Membership

If you would like to join STC, you can find the membership application form on the main STC Web site. In addition to the local benefits of joining the Santa Barbara STC Chapter, your STC membership includes:

  • Networking with other STC members can help you find jobs and advance your career.
  • A wide range of STC publications help you keep your skills up to date. This includes STC's monthly magazine, Intercom, and STC's quarterly journal, Technical Communication.
  • Contact with other professionals helps you find solutions to writing, design, software, and other problems.
  • Society-wide Special Interest Groups (SIG) on many topics help you learn more about specific areas of technical communication.
  • Competitions and recognition programs reward excellence in technical communication and provide constructive feedback.
  • Discounts on conference fees help you enhance your skill set.
  • Scientific, literary and educational grants advance the theory and practice of the arts and sciences of technical communication.
  • Graduate and undergraduate scholarships for full-time students encourage future technical communicators in their studies.