FTC will be presenting along with other technical clubs and companies at this year’s Otronicon. The expo will be taking place this weekend from February 12-15. If this interests you, find out more at https://www.osc.org/otronicon/. By attending Otronicon, you can attend an array of STEM presentations and workshops over the weekend, FTC’s included.
FTC Session Info
Times: February 12 and 13 @ 12:30pm and 2:30pm
Topic: Communicating Visually: The Importance of Instructions
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| Hello Future Technical Communicators! You’re invited to join us on February 26th for our biggest event of the year, our annual joint meeting with STC Florida. The event’s topic will be “Preparing for Your Career in Tech Comm”. Attendance is free. Networking starts at 6:30pm and at 7:00pm the presentations will begin. At 8:00pm there will be a Q&A session. A panel of professional technical communicators will be joining us to give presentations on career prep, answer your questions, network, and more. Some of them will be UCF English/Technical Communication majors who graduated and are now working in the field. This is a great opportunity to make connections and learn tips that will help you prepare for your future career. Here is the website for the specifics of this meeting: https://stc-orlando.org/event/stc-ftc-meeting-2021-call-for-presenters/. On this site you can sign up and get the URL for this Zoom meeting. If you have any questions, please contact us at ucf.ftc@gmail.com or send a message in our Discord server. |
For the curious, here’s a brief recap of last month’s events:
| FTC will be hosting a workshop at Otronicon, an interactive tech expo from the Orlando Science Center. We have four virtual sessions scheduled over the weekend: Date: February 12 | 12:30pm and 2:30pm February 13 | 12:30pm and 2:30pm |
| FTC’s goal is to teach young students attending the convention about the field of technical communication. Our workshop topic will be a reprise of our recent general body meeting’s topic, “The Importance of Instructions.” If you are interested in helping us present, it is not too late, and it is a great way to get more involved with us. Simply send us an email at ucf.ftc@gmail.com. For more information about Otronicon, click here. To attend the conference with us, register. |
We are happy to have several new faces join our roster! Welcome FTC’s Spring 2021 leadership team:
President – John Clement
Vice President – Caitlyn Hunter
Secretary – Skye Smith
Treasurer – Angela Kafka
Historian – Claire Arendas
Communications Committee – Caitlyn Hunter & Rebecca Navas
Website Committee – Ben Bowles
We are enthused to have this new and expanded team. We have already begun planning out great programs and events to come this semester, and we intend to go above and beyond with them.
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