What activities earn points for me?
Points earn you badges and prizes.
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. | 2 |
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 |
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Like our Facebook page: Like us on Facebook to keep up with chapter announcements, and share fun posts, questions, and comments. | 1 |
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. | 1 |
Tweet about us: Tweet about the chapter or chapter events. Remember to mention @stcnymetro. | 1 |
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 |
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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:
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Use these activities towards your next Sustaining Member Badge |
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Bring a friend to an event. | 1 |
Attend a chapter meeting or social/networking event. | 1 |
Join STC or renew membership. | 2 |
Respond to our yearly survey. | 1 |
Respond to a post-event survey. | 1 |
Use these activities towards your next Competition Badge |
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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 |
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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. | 4 |
Take pictures at an event and send them to us. | 1 |
Bring food to an event. | 1 |
What badges can I collect?
Accumulate sets of activities to achieve badges. You earn the points for the activities plus you earn 5 bonus points for each badge that you achieve.Badge | Activities to Earn It |
Scholar Badge![]() |
Do any of these:
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Social Media Badge![]() |
Do any combination of five of these:
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Blogger Badge![]() |
Do any combination of two of these:
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Sustaining Member Badge![]() |
Join STC or renew your STC membership for two years in a row
and Attend five chapter meetings or social/networking events and do any one of these:
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Competition Badge![]() |
Do any combination of two of these:
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Host Badge![]() |
Do all of these:
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What prizes can I get?
As you accumulate points and collect badges, you level up and earn prizes.
If you accumulate points that do not earn you badges, you are still eligible for prize giveaways throughout the year. More points, more recognition.
Level | Requirement | Prize |
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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 |
What's the fine print?
If you find that your quest is missing points, badges, or prizes, report it.Offer void where prohibited. Must be 18 or older to play. Take only as directed. Judges' decisions are final. Senior discount only applies on Wednesdays and only for those who are wearing yellow socks.