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seo-workshop-mcdaid-blog · 6 years ago

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Conferences for Technical Writers

Looking for a conference to speak at or attend? There are conferences all over the world that cater to the technical communication industry. Plus there are lots of conferences related to our field where we can go and learn some crazy new skills we’d never thought to use before.

Me. Mainstage at LavaCon 2018.

This year, I’ve made it a personal goal to help colleagues get out and speak at conferences. I spent years avoiding conferences until my boss finally dragged me (kicking and screaming) onto a stage with her. Now I feel the urge to return the favor. Sure, the stage fright was (is still) awful. But my peers encouraged me and my industry listened to me. We all just want to hear your story, learn from your lessons. Everyone has something to share... And who doesn’t want an all expenses paid trip somewhere cool?

Talking to my first couple of (victims) colleagues, it turns out that a big problem is only knowing about 1 or 2 conferences. Someone told me they’d missed the boat for LavaCon this year, so they were going to wait until next year to put in a bid. They didn’t even know about the 4 other conferences that have open calls out as I write this.

I’m going to attempt to maintain this list and keep it up to date. Please reach out if you know of any conferences I’m missing!! Or if you want advice on submitting a proposal or prepping a talk!

General Technical Communication Conferences

These conferences are appropriate for a wide range of technical writers.

Winter IDEAS (Jan) - I’ve spoken at this one on a panel with Dell folks. It’s an online-only conference (no video just slide share) held twice yearly. It’s sponsored by CIDM, so sometimes it’s DITA-heavy. Sometimes general.

MEGAComm (Feb) - Yearly conference held in Israel, appropriate for techcomm, marcomm, and content managers.

TC World India (Feb) - I’ve spoken at this one. The conference has a lot of personality. It’s the world stage version of LavaCon in that sense. The food was fabulous. The MC thinks he’s hilarious. And evening entertainment included performances and an open dance floor. Conference material focuses heavily on things technical writers can do, in addition to writing, to add value. They love things like chatbots, AR, visualizations, automation, etc.

Tekomm Spring (March) - Bilingual in German and English.

ATTW (Mar) - A little off the beaten path. This is a yearly conference by the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing

Information Energy (April) - Fancy a trip to Amsterdam anyone?

MadWorld (April) - Sponsored by MadCap Flare, but focused on content strategy.

TC Camp (April) - The technical writer’s UNconference. This camp focuses on issues, skills, challenges, and tools for technical communicators. Expect discussions instead of lectures.

TC World China (May)

Technical Documentation Roundup (May) - New conference from the Content Wrangler.

STC Summit (May)

Write the Docs Portland (May)

ComTecnia (May) - Held in Italy in spring (sold yet?), this conference focuses on the latest trends in techcomm.

Evolution of TC (June) - Focused on software documentation innovations. I’ve been to this one, and am speaking at it for the first time this year. It’s a lovely time of year to visit Bulgaria, and the TC industry has exploded in Sofia over the last decade or so. You’re bound to be inspired.

Write the Docs Vilnius (June)

Soap! (June) - An annual conference for content professionals, held in Poland.

Summer IDEAS (Jul) - An online-only conference (no video just slide share) held twice yearly. It’s sponsored by CIDM, so sometimes it’s DITA-heavy. Sometimes general.

Nordic Tekomm (Sept) - I’ve got a bid in for a gig here this year! I’ll let you know how the conference is if I get to attend!

Write the Docs Prague (Sept)

TCUK Conference (Sept)

CIDM Best Practices (Sept) - This is another CIDM conference, so can skew DITA. But it’s intended to be general. You can also enter to win the Inspire Award. Whose boss doesn’t like that kind of industry recognition?

LavaCon (October) - The focus tend to be on content strategy for techcomm. I’ve spoken at this one and it’s super fun. They have parades and storytelling and karaoke events! Call for papers is early, and it closes out fast.

MadWorld Europe (October) - Sponsored by MadCap Flare, but focused on content strategy.

