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People have always had the need for better, faster communication. Yesterday's technology moved us from "snail mail" and "sneakernets" to email, instant messaging, and websites.

But now we want more. We want collaboration. Our users want more. They want to be able to edit our documentation. Our teams want more. They want to share content.

Today we use VoIP when we need to talk to someone. Today we use blogs to share our "voice" with others, many of whom we don't even know. Today we use wikis to create collaborative documentation with teams spread around the world. Today we learn from the experts through podcasts. Today we have meetings in places that exist only on a server somewhere in the world. Virtual existence is replacing face-to-face reality.

Kit Brown and virtual co-presenter Char James-Tanny bring you the information you need today about collaborating with wikis, blogs, podcasts, and more.

Note: This meeting also serves as our annual chapter business meeting - please note the earlier starting time of 6:15 p.m. New STC RMC officers will be inducted and chapter accomplishments and financial positions will be presented, so don't miss this important meeting.

About the Presenters

M. Katherine (Kit) Brown is an award-winning writer and consultant with a background in the life sciences and 17+ years of experience in the technical communication field. She is currently the Principal for Comgenesis, LLC, which provides consulting services and training to clients on internationalizing and improving the usability of their documentation, developing a coherent documentation strategy and content model, as well as more traditional technical writing and editing services.

Kit is an Associate Fellow for the Society for Technical Communication, and has spoken about various technical communication topics at many conferences in the United States and internationally. She recently coauthored (with Brenda Huettner and Char James-Tanny) Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools. In addition, she is the editor of IEEE-PCS News and a frequent contributor to Multilingual.

Char James-Tanny is president of JTF Associates, Inc., and has more than 25 years of experience as a technical writer. She is well known in the Help community for her knowledge of online Help tools and concepts. Char's original Help Authoring Tool (HAT) Comparison Matrix is now available as an interactive database. Char is an Author-it Certified Consultant, a 2008 Microsoft Help MVP, and the secretary of the Society for Technical Communication.