Report: Response Summary Report #3

Survey: Greatest Value of the STC

Compiled: 05/23/2007

1. What is the greatest value/benefit the STC offers to you? Select only 3-5 check boxes.

Summary
Value Count Percent %
Job listings 21 67.74%
Magazines (Intercom) and Journals (Tech Comm) 18 58.06%
Professional development 16 51.61%
Networking and interacting with colleagues 11 35.48%
Salary surveys 9 29.03%
Monthly meetings on cool topics 9 29.03%
A local "brain trust" of other technical communicators 7 22.58%
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) 7 22.58%
Conferences 6 19.35%
Professional profile for career status 6 19.35%
Podcasts 4 12.90%
Statistics
Choices Selected:31
Total Responses:31
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Appendix: 2.
Anything else you want to add?

Data
Response ID# Value
886336 Tom Johnson has done a great job this year as president of the Suncoast chapter in bringing more Web technology to its membership and in encouraging interesting presentations. Thank you, Tom.
886924 I would have selected local "brain trust" but there seems to be few opportunities to tab into it.
887005 Conferences, when I can go. I stopped attending Suncoast Chapter meetings when I was in a verbally abusive work environment and physically threatened by someone who was an officer for the Suncoast Chapter! Talk about a hypocrite. Not saying that's the case now, but it left a bad taste with me. Plus, the meetings are in Tampa, and I am not up for a drive across the bay after working all day. I do enjoy the Suncoast Web site though, the format, articles, and the newsletters. I am definitely interested in listening to the podcasts as well. Going to a meeting? Not so much.
887281 It is a great network of people to interact with and learn from.
887396 In over 30 years of work, my best friends remain the people I have met in STC. Mike Murray
887818 No.
889597 The brain trust is only as useful as the networking makes it. So I only marked the networking, to give myself room for a fifth choice. The monthly meetings are the vehicle for much of the networking and professional development and are the source of most of the podcasts (which, sorry, I haven't tried yet). If I were an STC member, I would choose the magazines/journals and probably the conferences. Why do you only list the TechPubs competition? The range of competitions is an important part of the professional exposure.
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