TC World (October) - This is the biggest of the Tekomm events. I’ll be putting in a proposal myself!

TechCommNZ (October) - Yeah, an annual New Zealand technical communications conference. How awesome does that sound? I can speak first hand about NZ being basically a living post card (so beautiful), but I don’t have any first hand knowledge about the conference.

ASTC (October) - Who wants a trip down under? Every year the Australian Society for TechComm puts on a conference. This could be your opportunity to get those flights to the GBR paid for. Not to mention the fabulous techcomm education you’ll be getting.

DITA Technical Communication Conferences

XML Prague (Feb) - A conference about XML and markup languages. DITA welcome. Oxygen attends.

CMS/DITA North America (April)

MarkUpUK (June) - A conference about XML and other markup languages. DITA welcome. Oxygen attends.

Balisage the Markup Conference (Jul) - Another conference about XML and other markup languages. DITA welcome. Oxygen attends.

RIDE Ottawa (Sept) - A regional, single day conference from CIDM.

DITA OT Day (Nov) - A one day conference dedicated to the DITA Open ToolKit

CMS/DITA Europe (Nov)

User Assistance Conferences

Writers UA West (March)

UA Reloaded (May) - Held in Germany and brought to you by Tekomm. This is conference aimed at bringing techcomm and UA to breakthrough heights.

Writers UA East (October)

Content Strategy Conferences

Confab (April) - One of my favorite conferences of all time. A range of perspectives, excellent presenters, interesting presentations. Highly, highly recommend. Very competitive for speakers.

IA Conference (April) - Formerly the IA Summit, this conference is under new management after they mishandled a harassment complaint.

Marketing Conferences (that relate to us)

Content Tech Summit (April) - I’m really interested in attending this one. I bet I’d be all sorts of inspired by the technical inroads marketing is making into spaces like analytics and personalization.

Digital Summit Series - 5 conferences throughout the year. Wide range of topics covering all aspect of customer strategies.

(A couple) SEO Conferences

Search Engine Journal keeps a humongous list of SEO Conferences. Here are two that stand out for me.

OhGMCon (April) - In a basement, no wifi, no sponsor talks. Sounds interesting...

Brighton SEO (April) - Well known conference comes to me highly recommended by people I trust and respect in the industry.

(Some) Conversational Design Conferences

Business of Bots (Feb)

Chatbot Conference (May)

Chatbot Summit (June)

ConverCon Dublin (Oct)

#conferences #chatbots #seo #ai #techwriting #techcomm #content strategy #user assistance #DITA

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newselegant · 4 years ago

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gretschmeetsmetal · 4 years ago

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Feb Tc challenge day 6

Q: what do you think they were like when they were yr age?

A: definitely a fan of the same music as I was, awkward but friendly and very family oriented.

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jntufastresult · 5 years ago

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fairielust · 7 years ago

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feb tc challenge !!

9. are you romantically or sexually attracted to your tc? why?

with all three of them i am romantically attracted to them no doubt, simply because i just have an affinity w older women for some reason idek. sexually idk when i think of sex and teachers i immediately think of those people who have sex for benefits, like raising a grade. i’m just a big romantic so if i were to have sex it’d be full of love, yknow ? but plain and simply i’m more so attracted to selene, then maia, and not so much wisteria (except for those dress pants that one time god damn that was //eyes emoji//)

10. if your relationship with your tc were facebook statuses, what would it be?

in a perfect world, we’d be saying we were in a relationship (maybe not revealing names until later lol). definitely not ‘it’s complicated’ and probably not single either. shrugs,,

11. what do you think your tc would be like during sex?

i’d be pathetic asf i’m a bit of a masochist and a sub in some ways so like ?? they’d have to be in control bc that’s hot ??? aHHHhh i just think there’d be lots of hugs and kisses during it and lots of fingers tangled everywhere couGHS i’d be on bottom being a shy anxious embarrassed shit even tho i’ve imagined it a million times (side note i hate myself lol),,, but then as theoretical time goes on there’d be times where i’d ~suddenly~ blossom.

they’d probs have to teach me. cause they’re teachers. what a fantasy.

