• Are you thinking of going freelance, but are unsure where to start?
• Are you already working as an independent but need help finding clients or promoting yourself?
• Attend this one-day workshop in English for help and advice from Samina Arnoult, a financial expert who has helped hundreds of businesses get started and prosper in France

The first half of the workshop explores various business creation options in France, including "travailleur indépendant" (freelancing), "portage salarial" (freelancing through an agency), and EURL/SARL (incorporated companies). You will learn the advantages and disadvantages of each option and the various social charges and taxes associated with each.

The second half of the workshop covers setting your business objectives, determining your fees, financial planning, time-management and different aspects of marketing to find clients.

Theresa Cameron has been elected President of INTECOM at its annual meeting in Montréal. INTECOM is a society of associations of technical communicators, with members in Europe, New Zealand, and North America. STC is a member of INTECOM.

Theresa is also a member of the STC France Chapter and was active on our board until a few weeks ago as Membership Manager and newsletter editor. We'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate Theresa on becoming President and we look forward to her leadership of INTECOM. The STC France Chapter much appreciated her energy and ideas.

Dans le cadre du recrutement des apprentis et stagiaires en rédaction technique pour la rentrée prochaine, la cellule de relations avec les entreprises de l'UFR EILA (Université Paris 7 - Diderot) souhaite proposer un nouveau mode de recrutement : le job dating. Cette session de job dating se déroulera le mardi 8 juillet 2008 à partir de 9h30, elle concerne le recrutement d'étudiant en Master 2 pro CDMM et en Licence Pro rédacteur technique.

Thinking of a career as a technical communicator, translator or writer?

The LEA program at University Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand) is now accepting applications for its two-year Masters degree in Languages and Technical Communication (LCT). Applications for Fall 2008 must be received by 2 September 2008.

UA Conference - Europe 2008 is a conference for User Assistance specialists and Technical Communicators. It covers a range of aspects (including tools, technologies, design, and usability) of user assistance for software.

The conference will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland on 18-19 September 2008.

Proposals are invited for Case Study presentations and Peer Showcase items.

The Université Paris-Diderot is organizing a conference by a visiting professor from UNCC (University North Carolina Charlotte), on the Plain Language Movement in the U.S.

The conference will take place on Tuesday 25 March at 6 pm at Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 in Amphitheatre 9E (Halle aux Farines)

Dr. Deborah S. Bosley, PhD, Professor of Technical Communication at the University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC), and Principal in The Bosley Group, which specializes in making written communication simple and useful, will speak on the following topic: cheap phentermine

http://www.eila.univ-paris-diderot.fr

Vous êtes intéressé par une formation professionnalisante aux métiers de la communication et de la rédaction technique?
Les formations en apprentissage et en alternance de l'Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 préparent aux métiers de la rédaction technique, de la communication technique, de la traduction technique et de l'industrie de la langue.
L'admission pour l'année 2008-2009 se fait sur tests de niveau (français et anglais) qui auront lieu le samedi 29 mars.
Pour plus d'informations et pour vous inscrire aux tests : www.eila.univ-paris-diderot.fr

This year's STC France Chapter Annual Conference was held on Friday 14 March 2008 at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. Thanks to our attendees, sponsors, speakers and volunteers for making this such a successful event! The theme of this year's event was "Communicating Europe" and explored the diversity of technical communication in Europe. Two half-day pre-conference workshops were also organized on Thursday 13 March 2008.

The first event in STC France's new "Saveurs & Savoirs" series on Monday 24 September drew a crowd of about 25 technical communicators to the FIAP Jean Monnet in Paris. The evening event included a networking cocktail and a presentation by award-winning researcher and educator Karen Schriver entitled "If You're So Smart, Why Does Your Writing Suck?" Whether it was the promise of some good food and wine, or simple curiosity to hear Karen present a talk with such a provocative title, I don't think anyone went home disappointed! It was great to see so many new faces, as well as a few regulars. A big thanks to Monika Duvinage for manning the registration desk!

Thanks to all those who took the time to suggest names and to vote in our Name the Newsletter competition!

We tallied up all the votes and announced the winning name at our "Saveurs & Savoirs" event on 24 September (look out for the meeting summary coming soon).

The winning suggestion was "France Connexion", with almost 25% of the votes.

As it turns out, the winning name was suggested by our own chapter president, Jennifer O Neill. Since the prize for the winning name was to be a free entry to the next STC France Chapter Conference (on 14 March 2008, plug plug), and since Jen will likely be earning her free entry anyway, we decided instead to offer the prize to a randomly selected voter. Our guest speaker, Karen Schriver, selected a name randomly from the list of voters, and we've contacted the winner by email to let them know.