STC Rocky Mountain Chapter May 16, 2013

2012-2013 Year-end Review

Year-end Review

President’s Goals Chapter

Membership Chapter Finances STC RMC Meetings Newsletter/Blog Social Media Website

Awards and Recognition

Incoming and Outgoing Officers

2013-2014 Volunteer Opportunities

2012-2013President’s Goals

Initiatives1. Improve Service to Members Offer more webinars and networking opportunities with varied venues, and continue the Active Member Rewards Program

2. Apply for AwardsOur Awards committee submitted members for DCSA and Associate Fellow, one member applied for Fellow, and the Chapter applied for the STC Pacesetter Award

3. Increase Student ParticipationConnect with college students and offer scholarships

4. Continue Fiscal ResponsibilityLook for opportunities to cut costs and to spend money wisely

Chapter Membership

153 members as of May 13, 2013 – 98% retention rate

Updated New Member Guide for 2012-2013

Promoted STC RMC membership benefits on social media

Chapter Finances

Estimated overage for the 2012-2013 year (expenses vs. receivables, excluding rebate):

~$1,000

The executive council voted to end the scholarship program Funds came out of the chapter’s reserves,

which was an unsustainable approach. Annual savings: $2,000

STC gave our chapter a rebate on member dues this year Rebate amount: $2,700

Chapter Finances (cont’d)

Financial Goals For the last several years, our overriding

financial goal has been to attain a zero-based budget

Courtesy of the late George Hoerter, STC RMC had a large financial reserve that allowed us to spend more than we received for many years

In recent years, the council made the specific decision to control our costs

STC RMC Meetings

Northern Colorado Satellite Chapter Meetings

Northern ColoradoSatellite

Who: Anyone When: 2nd Wednesdays, September-

May Where: Truman's, Fort Collins Manager: Carmen Carmack Purpose:

Mentoring Networking Supplement to Denver programs

Chapter Meetings

Who: Anyone When: 3rd Thursdays, September-May Where: Corporate Sponsors

Lakewood, NASDAQ Offices Greenwood Village, Truven Health Analytics Denver, Jackson National Life Insurance

Purpose Offer professional development Foster networking and support Approx. 160 attendees at our meetings this

year

September 2012

Topic: Resumé Magic Speaker: Traci Laswell 20 Attendees Spawned two follow-

on resumé review sessions

October 2012

Science Lounge at Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Super Heroes, Unite 8 Attendees

November 2012

History Colorado Center Behind-the-Scenes Tour 10 Attendees

November 2012

Topic: Networking Two locations:

Panera Bread, Westminster

Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center

14 Attendees

January 2013

Holiday party hosted by Stacey Whala, Chapter VP

11 Attendees

January 2013

Webinar Topic: Writing for Touch,

Voice, and Gestures Speaker: Joe Welinske 25 Attendees

February 2013

Webinar Topic: Marketing Bingo Speaker: Bette Frick 18 Attendees

March 2013

Topic: Networking Three locations:

Panera Bread, Westminster

Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center

Panera Bread, Golden

9 Attendees

April 2013

Topic: Alternate Career Paths for Technical Communicators

Speaker: Jack Molisani 28 Attendees

May 2013

Topic: Strategies for Building Local Online Visibility

Speaker: Monica Valdez

15-20 Attendees

Newsletter/Blog

Technicalities newsletter = Technicalities blog (www.stcrmc.org/wordpress)

60 contributions! This year’s contributors:

Deb Lockwood Lacey Taplin Carmen Carmack Jim Hess Joel Meier Martha Sippel Frank Tagader Marcia Wood Jessica Betterly

Anyone can write a post or comment; just register or email your submission to rmcnews@stcrmc.org

Social Media

The Social Media Manager Regularly posts updates from the President Manages

Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Blog Adding new members to LinkedIn and Blog

May also post about New blogs Salutations General announcements by request

Website and Web Team

The Web Team Upgraded the Content Management System Updated the file structure so it’s more

intuitive Continued to develop a repository of website

procedures and processes Initiated a simplified login process to make

STC RMC website and Technicalities blog usernames match so they are more logical for our members

Evaluated delivering new member information via the website

Website and Web Team (cont’d)

The Web Team Improved council access area of the website Scanned and linked all chapter awards Removed nonmembers from website

accounts, Discussion list, and Job list Further integrated Eventbrite into the website Performed regular maintenance and archiving

Awards and Recognition

Active Member Rewards Program Successful in 2012-2013

Eight members earned 15 or more points The reward for achieving 15 points is a $25

gift card to Amazon or an STC RMC polo shirt Four other members earned 10 – 15 points

The program continues in 2013 Pacesetter Award Special Recognition

Kit Brown-Hoekstra, incoming VP STC 2013

Awards and Recognition(cont’d)

Fellow Honor Kit Brown-Hoekstra

Associate Fellow Honor Joel Meier

Distinguished Chapter Service Award Joel Meier

President’s Awards Deb Lockwood Stacey Whala Joel Meier

Council and CommitteeVolunteers

Becky Williams Carmen Carmack Claire Schram

Deb Lockwood Debbie Peebles Deanna Mosler

Frank Tagader John Endicott Lacey Taplin

Jessica Betterly Joel Meier Marcia Wood

Martha Sippel Robin Kring Stacey Whala

2012-2013 Officers

Outgoing officers President, Marcia Wood Past President, Joel Meier Vice President, Stacey Whala Secretary, Debbie Peebles Treasurer, Jessica Betterly Nominating Committee, Deb Lockwood

and Claire Schram

2013-2014 Officers

Incoming officers President, Stacey Whala Vice President, Marie DesJardin Past President, Marcia Wood Secretary, Debbie Peebles Treasurer, Jessica Betterly Nominating Committee, Carmen Carmack

and Cynthia Reading

2013-2014 Volunteer Opportunities

We need: Programs Manager Volunteer Coordinator Membership Manager Blog Contributors Meeting Greeters

Thank you to…

All who contributed so much to our success—Rock on!

Questions

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