#musings #tc #tcc #lesbian tc #female tc #february tc challenge

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kindlecomparedinfo · 5 years ago

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Unearth the future of agriculture at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI with the CEOs of Traptic, Farmwise and Pyka

Farming is one of the oldest professions, but today those amber waves of grain (and soy) are a test bed for sophisticated robotic solutions to problems farmers have had for millennia. Learn about the cutting edge (sometimes literally) of agricultural robots at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI on March 3 with the founders of Traptic, Pyka, and Farmwise.

Traptic, and its co-founder and CEO Lewis Anderson, you may remember from Disrupt SF 2019, where it was a finalist in the Startup Battlefield. The company has developed a robotic berry picker that identifies ripe strawberries and plucks them off the plants with a gentle grip. It could be the beginning of a new automated era for the fruit industry, which is decades behind grains and other crops when it comes to machine-based harvesting.

Traptic uses 3D vision and robotic arms to harvest ripe strawberries

Farmwise has a job that’s equally delicate yet involves rough treatment of the plants — weeding. Its towering machine trundles along rows of crops, using computer vision to locate and remove invasive plants, working 24/7, 365 days a year. CEO Sebastian Boyer will speak to the difficulty of this task and how he plans to evolve the machines to become “doctors” for crops, monitoring health and spontaneously removing pests like aphids.

Pyka’s robot is considerably less earthbound than those: an autonomous, all-electric crop-spraying aircraft — with wings! This is a much different challenge from the more stable farming and spraying drones like those of DroneSeed and SkyX, but the choice gives the craft more power and range, hugely important for today’s vast fields. Co-founder Michael Norcia can speak to that scale and his company’s methods of meeting it.

Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $11M seed round

These three companies and founders are at the very frontier of what’s possible at the intersection of agriculture and technology, so expect a fruitful conversation.

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un-enfant-immature · 5 years ago

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Unearth the future of agriculture at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI with the CEOs of Traptic, Farmwise and Pyka

Traptic uses 3D vision and robotic arms to harvest ripe strawberries

Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $11M seed round

These three companies and founders are at the very frontier of what’s possible at the intersection of agriculture and technology, so expect a fruitful conversation.

$150 Early Bird savings end on Feb. 14! Book your $275 Early Bird Ticket today and put that extra money in your pocket.

Students, grab your super discounted $50 tickets right here. You might just meet your future employer/internship opportunity at this event.

#TechCrunch

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magzoso-tech · 5 years ago

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Unearth the future of agriculture at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI with the CEOs of Traptic, Farmwise and Pyka

These three companies and founders are at the very frontier of what’s possible at the intersection of agriculture and technology, so expect a fruitful conversation.

$150 Early Bird savings end on Feb. 14! Book your $275 Early Bird Ticket today and put that extra money in your pocket.

Students, grab your super discounted $50 tickets right here. You might just meet your future employer/internship opportunity at this event.

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damnuntouchable · 2 years ago

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Feb tc challenge week 1

1. Do you have more platonic or romantic feelings for them?

Romantic. I’d love to be proper friends with her but I usually think about her romantically and if I could date her I would in a heartbeat

2. Have they ever physically touched you?

Yes quite a few times. A couple handshakes and also when we’re sparring in fencing. No hugs yet though :(

3. Would you ever plan to pursue them after you graduate?

Plan? No. She’s in a relationship. I do plan to stay in contact if I can though. I know she has with former students so I definitely have a plan there.

4. Do you know their birthday/zodiac sign?

Yup! :) September 14th, Virgo i think? Funny thing is thats almost exactly 6 months from mine.

