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STC’s Emerging Mentor Board
Sally Henschel, Ph.D., Midwestern State UniversityPam Estes Brewer, Ph.D., Mercer University
Lola Isijola, Columbus, OH
Leadership DayTechnical Communication Summit ’15
STC’s 62nd Annual Conference Columbus, OHJune 21, 2015
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Agenda
Mentor Board history Mentor Board mission Mentorships—past and present Creating a Mentor Board profile Mentorship activities Contact information
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Mentor Board
The STC Mentor Board is where professionals connect to establish mentor/mentee relationships that foster personal and professional growth and development. Serving as a mentor or becoming a mentee can help you direct your future, expand your professional network, gain knowledge and perspective on the workplace, and deliver tremendous personal satisfaction.
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Cindy Pao. Mentor, technical documentation specialist
Anna Lerew-Phillips. Mentee, graduate student
Storm Stuart. Mentee, undergraduate student. Mentors, Frances Gambino and Diane Gaskill
Mentorships: past
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A mentee’s profile
Lola Isijola, Columbus, OH
Mentorships: future
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Accessing the STC Mentor Board
http://www.stc.org/
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creatinga profile
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creatinga profile
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creatinga profile
You can make your account “inactive” until you complete your profile and are ready to participate.
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mentee search
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mentorsearch
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contactrequest
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Mentor Board activities
Contribute co-authored content to the Technical Communication Body of Knowledge (TC-BOK). The TC-BOK is an online repository of knowledge in the profession. But since the profession is always changing, so is the BOK. Together, you can choose an unfinished area of the TC-BOK and develop some content for it, a good opportunity to work together – and learn something in the process.
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Mentor TC-BOK expectations
Meet with student mentee to establish schedules and expectations.
Mentor the student during his or her research process, and provide the student any needed advice to adequately research and cover the topic.
Review the student’s topic drafts and make suggestions for improvement.
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Additional mentorship activities
Share current projects. Show each other what you’re working on, and critique and discuss your approaches to the projects.
Talk about professional development and training. What options are available through STC for professional development? Would going back to school be a good idea?
Look at the job market together – it’s a great way to learn about the current state of the profession.
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Additional mentorship activities
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Start a mentor-mentee book club. Read a book on technical communication and meet to tell each other what you thought
Attend an STC webinar together. This could be a good opportunity for both of you to learn something new!
Go to an STC chapter meeting together and meet some new technical communicators!
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Get more involved in STC. Join a SIG together and ask if they have any work that needs to be done. (They will say yes!)
Finally...
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Contact
Sally Henschel, [email protected]
Pam Estes Brewer, [email protected]
Lola IsijolaSTC Mentor Boardhttp://www.stc.org/education/1414-mentor-board
STC Academic SIG http://stc-academic.org/
