Year-End Review

Year-End Review  President’s Goals  Chapter Membership  Chapter Finances  STC RMC Meetings  Newsletter/Blog  Website  Social Media  Awards and Recognition  Incoming and Outgoing Officers  Volunteer Opportunities

President’s Goals Initiatives  Create and define a Social Media Manager role  Create an Active Member Rewards program  Revamp Programs and Networking  Budget, create efficiencies within the organization  Organize and delete old monthly program surveys  Organize Constant Contact  Define a reporting structure (create an org chart for officers/managers)

Chapter Membership  156 members as of May 10, 2012 – 77.6% retention  Updated New Member Guide for  Helped match volunteers with opportunities

Chapter Finances  Total balance is $22, on May 1, 2012 (compared to $28, on May 1, 2011)  STC did not give our chapter a rebate on member dues again this year  Indicated that other chapters/communities need the money more  Without a rebate, our chapter meetings and seminars are our sole source of income

Chapter Finances (cont’d)  Moved to the Eventbrite reservation system  Eventbrite provides us with  More social media options to promote our meetings and seminars  Direct deposits within a week of our programs  Eliminated monthly rent on our storage unit

STC RMC Meetings  Northern Colorado Satellite  Chapter Meetings

Northern Colorado Satellite  Who: Anyone  When: Second Wednesday of the month  Where: Truman's, Fort Collins  Manager: Carmen Carmack  Purpose:  Mentoring  Networking  Supplement to Denver programs

Chapter Meetings  Who: Anyone  When: Third Thursday of the month  Where: Corporate Sponsors  Lakewood, NASDAQ Offices  Denver, Atkins Offices  Purpose  Offer professional development  Foster networking and support  Total of 151 attendees at our meetings this year

September 2011  Topic: Mastering Product Documentation in a Wiki  Speaker: Amalia Hurtado  23 Attendees

October 2011  Topic: Establishing a Personal Brand Using Social Media  Speaker: Matt Sullivan  22 Attendees

November 2011  Topic: Networking  Three locations:  Panera Bread, Westminster  Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center  Outlets at Castle Rock Food Court, Castle Rock  15 Attendees

January 2012  Holiday party: Hosted by Frank Tagader  Collected donations for Food Bank of the Rockies

January 2012  Topic: Finding Your Niche as a Consultant in Technical Communications  Speakers: John Daigle, Linda Gallagher, Marc Lee, and Tammy Van Boening  30 Attendees

February 2012  Webinar  Topic: Thriving in the Agile Environment  Speaker: Kathryn Poe  16 Attendees

March 2012  Topic: Networking  Two locations:  Panera Bread, Westminster  Panera Bread, Denver Tech Center  16 Attendees

April 2012  Topic: Storytelling in Nonfiction  Speaker: Kerrie Flanagan  29 Attendees

May 2012  Topic: Metrics to Document the Costs of Documentation  Speaker: Bernard Aschwanden

Newsletter/Blog  Technicalities newsletter = Technicalities blog (  This year’s contributors:  Kristy Lantz Astry Julianne Blomer  Julie BettisKit Brown-Hoekstra  Regina BurksJim Hess  Joel MeierMartha Sippel  Frank TagaderMarcia Wood  Jean Zartner  Anyone can write a post or comment; just register or your submission to

Website and Web Team  The Web Team  Held three very successful Web team workdays  Upgraded the Content Management System  Renewed our maintenance contract  Created a new Home page after the upgrade  Purged website accounts (will purge again soon)  Integrated Eventbrite into the website  Performed regular maintenance and archiving

Social Media  The Social Media Manager  Regularly posts updates via 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

Awards and Recognition  Active Member Rewards Program  The program is going strong  The chapter has awarded 201 points to 75 members and guests  Joel was the first to achieve 15 points  The reward for achieving 15 points is an STC RMC polo shirt!  2 members have 12–14 points  5 people have 6–11 points  11 people have 3–5 points

Awards and Recognition (cont’d)  Pacesetter Award  Fellow Honor  Deb Lockwood  Distinguished Chapter Service Awards  Debbie Peebles  John Endicott  Kristy Lantz Astry  President’s Awards  Carmen Carmack  Deanna Mosler  Frank Tagader  Marcia Wood

Council and Committee Volunteers Ron ArnerKristy AstryJulie Bettis Julianne BlomerTara BroghammerKit Brown-Hoekstra Ben CapeCarmen CarmackLily Courtney Michelle DespresJohn EndicottCraig Kupras Deb LockwoodEvan LockwoodDeanna Mosler Debbie PeeblesClaire SchramMartha Sippel Frank TagaderTammy Van BoeningStacey Whala Becky WilliamsHali Young

Officers  Outgoing officers  President, Joel Meier  Vice President, Marcia Wood  Past President, Kristy Astry  Secretary, Stacey Whala  Treasurer, Frank Tagader  Nominating Committee, Kit Brown-Hoekstra and Craig Kupras

Officers  Incoming officers  President, Marcia Wood  Vice President, Annie Persson  Past President, Joel Meier  Secretary, Stacey Whala  Treasurer, Jessica Betterly  Nominating Committee, Deb Lockwood and Claire Schram

Volunteer Opportunities We need  Scholarship Coordinator  Blog Contributors  Meeting Greeters  Logistics/Facilities Coordinator  Podcast/Webinar volunteers to record and moderate  Website Managers

Thank you to… Everyone who contributed so much to the chapter and to the society!