5. Do you know their favourite colour?

Nope

6. What do they teach?

History as well as a few clubs (not naming, too specific)

7. Do you think you’re their favourite student?

Maybe. Top 5 for sure but I’ve got some competition i think

#teacher crush #tc #tcc #teacher crush community #female tc #female teacher crush #tc community #tc feelings #tc confessions #tc challenge #february tc challenge

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motolyric · 6 years ago

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wwlcnetwork · 6 years ago

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gretschmeetsmetal · 4 years ago

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Feb Tc challenge day 2/3

Q: if they were with you right now and you could say anything without consequences, what would you say?

A: I think that’s a given considering he’s the theme of my whole blog pretty much. But just opening up ab my past not ab to let him know he’s not alone, while talking through my feelings for him. Not exactly just admitting to them, just talking through how the feelings made me feel.

Q: what would be your ideal date with them?

A: going to see one of our favorite bands together at my favorite venue.

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sopaniitroorkee · 7 years ago

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GRE Guide

Note: This guide is the summary of a mile-long email thread of IIT Roorkee alums about GRE preparation - mostly meant for their juniors. Though people managed to boost their scores by a good margin using this guide, it comes with no guarantees whatsoever.

You need a valid Passport to appear for GRE. Apply for it in time.

When to take GRE:

GRE is valid for 5 years. Hence it is advisable to give it while you are in Academic setting even if you plan to take a break of 1-2 years before applying to MS/PhD.

4th years: GRE by the end of August. In extreme cases, you have time till 1st week of October.

3rd years: GRE takes 100 to 150 hours of focused work - which translates to 2 months at max during an ongoing semester, or and a dedicated sprint of 15 to 20 or 25 days in general, obviously varies from person to person. Strongly advised to give your GRE in spring semester of 3rd year. However, personally spending the second year summer time for prep is not suggested. Perhaps winter break of 3rd year is a good time, with January relaxed you can appear in Jan end or Feb start.

2nd years: Bookmark this link and visit it again in your 5th Semester. Stop reading it right now.

Google drive link: -------------- We can’t make the Drive link public, so kindly contact the persons mentioned at the bottom of this page for the link ----------

Overall idea:

GRE one needs around 1000 standard words repeated in GRE exams, practise at comprehensions, and essay and argument writing practice – and some brush up over the Highschool Math.

To get overall picture: Read the Official guide to Revised GRE by ETS. It will explain what GRE expects from you. DO NOT read this if you have <15 days remaining.

Details are available here: http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/about/content/

Apps:

1. Magoosh GRE Flash cards

(Must have app. Complete it fully, or at least 15 to 16 decks out of 20.)

2. Magoosh Vocabulary Builder

3. GRE Exam Tests

Overall Preparation Strategy (Use this with the help of the upcoming sections):

0. If you don't just want good score but also want to improve English, then completing Word Power Made Easy is advisable. GRE can be a good motivator to finish this book. If you are starting early (have 1-2 years) you can start improving your comprehension by reading good quality English literature.

1. It is recommended to start with an introspective mock GRE test for self-analysis of the strengths and weaknesses. You can use one of the Barrons mock tests. You can skip AWA section as of now. Most likely you would score 163+ in Quant, and ~145 in Verbal – which makes the total score in range of 305-310. You are expected to feel comfortable with all questions in Quant section. It is perfectly normal if you don’t have any clue about even a single question in Verbal section. Official Mock tests (Powerprep II software) available from GRE (3 Total) are also best representation of what to expect. You can use them too.

2. Now, you can decide on the time needed to dedicate to Quant section – ideally if you have scored 165+, it shouldn’t be more than 5-10 hours – that too mostly for practicing questions. Rest of your time is for Verbal and AWA section.

3. First and foremost importance is the vocabulary building. Start it using Magoosh app and Magoosh Vocab ebook (google it to get it). Target should be 100 new words every 3-4 hours spent. Don’t forget to revising old ones, too.

4. Technically, it’s impossible to start Verbal questions practice without learning a threshold amount (around 500) of new words – which might take few days. So meanwhile, spend the rest of your time on three things: i) start reading any GRE preparation book line by line – I suggest reading Princeton Review. Learn and practice all strategies. (ii) start Reading Comprehension practice. (iii) AWA practice.

