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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/

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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”

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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)
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Announcing the 2023 CAA Platinum & Pacesetter Awards

We are jumping for joy because the IDL SIG has received a Platinum Community Achievement Award (CAA) for the second year in a row. Additionally, a Pacesetter award is coming our way for our wonderful “Website Makeover” plan. Thank you, team, for “making it so.”

See our awards on the right sidebar of the IDL SIG homepage ➡ .

Platinum Award

The citation reads:
For consistently developing the IDL SIG to serve both your community’s members and the Society, and for providing a variety of virtual sessions to share ideas and knowledge.

Check out all the 2023 CAA recipients on the STC Awards page.

Pacesetter Award

The citation reads:
For your “Website Refresh” workshop series including several virtual sessions to share ideas and knowledge, and building on a strong foundation to serve your members.

Check out all the 2023 Pacesetter recipients on the STC Awards page.

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