Adobe Systems hosts a three-day online conference designed to explore the world of DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) including best practices and the tools that make up the content ecosystem on November 2–4, 2016.
TechWhirl Third Annual Tech Comm Halloween Horror Stories Festival
Technical communicators are invited to share their encounters with the macabre mechanics of corporate existence, both real and imagined, in TechWhirl’s Tech Comm Halloween Horror Stories Festival.
LavaCon Conference 2013 Experience — Go From Tactical to Holistic for Content Strategy
Even when businesses begin to grasp the value of content management, too often they focus on tactical or business silos needs for content. LavaCon 2013 offers four days of breakout sessions and hands on workshops on content strategy and multichannel digital publishing, and the theme for LavaCon in 2013 is “Adopting a Holistic Approach to Content Strategy.”
Practical Conference on Communication (PCOC) Opens Oct. 26 in Knoxville
The Practical Conference on Communication (PCOC, pronounced “peacock”) offers what many conferences do not—an opportunity to apply practical skills and knowledge immediately in short workshops. Given biannually by the Society for Technical Communication East Tennessee Chapter (STC-ETC), PCOC encourages a deep and detailed sharing of job-applicable knowledge in a short amount of time. The 27th annual event is being held at the Rothchild Catering & Conference Center, in Knoxville, Tennessee.
STC Issues Call for Proposals for 2013 Summit
The Society for Technical Communication (STC) has issued a Call for Proposals (CfP) in preparation for Technical Communication Summit ’13 in Atlanta, GA. Those interested in presenting at the 60th annual conference, scheduled for May 5-8, 2013, may submit proposals for sessions in any one of ten different formats for any of the nine tracks being offered.
Pre-Conference Call for Proposals by STC Academic SIG
The STC Academic SIG, in cooperation with the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC), will again host a one-day Partnership Pre-conference on the day before the annual CPTSC conference. Scheduled for Thursday September 27, 2012 at Michigan Tech University, in Houghton Michigan, the pre-conference theme is designed to complement the theme of the annual CPTSC meeting, “Partnerships for Professionalism: Collaboration, Diversity, and Technology in Academia and Industry,” by fostering conversation between educators and practitioners. The SIG is seeking virtual and in-person presentation proposals to complement its scheduled panel discussions.
STC President Alan Houser Addresses Annual Business Meeting
Alan Houser addresses the Annual Meeting of the STC: I’m honored to come to you as the 52nd President of the Society for Technical Communication. I’m humbled by the presence and memory of those who came before me. I promise to do my best to support my team: the 2012-2013 STC Board of Directors, as we guide the strategic direction of the Society and fulfill its mission: to support and promote the profession of technical communication.
DITA: “Crossing the Chasm” Webinars Scheduled
Dr. JoAnn Hackos, president of Comtech Services, will present a free three-part webinar series on DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) entitled “Crossing the Chasm”, beginning Thursday, January 19, 2012, and hosted by Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), and Comtech Services, Inc.
2012 MadCap Roadshow Schedule Announced
MadCap Software has announced the dates and locations for its 2012 Madcap Roadshow for technical communicators. The one-day, five-session event covers techniques and best practices for content authoring , content reuse, and technical communications publishing to multiple channels using Flare and other products in the MadPak suite.
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