5. A note about Reading Comprehension: people usually ignore it and term it as difficult, but in fact RCs are the easier portions if approached correctly. Unlike other sections of Verbal, RCs don’t require much vocab – and best thing is, all answers of RCs are inside the question paper itself. If we practice enough to increase our skimming skills, then it’s not difficult to score 7 out of 10 in RCs. If that’s done, then you are assured to get score around 320 very easily. So, it is highly recommended that start practicing 2-3 RCs everyday in timed manner from first day of preparation itself.

6. After 20 to 30 hours, when you learnt ~500 new words, do all 3 processes in parallel: (i) Keep learning new words to reach to 1000, (ii) Verbal (SE, TC, RC) practice – an effective way for this is to write one Kaplan section wise 30 mins mock test every day – the software should be in the Drive folder, (iii) AWA practice – writing one essay and reading 5 essays.

7. When you reach 800 to 1000 words mark, start writing full mock tests in timed manner and refine your score by improving the weaker sections.

8. 3 or 4 days before the exam, write 2 GRE Powerprep Mock tests – one a day.

9. Now you are ready!

To prepare for Vocab:

1. Use the app, make own sticky notes and put on room wall, make a small diary of nasty words that you tend to forget. There are some PDFs in folder with the word list.

2. It is easy to learn words if you do it with a partner or in a group.

3. Remember, Revision is must.

4. Key to score high in verbal section is to attempt all 20 questions thoroughly.

5. There are 3 types of questions verbal section have:

1. Sentence Equivalence (SE) 2. Text Completion (TC) 3. Reading Comprehension (RC)

SE and TC purely depends on your vocab. If you have done with around 500 words then start practicing these section.

Reading comprehension depends on your time bounded practice, practice it from manhattan’ 5lb and RC book. Initially you might not score well in this section but with practice this part will be backbone to your gre score.

6. Keep working on vocab and keep practicing RC (practice it considering time constraint).

7. Checkout Official Verbal Reasoning Practice Ques. You will understand all type of questions. There are 3 practice sets for each time. This will increase your speed. This is the level of actual GRE. This book will take 8- 9 hours to complete the exercises and 6-7 hours to read all the explanations and will benefit enormously. Read the explained answers of each set, this helps in introducing new techniques which save time and eliminate options.

8. 6- 7 tests, magoosh 1000, barron 333, GRE book words 100 should be enough vocab.

9. 6-7 tests, official verbal practice book, official guide verbal part, Manhattan book 7 (chapter 7 and 8), should be enough verbal practice.

10. If you are not comfortable with some type of questions, practice those types from Manhattan 5 Lb. book.

To prepare for maths:

1. Relatively very easy. Giving 5-6 full length papers is enough. No separate practise needed.

2. But most vulnerable to silly mistakes.

3. It does not need extra attention but practice quant section sincerely during mock tests.

4. Try to finish all 20 questions in 20-25 minutes then recheck it. We can't afford silly mistakes in this part. It will affect our final score badly.

5. Checkout Official Quantitative Reasoning Practice Ques. It takes 4 hours to do all exercises and 1 hour to read the explanations. Then read explanations to your wrong answers. Few things are typical to GRE like stacked graphs, rounding off, even-odd integers, etc which we might miss in first glance but will get accustomed to if we do these exercises. If you still have more than 3-4, days do it. You don't want to make silly mistakes there.

6. If you are not comfortable with some maths topics (official practice book), do those topics from Manhattan 5 Lb. book.

7. 6- 7 tests, official quant practice book should be enough for quant practice

To prepare for Essay and Argument Writing Section

1. There are some videos in my folder. First Step is that.

2. Minimum writing practise of 5-7 essay and argument is must.

3. Take a template from any GRE book (e.g. Princeton Review) and stick to it completely.

4. This section is not for flaunting our intellectual capabilities. It is only to show that we can articulate what we know.

