Membership benefits

All ISTC members and Business Affiliate members have access to a range of benefits as part of their membership.

ISTC Member Benefits

Publications

Benefit	Member	Non-member
Communicator (subscription and archive access)	✓	Access to 1 sample issue
InfoPlus	✓	✓
International Journal of Technical Communication	✓	Access to 1 article
President’s View (online)	✓	✓
ISTC Meets webinars	✓	✓
ISTC YouTube channel	✓	✓
ISTC Podcast	✓	×

Annual Conference

The annual conference of the ISTC is Technical Communication UK (TCUK). Members of the ISTC, whether they attend the conference or not, have access to TCUK recordings of select presentations.

Attendees, whether members of the ISTC or not, have access to the recordings of the conference year they attended. The recordings are available after the event by private link.

A selection of presentations from previous years are published on the ISTC’s public YouTube channel.

Benefit	Member	Non-member
Technical Communication UK (TCUK) recorded presentations	✓	Attendees of the current year’s TCUK can view its recordings
Discounts on TCUK ticket prices	✓	×

Community Groups

Benefit	Member	Non-member
Area Groups	✓	✓
ISTC Slack community	✓	×
ISTC LinkedIn Group	✓	✓
TCUK LinkedIn Group	✓	✓

Training and Professional Development

Benefit	Member	Non-member
Jobs Board	✓	×
Mentoring Programme	✓	×
CPD (Continuous Professional Development and peer-reviewed record)	✓	Access to a sample record and reviewers’ comments
Volunteering opportunities	✓	×
Use of ISTC Logos	✓	×

Awards

Benefit	Member	Non-member
Eligibility for Mike Austin Award	✓	Access to a review or profile of the last winner
Eligibility for Horace Hockley Award	✓	✓
Eligibility for Technical Communication Awards	✓	✓

Discounts

Benefit	Member	Non-member
Discounts on Books and British Standards	✓	×
Discounts on Training and Courses	✓	×
Tax Deduction on Membership Subscription (UK only)	✓	×
Participation in surveys and research	✓	Participation, and see a summary of reports

Business Affiliate Benefits

All the benefits of ISTC members, plus the following:

Benefit	Affiliate	Non-Affiliates
Free listing and advert on the ISTC website	✓	×
Free ISTC membership for up to three employees	✓	×
Discounted rates on events for up to three employees	✓	×
Opportunities for discounted advertising (in ISTC media and at the annual conference, TCUK)	✓	×
Communicator (subscription and archive access)	✓	Access to a sample issue
Host ISTC webinars and workshops to reach ISTC members	✓	×
Include ISTC members in your user research and market research activities: surveys, beta testing, webinars, and others	✓	×