exchange ideas for the STC events we want to see in our city.

We will post all announcements on the STC India and TWIN lists as well.

Regards,
Swaminathan Moorthy and Saravanan Manhoharan
STC City Representatives - Chennai

Hi all,
I'm posting this message on behalf of Paresh Naik

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Hi all,

The results of the STC India's 2008 Salary Survey are now available at
http://www.stc-india.org/activities/surveys/STC_India_2008_Salary_Survey_Results.pdf

Alternatively, access this report at www.stc-india.org > Activities >
Surveys > Salary Survey 2008.

The key findings are:

• The survey shows a growth of 10% in the average salaries of Indian Technical Communicators as compared to the average salaries in 2007.

Hi all,

A new page called API Writers has been created on Wikipedia. Please visit the following link to access the page:

API Writer

Please feel free to update it with your your thoughts and relevant information. Looking forward for contribution from all!

Rajeev, thanks for taking this initiative in adding this new page.

Hi all,

I'm posting this message on behalf of Paresh Naik.
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Folks,

The STC (Society for Technical Communication) India Chapter is pleased to announce the Salary Survey of Indian Technical Communicators for 2008.

* The survey is open to all technical communicators working in India.

Hi all,

The following mail from Mak Pandit, the Program Manager of the STC India Annual Conference 2008. For any clarifications, please write to him @ mp@vsnl.com

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The conference is very much on. We are working on the agenda right now. The
committee is reviewing the paper submissions.

The tentative agenda will be published by the end of October.

Hi All!

STC India invites proposals for this year's annual conference. Out of the
pool of submissions, proposals that stand out for their quality will be
chosen to be presented at the conference on December 12 and 13, 2008.

All proposal submissions must:
* Be original
* Have clear, conflict-free titles
* Focus on topics that are directly relevant to technical communication and
could, for example, discuss the practical application of technical
communication theory.

Note that submissions related to original research, both quantitative and
qualitative, are highly encouraged.

Dear Employers,

The Society for Technical Communication (STC) India chapter will organize a "Career Day" in New Delhi on 30th August 2008 for technical writing professionals. The career day provides a common platform for employers and interested candidates to get together.

Hi all,

The PPT file for the session on Knowledge Management (STC Chennai Learning Session) is available in the following link:

http://www.stc-india.org/learningsessions/ChennaiSessions/Knowledge_Management.zip

Thanks to Kamalakannan Srinivasan (the speaker) for sharing the presentation.

Thanks and Regards
Swaminathan Moorthy