5. Focus on not making spelling mistake or Grammatical mistake.

6. More length helps. Longer the essay generally means better score. We have experienced over the time that the length of your essay determines the minimum score you can get. If you can write simple essay of 600 words, most likely you won’t get anything lower than 4.0.

7. Try to write more than 600 words for good score (>=4). Around 8-9 paragraphs to score 5 or above. It’s all about speed and not ONLY about the correct place to flaunt intellectualism.

8. Hence again reiterating, practice is the key, in 30 minutes one needs to first conceptualize thoughts, write 7-8 paragraphs avoiding spelling mistake in a flow and also check once. Hence a challenging task,

9. A single para for single point.

10. For this section is manually checked by GRE, and out of 6 one gets a score.

11. Included in folder is .exe in 'Kaplan Test' folder where one can practise for same.

12. Since it can't be checked by software, it will be good if you can email it to people who have already given the test to review and point out at mistake.

13. First step is copying what you have written after exam in MS Word and looking for simple spelling and grammar mistake. I always wrongly used, 'then' and 'than'. Similar mistakes should be looked after.

14. For appropriateness one should email seniors.

15. Now, the Issue or argument topics are always asked from a pool of topics mentioned here: http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/pool They don't give a topic outside it. So, keep an practise of just reading this solution essays something like 3/4 everyday hardly taking 10 mins before going to sleep. The solutions are available in GRE Exam Test mentioned above.

For mock papers:

Most important phase

Take at least 6-7 mock tests. 2 from ets, manhattan, princeton review, kaplan, barron etc.

One can appear for free full-length papers on Magoosh prep and similar websites for free

If possible, use a friend/senior’s account (like Manhatten prep) to access more full length test papers. You can also share an account among a group of friends.

Manhattan papers are difficult so don't get disheartened by low score. Around 310 score in it's papers is equivalent to around 325 in actual.

Also in drives my folder, one can find .exe files that can be run to give full length papers.

Give full tests because it is difficult to write an 4.5 hr exam. Simulate these conditions.

In mock test, don’t forget to write AWA section. It is important!

Tips:

1. Comprehensions need practise: don't ignore them. If you can crack those, you can easily go beyond 330+. One can get extra practise for them through books. For example : Manhattan_GRE in the folder

2. In AWA: One has to keep minimum last 5 min to review and make the storyline coherent. Sometimes 30 minutes seems less. Practise is the key.

3. For Maths, they provide on screen calculator, use it. Don't be overconfident on your JEE time mental calculations and make silly mistake

4. Don't Overstretch preparation period. One tends to forget the words over the time. Maximum 1.5-2 months. If one feels his/her english is too weak then 3 months.

5. Get into the vocab world. Don't waste single minute even. While going to mess, department, in between classes, travelling continuously one can be on mobile app and browse across flashcards

6. Aim for 325+ at least. Full 170 in Maths

7. August-September sees a heavy rush of final year students.So people should get registered themselves as early as possible

8. Those techniques (eliminating, guessing) are important; words alone won't suffice. ***Do as much practice as you can do. *** It will help you imbibe those techniques and increase your speed.

For any query, contact:

Deepika Sharma, [email protected]

Divya Kumawat, [email protected]

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fairielust · 7 years ago

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feb tc challenge !!

8. have you ever hugged your tc? describe what hugging them is like.

i’ve group hugged w selene and it was beautiful,, just beautiful,,, bc it was my two friends and i who had drawn her something big for her birthday and she was on the verge of tears and she was so happy and puppy-like and i was next to her in the hug and i just :’))))

and now that i think about it i haVE hugged maia,,, when we came from from japan and returned to the school she hugged me to say thank you / goodbye :’)))

and wisteria has hugged me several times whenever i was in tears lmAO nice @ myself,, it was very warm and just all around motherly so i really appreciate them ahh !!

