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Latest news

Conference 2008 – A successful and high quality event – but some changes needed for next year to boost the delegate numbers.

The 2008 ISTC Conference was held in September 2008, at Eastwood Hall, Nottingham. From delegate feedback forms, over the 3 days, the 30 sessions achieved a mean score of 74% for content and presentation quality and the venue and organisation achieved a mean score of 94%. Planning is now underway for next year’s event.

Conference 2009 – The provisional dates are Tues 22nd to Thurs 24th September and we will return to Eastwood Hall in Nottingham.

More information will follow on these pages before the end of November.

History of the ISTC

The History of the ISTC project has been completed, visit the History page for an overview.

Members of the ISTC can download the full history here.

Now available from the ISTC:

XML in Technical Communication

"a must for all communicators who wish to understand what XML has to offer " John Straw CITP

"a very thorough and useful introduction" Rick Webster MISTC

See the Press release for more details.
£20 + p&p, 25% discount for ISTC members and affiliates
The member discount is available on proof of membership of an INTECOM or TCeurope member society.

To order a copy, contact books@istc.org.uk

Continuing Professional Development

A major focus for the ISTC in 2008 is Continuing Professional Development. We recognize the need to undertake annual CPD to extend and update our skills to retain a competitive skill set. To this end, we have opened a CPD section in the Members Area, with links to CPD providers and discounted CPD courses.

Thoughts on style

The ISTC Discussion Group has produced some thoughts about style, intended as an overview to the subject. It is the thoughts of the discussion group and not a definitive set of standards. These thoughts can be found in the Resources area.

Communicator - Winter 2008

See what's in the latest edition of Communicator - download the Table of Contents. If you are a member or a subscriber, you will, of course, have received this issue when it was published. Otherwise, if there is something of interest to you, contact the ISTC Office to purchase a copy.

Our monthly newsletter

For news on scientific and technical communication and the latest events, see InfoPlus+, our monthly newsletter.

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