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Manager’s Column
By Maralee Sautter, Associate Fellow and IDL SIG Manager
Hello IDL SIG members,
As usual, the second quarter (April through June) was intense because of the Summit, STC’s annual conference. Before reporting on the Summit, let’s review a few other events in Q2.
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Overcoming Challenges: The Path to Personal Growth
by Dr. Beth Bailey, STC Fellow and IDL SIG Membership Manager
In my attempt to decide my topic for this newsletter, I started considering the challenges I am currently facing. Challenges are an inevitable part of life, often serving as catalysts for personal growth and development, while still solving problems we are handling or ignoring. While facing obstacles can be daunting, research shows that overcoming challenges can lead to increased resilience, self-efficacy, and overall well-being (Seery et al., 2010).
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The Intersection of Instructional Design & Technical Communication
By Maralee Sautter, Associate Fellow and IDL SIG Manager
At the 2024 Summit, I was part of an Instructional Design panel that described and demonstrated how technical communicators have many of the same skills and experience needed to transition into Instructional Design (ID). In this article, I’ll examine how the tech comm (TC) skill sets and tools can assist a transition into ID. Let’s start with definitions.
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First Time’s the Charm
By Janell Kennedy, STC Member and IDL SIG Secretary
A New Member’s Perspective on the 2024 STC Summit
There are many out there who have been to professional conferences before, including many past STC Summits, so they have a vast basis of comparison. I had none. I had never been to a professional conference of any kind, so I really didn’t know what to expect coming to the 2024 STC Summits. Honestly, I think I always talked myself out of anything like that, especially since it was likely I would have to shell out from my own pocket. And I was a little nervous about traveling alone. But for this year’s Summit I decided I would push away all those excuses and take the plunge. I was so glad I did.
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