What
Do You Value?
By
Catherine Robinson, Managing
Editor
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Sometimes I have to ask myself what I value in life. In my job, I value the extra training I get to improve my skills and learn how to do my job better. In my personal life, I value spending time with my family and sharing fun experiences to keep my relationships growing and memories building. Aside from those, I have to ask myself what else I value in life.
Recently the CEO of my company talked about value propositions. As he spoke, the message I got was that we have to consider each of our expenditures and see what value they bring to the organization. Sometimes the value we get is being able to re-invest in other opportunities.
As a member of the STC, I have found value in sharing experiences with other technical communicators. More than that, as I find myself in the position of managing editor of the STC newsletter, I am learning a lot about commitment, trust, and reliability. I am also sharpening my technical skills, as I pound away in DreamWeaver to create the newsletter pages. I am learning the value of working with a fine group of people who have expertise I don’t, but who are willing to share.
I hope to have the opportunity to work with many of you, as you consider writing articles or columns, or contributing technical tips, such as Lance did in his article about creating hypertext markers in FrameMaker. All the information is relevant and somebody can always learn something new. I look forward to making sure we have a great newsletter that you will continue to value.
