STC service, honors, and awards
Paula is the STC First Vice President. Previously,
she served on the transformation committees for
communications, education, and membership. Paula was
on the associate fellows nominating committee and
she has judged many international and local
competitions.
Paula was an annual conference stem manager twice
and delivered a speaker training session for several
years. She has spoken at STC events worldwide for
seventeen years.
Paula is a past president of the STC Boston
chapter. She also managed the regional publications
competition, wrote the bylaws, and a lot more. While
working in Europe, she was newsletter editor for the
STC TransAlpine chapter and a committee member and
judge for the first TransEuropean competition.
Paula is a fellow and received a distinguished
chapter service award in 1993.
Professional Experience
Paula works for an association management
company as director of communication and as managing
director of a high-tech industry association.
For nineteen years, Paula was a principal of
SOLUTIONS, a technical communication company that
produced conferences, delivered seminars, and
provided consulting. She managed the consulting
area, with up to twenty concurrent projects and a
staff of fifty. She also developed seminars and
conference programs by studying industry trends,
researching emerging technologies, evaluating new
tools, and collaborating with industry experts.
Paula taught courses at public sessions, client
sites, and universities.
In 2001, Paula became an independent consultant
and worked with clients on interface design,
localization, Web site design, and documentation.
For eighteen months, Paula worked in Italy with a
consulting company.
After
twenty-five years in the field, Paula understands the technical
communication profession—the trends, skills, tools, problems.
Running a business for years taught her to focus on customers
(members!), monitor finances, analyze issues, evaluate
alternatives, make decisions, build consensus, and get things
done. Paula's current job in association management has brought
her a new perspective on what organizations can accomplish and
how they operate most effectively.