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Last Page Update: Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Meetings Archive

The following presentation summaries and handouts are available.

2009-2010 chapter year

• November, 2009: Networking with Your Peers 

• October 15, 2009: Expert Panel: Tech Communicators' Changing Roles in Agile Environments (Presentation | Tips for Working on an Agile Team | Meeting Review)

• September 17, 2009: The Secrets of Building Your Network (Meeting Review)

2008-2009 chapter year

• May 21, 2009: Breaking into E-Learning

• April 16, 2009: Compete in the Resume Triathlon (Meeting Review)

• March, 2009: Networking with Your Peers

• February 19, 2009: Introduction to Blogging: A New Technical Communicator Role (Webinar or Networking Event) (Meeting Review)

• January 15, 2009:  Project Manage Your Writing (Meeting Review)

• November, 2008: Networking with Your Peers 

• October 16, 2008: Staying Competitive in a Challenging Job Market (Meeting Review)

• September 18, 2008: Going from Idea to Publication to Getting Your Fiction and Non-Fiction Published (Meeting Review)

2007-2008 chapter year

• June 19, 2008: Wikis, Blogs, and Podcasting - Today's Collaboration Tools and STC RMC Business Meeting

• May 2008: Networking with Your Peers

• April 17, 2008: What's It Good For? Exploiting the Characteristics of Instructional Technologies and Strategies to Improve Instruction (Meeting Review)

• March 20, 2008: Working on Virtual Teams - a Panel Discussion

• February 21, 2008: A Whirlwind Tour of a UXD (User Experience Design) Methodology (Meeting Review)

• January 17, 2008:  Multi-channel Publishing for SML Content (Meeting Review)

• November, 2007: Networking with Your Peers (Meeting Review)  

• October 18, 2007: Trends and Technology for Technical Communicators - A Panel Discussion

• September 27, 2007: CMS Solutions: Six Important How Tos
• July 12, 2007: Special Meeting: A visit with Susan Burton, STC's Executive Director (Meeting Review)

2006-2007 chapter year

• May 24, 2007: How to Build a Business Case by Jack Molisani (Meeting Review)

• April 19, 2007: Persona-Based, Scenario-Based, Heuristic Evaluations by Ginny Redish (Meeting Review)

• March 15, 2007: Senior members meeting (Meeting Review).

• February 15, 2007: Yoga for Stress Relief Eases Bodies and Minds by Ron Arner, M.S., R.Y.T. (Presentation .ppt and Meeting Review)

• January 18, 2007:  Take the Right Risks with Intelligent Disobedience by Bob McGannon, PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PDF [420 KB] and Meeting Review)

• November CIC meeting PDFs available: Non-disclosure agreement sample, professional services agreement sample, referral and non-circumvention agreement sample, and SUBCON-GENERIC and subcontractGeneric are two examples of short subcontractor agreements. Additional contracting resources in .doc format: Understanding Contracting: For Technical Communicators Working Through Contracting Companies, (four versions of the following document from different perspectives): Table 1: Getting the Facts Before the Contract, Table 1: Getting the Facts Before the Contract, Table 1: Getting the Facts Before the Contract, Table 1: Getting the Facts Before the Contract

• November 16, 2006: Questions Technical Writers Need to Ask by Dr. Elizabeth "Bette" Frick (Presentation PDF [633 KB] Questions PDF [12.5 KB] and Meeting Review) 

• October 19, 2006: Network with your peers. Meeting Review

• September 21, 2006: Microsoft's Crabby Office Lady. (Presentation .ppt and Meeting Review)

2005-2006 chapter year

• April 20, 2006: Lessons Learned from Web Site Usability Testing by Ginny Redish (PDF [1.48 MB]) Meeting Review

• February 16, 2006: Making the Most of Project You by Bonnie Biafore (PowerPoint [214 KB]) Meeting Review

• January 19, 2006: Putting Personas to Work: Improving Your Scenarios, Reviews and Usability Testing with Personas by Whitney Quesenbery (PDF [902 KB]) Meeting Review.

• November 17, 2005: Ready, Fire, Aim! by Larry Marine (PowerPoint [2 MB]) Meeting Review.

• October 20, 2005: Writing for the Blogging World by Dave Taylor. Meeting Review.

• September 8, 2005: How to Make a Six Figure Income as a Technical Communicator by Jack Molisani (PDF [166 KB]) Meeting Review.

2004-2005 chapter year

• May 19, 2005: Performance Technology: Going Beyond Documentation & Training by Jane Smith (PDF [550 KB]) Meeting Review.

• April 20, 2005: Trends and Issues in Information Architecture: Notes from the IA Summit 2005, by Laurie Lamar. (PDF [838 KB]) Meeting Review.

• January 20, 2005: progression on Alternative Markets for Technical Communicators. Meeting Review. Speakers:

  • Emmy Ford, Medical Writing (Word [25KB], PDF [8KB])

  • Deb Lockwood, Financial Services and Legal Writing (PDF 51KB)

• November 18, 2004: Website Design and Implementation. Meeting Review.

• October 21, 2004: Networking with the Networkers. Meeting Review.

• September 16, 2004: Value Based Content Management by Greg Laugero and Ben Martin. (PowerPoint [1516KB], PDF  [406KB], Web  [3221KB] presentation) Meeting Review.

2003-2004 chapter year

• June 17, 2004 on A Comparison of Style Guides and Production Guides by Kathy Ramsey and Kathy Ingraham. Meeting Review.

• April 15, 2004 on STC's Transformation: A Roadmap to a Better, Stronger STC presented by Mary Jo Stark

• March 18, 2004 on Strategic Planning for Your Life by Judy Glick-Smith. Meeting Review.

• February 18, 2004 on New Techniques: Beyond Conventional Paper and Online Documents by William Horton.

• February 18, 2004 CIC SIG handout - Understanding Contracting: For Technical Communicators Working Through Contracting Companies

• October 16, 2003 Living Outside the Boxx by Mary Jo Fay

• October 16, 2003 CIC SIG presentation - Finding Work

• September 18, 2003 on Self-Publish Your Book and Keep All the Profits by Marilyn Ross

2002-2003 chapter year

• June 26, 2003, 28th Annual Art, Online, and Publications Competitions Awards Reception. Seeding the Clouds: How to Make it Rain on Yourself Even During a Dry Spell by John Hedtke and Meeting Review

• May 15, 2003 on Going Global on the Internet: Opportunities and Pitfalls and Globalization Resources

• April 17, 2003 on Introducing RoboDemo eLearning Edition by Silke Fleischer

• March 27, 2003 Senior Member Celebration on Fatten Your Resume Without Blushing by Art Elser

• February 20, 2003 on Developing Your Content-Management Solution: A Phased Approach and Meeting Review

• January 16, 2003 on Exploring Empirically-Based Web Design

• November 21, 2002 on Evaluating a product's usability and the broader user experience it offers

• October 17, 2003 Panel Discussion: Where is Technical Communication Going? moderated by Mike Livsey

• October 17, 2002 CIC SIG presentation on Resources for technical communicators

• September 19, 2002 on Single-Source Publishing with Framemaker by Martin Smith

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