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Join us for conversation, P&P talk, and networking at our next Meet & Greet on April 24 (7 p.m. ET)!

P&P SIG Meet & Greets are informal and relaxed so feel free to drop in as your schedule allows.

There will also be time to learn more about the P&P SIG. Your questions and suggestions for improving the SIG are welcome!

The event is free, but you must register to receive the link. Register here.

If you have any questions or need further information, don’t hesitate to contact Sam Lee, P&P SIG Manager.

Tricia Spayer, STC Fellow and P&P SIG leadership team member, is presenting an STC webinar on March 26, 1 – 2 p.m., “Mind Mapping Your Way to Organized Success.”

Tricia has used and taught Mind Mapping for seven years. This impactful tool allows her to organize thousands of topics, design web sites, and whip up presentations within minutes.

For more information: Click here.

Join us for conversation, P&P talk, and networking at our next Meet & Greet on March 27 at 7 p.m. ET!

P&P SIG Meet & Greets are informal and relaxed so feel free to drop in as your schedule allows.

There will also be time to learn more about the P&P SIG. Your questions and suggestions for improving the SIG are welcome!

The event is free, but you must register to receive the link. Register here.

If you have any questions or need further information, don’t hesitate to contact Sam Lee, P&P SIG Manager.

In response to our membership survey that identified the importance of educational opportunities, the leadership team is working on offering a webinar on AI.

The presenter would like to know how P&P SIG members are currently using AI and their concerns so she can focus the presentation on members’ needs.

Help shape the webinar’s content by completing our two-question survey! We would appreciate your comments by March 17.

Survey link

Thanks to everyone who responded to P&P’s 2024 Survey this January. The goal of P&P’s leadership is to provide members with opportunities they find most valuable, and your responses will help inform programming for the upcoming year. Interested to see how everyone responded and how yours compared? Check out the results below.

Which P&P initiatives do you find valuable?

• • 80% – Educational webinars
  • 20% – Virtual meetups

How can the P&P SIG help you more in 2024?

• • 40% – Opportunities to build skills and portfolio
  • 40% – Educational opportunities, i.e. webinars and panels
  • 20% – Networking opportunities and community building

What topics are you most interested in learning about? (could select more than one)

• • 80% – New and emerging trends
  • 60% – Career advancement
  • 40% – Best practices and tips

It’s exciting to see how interested our members are in educational and career development opportunities. With all of the changes our industry is experiencing, from figuring out how to adopt AI and the continual expansion of our roles as technical communicators, it makes sense!

P&P leadership is eager to start planning events and educational webinars. As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions, ideas, or feedback. We’re excited for all we’ll do as a SIG in 2024!

~Melissa Pagnotta, P&P SIG Membership Manager

Join the P&P SIG for conversation, tech comm talk, and networking for a Leap Year Meet & Greet on February 29 at 7 p.m. ET!

Don’t miss this event or you will need to wait four more years!

P&P SIG Meet & Greets are informal and relaxed so feel free to drop in as your schedule allows.

There will also be time to learn more about the P&P SIG. Your questions and suggestions for improving the SIG are welcome!

Are you a leapling or leaper (born on a Leap Day)? Join us and receive a surprise gift!

The event is free, but you must register to receive the link. Registration Link.

If you have any questions or need further information, don’t hesitate to contact Sam Lee, P&P SIG Manager.

Location: Grand Canyon

Winner: No winner this month.

After a fabulous Summit in Phoenix in 2014, I took a full-day excursion to the Grand Canyon, with members Lisa Mileusnich and Tricia Spayer.

We toured the South Rim and enjoyed many fabulous views.

It’s always fun to add a side trip to a Summit. It helps cement fond memories of the Summit.

I am off on an adventure this month so there is no February photo contest. See you at the Summit in May!

~Monte Carlo

Ben Woelk, CISSP, CPTC, Governance, Awareness, and Training Manager in the Information Security Office at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), gave an insightful presentation Oct. 26 about how to become a cybersecurity professional, the many job opportunities in cybersecurity, and the transferable skills that technical writers can bring to the field. If you missed it, here is the recording:

The P&P SIG has two new leadership team appointees. Longtime SIG volunteer Ann Marie Queeney will be our new treasurer, and Melissa Pagnotta will be our new membership manager.

Continue reading “P&P SIG Adds to Leadership Team”

Here is the answer for the September edition of the SIG’s fun monthly contest, “Where in the World is Monte, the P&P SIG Mascot?”

SIG members guessed where Monte is in a photo shared by avid traveler Tricia Spayer, a member of the SIG’s leadership team.

Location: Temple of the Masks, Kohunlich Mayan Ruins in Mexico

Winner: Valentina DiPeri, P&P SIG Website Assistant. Valentina identified the exact location. Continue reading “Where in the World is Monte? Answer Revealed for September Contest”