Becoming President of STC New England

In December 2016, I was elected President of the Society for Technical Communication New England Chapter, after serving the second half of the 2015-2016 year as Vice President.

I decided to run for President because I realized the New England Chapter needed a new direction. The old model of associations and meetups the chapter use was not attracting new members into the STC, let alone our chapter, and there were not as many new people coming in to attend our meetings to learn new ideas. I decided to take charge and wanted to have people in the chapter volunteer to help increase attendance at meetups and contribute new ideas to technical writers in the region.

Read about my first address to members in the STC New England News column, "The Prez Sez" here.