Activities

Points

Use the following activities towards your next Scholar Badge

Attend workshop:

Attend a full-day chapter workshop or two half-day chapter workshops.

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Present at a chapter event:

Have knowledge to share? Prepare your slides and become a chapter presenter. Use the feedback from you fellow members to improve your presentation before you present at a conference such as the STC Summit.

5

Serve as a TaP expert:

Share your experience for one hour in a mentoring session with a newcomer interested in your profession.

5

Form a chapter specialty sub-group:

Interested in a specific area, for example, Rapid eLearning, Translation, Plain Language?  Get together a group of fellow enthusiasts and hold at least three meetings during the activity year. We'll help with publicity and locations.

6

Use these activities towards your next Social Media Badge

Like our Facebook page:

Like us on Facebook to keep up with chapter announcements, and share fun posts, questions, and comments.

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Join our Meetup:

Join our Meetup group.

1

Post on our Facebook page:

Start or contribute to a substantive discussion about the chapter, technical communication, or related topics.

1

Post on LinkedIn:

Start or contribute to a substantive discussion about the chapter or about technical communications in our LinkedIn group or post on another group about a chapter event.

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Tweet about us:

Tweet about the chapter or chapter events. Remember to mention @stcnymetro.

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Post on our Meetup about a chapter event and rate it:

Rate our events on Meetup, and discuss them with others to help us spread the word about NY Metro activities. Start or contribute to a substantive discussion about a chapter event.

1

Use these activities towards your next Blogger Badge

Post on our Members' Blog:

For example, an article about the chapter, an event, a review of an event, technical communications, or related topics. Send articles to President@stcnymetro.net.

3

Promote us:

Promote us elsewhere, link back to our site, and let us know. For example:

• E-mail event notices to others and encourage them to attend.
• Post about us somewhere other than the listed social media sites. Remember to include a link back to our site.

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Use these activities towards your next Sustaining Member Badge

Bring a friend to an event.

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Attend a chapter meeting or social/networking event.

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Join STC or renew membership.

2

Respond to our yearly survey.  

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Respond to a post-event survey.

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Use these activities towards your next Competition Badge

Be a judge in our Regional TechComm Competition.

5

Represent us as a judge in the STC International Summit Awards.

5

Submit an entry to our Regional TechComm Competition.

5

Use these activities towards your next Host Badge

Host an event:

Host a networking event or Specialty Sub-Group meeting. For example, host a networking event at a business, bar, restaurant, or home; or host a group of people in your area (NJ, CT, etc.) to watch together remotely one of our webinars.

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Take pictures at an event and send them to us.

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Bring food to an event.

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Level

Requirement

Prize

Bronze

2 different badges

One free meetup

Silver

3 different badges

$25 amazon.com gift certificate

Gold

4 different badges

$50 amazon.com gift certificate

Platinum

All 6 badges

$100 amazon.com gift certificate