#musings #tc #tcc #lesbian tc #female tc

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Benevity Announces Finalists for the 2020 Corporate Goodness Awards

Benevity, Inc., the global leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee engagement software, today announced the list of finalists for the 2020 Corporate Goodness Awards (aka: The Goodies), which recognize progressive companies harnessing the power of Goodness through a modern approach to corporate philanthropy, social responsibility and employee engagement. Now in its 3rd year, The Goodies celebrate the bold, innovative and creative ways that Benevity clients are making a difference in the world and inspiring their people through purpose.

“In the face of increasingly grave environmental and social challenges, it is inspiring to see our clients and their people catalyzing positive impact within their workplaces, their communities and around the world,” said Bryan de Lottinville, Benevity Founder and CEO. “The Goodies are our way of recognizing the companies and individuals who are leading the charge in pursuing purpose, meaning and impact as part of their culture and identity.”

This year, Benevity received more nominations for The Goodies than ever before — double the number submitted for 2019 — which is a testament to the many noteworthy ways that companies are making measurable and meaningful impact and inspiring Goodness. The finalists in each Goodies category are as follows:

The Bestie Award – For best-in-class approach and overall impact:

Genworth Financial, Inc.

Levi Strauss & Co.

Rothschild & Co.

Splunk

Voya Financial

The People Power Award – For promoting purpose through people’s passions:

Adobe Inc.

Equinix

F5 Networks

Okta

TripAdvisor

The Community Hero Award – For best-in-class approach to community investment:

Albertsons Companies/Albertsons Companies Foundation

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Levi Strauss & Co

Genworth Financial, Inc.

Suncor Energy Inc.

The Moonshot Award – For boldness and creativity:

Indeed

Lamb Weston

Splunk

T-Mobile

Total Quality Logistics

The BeCause Award – For dedication to causes:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

HP, Inc.

Intel Corporation

Meridian

The Honest Company

The Buzz Award – For catalyzing purpose through communications & storytelling:

Lush Cosmetics

Macquarie Group

TELUS

SAP

Silicon Valley Bank

The NewB Award – For most transformative approach:

Arm

Cenovus Energy Inc.

PlayStation - Sony Interactive Entertainment

Rothschild & Co.

Voya Financial

Last year’s Goodies Award winners included Micron Technology, TC Energy, MUFG Union Bank, LinkedIn, Accenture Canada, Jennifer Mitchell of PlayStation and Tiana Austel of Illumina.

“At MUFG Union Bank, we really care about giving back to our community and engaging our employees in the process, so it was just phenomenal to be recognized for the impact we are making through our grants program, along with so many innovative companies. I know it has really inspired our team to keep up the good work,” said JR Raines, VP and Senior Foundation Manager at MUFG Union Bank Foundation.

The 2020 Goodies Award winners will be announced at Benevity’s annual Goodness Matters client conference, being held Feb. 25-27 in Palm Springs. Every year, Goodness Matters brings together hundreds of CSR and employee engagement professionals from the world’s most progressive companies to discuss trends, connect with peers in other companies, learn best practices, and get inspired to infuse purpose into their corporate cultures. This year’s participants include leaders from Apple, Microsoft, Nike and more.

About Benevity

Benevity, Inc., a certified B Corporation, is the global leader in corporate social responsibility and employee engagement software, including online giving, matching, volunteering, community investment and purpose driven actions. Many of the world’s most iconic brands rely on Benevity’s award-winning cloud solutions to power corporate “Goodness” programs that attract, retain and engage today’s diverse workforce by connecting people to the causes that matter to them. With software that is available in 17 languages, to an employee base of 12 million users around the world, Benevity has processed more than 4 billion dollars in donations and 23 million hours of volunteering time to 200,000 charities worldwide.

Media Contact Amanda Orr Kickstart for Benevity 1.323.601.5734 [email protected]

source: https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/43430-Benevity-Announces-Finalists-for-the-2020-Corporate-Goodness-Awards?tracking_source=rss

#CSR #corporate social responsibility #social good #philanthropy #employee engagement #workplace givi

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