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Building Presentation Skills for CTE Talks
By T.R. Girill PhD, STC Fellow and IDL SIG member
Unless you use an assistive device to communicate verbally, you don’t compose a written sentence first before pronouncing it in conversation. Such speech spontaneity is certainly convenient, but it poses the danger when giving a formal talk to a group (perhaps of classmates) that what is spontaneously said will be confusing, ineffective, or both. So talk design, like text design, becomes the duty of everyone who wants to explain something (complex) by speaking to a group effectively. And for most people, such talk design needs to be explicitly taught and learned.
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2024 STC Slate of Candidates
The STC Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the final slate of candidates for the 2024 STC election.
Offices Automatically Filled
President
- Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Herman will automatically succeed from the office of Vice President.
Immediate Past President
- Timothy Esposito will automatically succeed from the office of President.
Treasurer (two-year term)
- Roberta (Bobbi) Werner will complete her two-year term.
Offices to Be Filled
Director (two-year term)
- Dr. Jackie Damrau
- Dr. Guiseppe Getto
- MaryKay Grueneberg
- Dr. Amanda Patterson
- Dr. Wendy A. Ross
- Danielle Villegas
Nominating Committee (two-year term)
- Joana Donovan
- Kelly Smith
To read more about the candidates, visit https://www.stc.org/elections/election-slate/
IDL SIG Receives CAA Platinum & Pacesetter Awards
We are “over the moon” because the IDL SIG received a Platinum Community Achievement Award (CAA) for the third year in a row, as well as a Pacesetter Award.
The awards are to be presented at the 2024 Summit, so plan to join us if you’re attending. If you can’t attend the Summit, join us at the virtual awards celebration on June 6. Details coming soon. Continue reading “IDL SIG Receives CAA Platinum & Pacesetter Awards”
Summit 2023
If you’re attending the Summit this week (13-18, May), please introduce yourself to Maralee Sautter, SIG Manager. Look for the IDL SIG logo on my name tag. I’ll be at the CAC table (sign up for the drawing), the CAC sessions, and attending sessions. I’ll be on Slack, so post your questions to the STC Slack workspace, #sig-instructional-design channel.
We have many amazing IDL members presenting, along with several Instructional Design (ID) sessions. The sessions are listed below.
| SIG Member or ID-related Sessions | Speaker | Day & Time | Session Title |
| ID | Kei Tomita | 15 May 10:00–10:45 AM |
Bringing Instructional Design Perspectives to User Interface Design Education |
| ID | Chuck Campbell | 15 May 11:00–11:45 AM |
Transform PowerPoint Presentations into Fully Interactive eLearning Courses for Your LMS |
| ID-Member | Tricia Spayer | 15 May 3:00–3:45 PM |
Mind Mapping Your Way to Organized Success |
| ID-Member | Judy Glick Smith | 16 May 12:00–2:00 PM |
Honors Celebration And Lunch: Using Flow to Craft a Life of Excellence in Tech Comm |
| ID-Member | Jennifer Goode | 16 May 2:00–2:45 PM |
Learn to Speak ID: A Brief Introduction to Instructional Design |
| ID-Member | Ann Marie Queeney | 16 May 4:30–5:15 PM |
The Importance of Editing from Your Audience’s Perspective |
| ID-Member | Michael Jang | 16 May 9:00–9:45 AM |
UI Text: Simplicity is Difficult |
| ID-Member | Kelly Schrank | 17 May 9:00–9:45 AM |
Creating an Infographic Using PowerPoint: Let’s Do It! |
| ID-Member | Kirsty Taylor | 17 May 9:00–9:45 AM |
Comm and Get ‘em: We Have Answers to Your Questions (with Bernard Aschwanden & Alisa Bonsignore) |