ITC at the STC ANNUAL SUMMIT, June 1-4, 2008, Philadelphia, Penn, USA
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008As the STC conference approaches, you will be seeing more communication notices from the ITC Leadership Board. General information of ITC-based activities at the conference can be seen below by date.
INTERNATIONAL PAVILION (ITC AND GALA)
We are very excited about our main activity for the year: the International Pavilion, inside of the Exhibit Hall at the conference. We have nine sponsors this year, along with GALA and support from STC! During the conference, sponsors will have speakers talking at the Pavilion at various times along with other activities, like the Passport activity, detailed below.
PASSPORT ACTIVITY
ITC and GALA are sponsoring the Passport to International Technical Communication activity. With a grand prize of a $500 airline voucher, we hope that this activity will pull STC conference attendees to the International Pavilion to learn more about international tech comm while also pushing traffic to our sponsors in the Exhibit Hall. The Passport will be in every attendee conference bag, so there will be a good amount of exposure for the Pavilion, ITC, GALA, and international tech comm overall.
PAVILION HOSTS NEEDED
The International Pavilion could use some help in staffing the hours open.
Pavilion hosts are asked to:
–arrive at the time committed
–greet passers-by with info about ITC, GALA, and the Pavilion Passport Activity
–announce any sponsor speakers that may be presenting during your shift
Pavilion hosts will not:
–be speakers themselves (unless they are with a Pavilion sponsor). We are only looking for hosts to be a presence in the International Pavilion. There is no prep needed.
–have to do any clean up.
–leave the Pavilion unattended (we will have some expensive equipment there…).
If you are interested, please email Traci Nathans-Kelly (ITC manager) . For the most part, we need Pavilion hosts during Monday and Tuesday from 9am to 4pm, usually in half hour or 1hour shifts. You are welcome to pair up with a friend!
We also try to have ITC folks identify themselves as possible language translators for any conference attendees that may need additional support. We provide buttons to ITC members that they can wear on their conference badges that identify them as a translator. If you are interested, again, please let me know by May 5, 2008.
OTHER WAYS TO VOLUNTEER
We would love to be able to provide to ITC members a targeted list of session that may be of interest to ITC members. If you would be interested in creating this list, please return an email to Traci Nathans-Kelly. As well, if you are presenting at the conferemce, let me know and I will start a listing, too, to send around to ITC membership.
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SCHEDULE (not complete, but a good start)
STC Annual Summit: ITC activities and opportunities for ITC SIG members
June 1
–Welcome Reception (for all STC members) 7-8:15pm in the Convention Center
–Leadership Day 8am-5pm (see STC website)
–Set up for International Pavilion, time tbd
June 2
–International Pavilion (ITC and GALA) opens in Exhibit Hall, 10:30am-6pm
–International Reception 6pm-7pm, Exhibit Hall (tentative)
June 3
–7:30am to 8:30am: ITC SIG meeting, Marriott room 302, for ITC Leadership Board
–International Pavilion in Exhibit hall open 9am-6pm
–ITC Progression, 1:30-2:30, room TBD
–ITC SIG luncheon at 12pm-1pm
June 4
–International Pavilion in Exhibit Hall open 9am-1:15pm
–ITC/GALA Pavilion Passport activity due at Intl Pavilion at 10am
–Drawing for Passport winner at 11am
–Break down of Pavilion structures, etc.
