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Archives of Past Event Calendars • Calendar of Events • Directions Index • Speakers' Handouts and Presentations

Speakers' Handouts and Presentations

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This page provides links to copies of program handouts or links to sites referenced by the speakers.

Fall 2007 - Summer 2008

Instructions for Downloading and Playing Recorded Webinars.

28 January 2008
Webinar: Cool Tools for Tech Writers for Less Than $100 (29.2MB zipped audio archive for Windows only; IE only; Windows Media Player only [password is required—contact: ]
(speaker: Nicoletta Bleiel)
Handout: Cool Tools for Tech Writers for Less Than $100 (40.4Kb PDF)
(speaker: Nicoletta Bleiel)

Fall 2006 - Summer 2007

12 June 2007
CIC SIG Podcast: Breaking Out of Solitary Confinement: Networking Tips for Freelancers, Work-at-Homers, and Other Professionals
(speaker: Carolyn Kelley Klinger, Gabe Goldberg, and Kristen King)
10 January 2007
Moving from Technical Communication to Software Testing and Creating Webinars using Articulate and PowerPoint Progression:
"Using Articulate Presenter in 10 Easy Steps" (427.6KB PDF)
(speaker: Mary R. Wise)
09 November 2006
Project Management and FAQ Writing Progression:
"How To Write FAQs That Help Users Help Themselves" (1.4MB zipped PowerPoint slides)
(speaker: Leslie O'Flahavan, E-WRITE)
"Frequently Asked Questions Style Guide" (416K PDF)
(speaker: Leslie O'Flahavan, E-WRITE)
"Essential Project Management Skills for Technical Writers" (16K zipped PowerPoint slides)
(speaker: Marylyn G. King)

Fall 2005 - Summer 2006

04 February 2006
Awards Banquet Workshop Presentation: "Plain Language" (447K zipped PowerPoint slides)
(speaker: Annetta Cheek, Ph.D.)

Fall 2004 - Summer 2005

13 January 2005
"Strategic Planning for Your Life" (410K PDF)
(speaker: Judy Glick-Smith)
18 November 2004
Documentation Project Management Workshop
(speaker: Charles Fisher, Jr.)
"An Introduction to Documentation Project Management" (979K PowerPoint slides)
Workshop exercises (140K PDF)
12 October 2004
Single Sourcing by Design: A Gradual Approach
(speaker: John Hawkins)
"Calculating Return on Investment (ROI) for AuthorIT" (243K PDF)
"A Gradual Approach to A Gradual Approach to Single Sourcing" (1.6M PDF)

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Fall 2003 - Summer 2004

28 April 2004
"Writing Great Web Content Within a Content Management System" (2.06M PowerPoint slides)
(speaker: Leslie O'Flahavan)
20 March 2004 - Tech Comm Career Day
"Creating Online and Print Portfolios" (48K PowerPoint slides)
(speaker: Melissa Brown)
"Salary Negotiation in a Tough Economy" (145K PDF)
(speaker: Conni Evans)
"Personal Branding: The importance of branding to distinguish yourself in a sea of professionals" (198K PowerPoint slides)
(speaker: Marissa Levin)
  Additonal handouts:
"Interviewing Techniques — Manager's Perspective" (58K PDF)
(speaker: Ann Ray)
"Fine Tuning your MS Word Skills So You Can Get the Better Job" (293K PDF)
(speaker: Eddie VanArsdall)
11 March 2004 - Chocolate Tasting Scholarship Fundraiser
"Recipes from Chef Geoff's" (98K PDF)

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07 February 2004
Awards Celebration and Workshop: "Document Design for Print and Online: A Real World Approach" (224K PowerPoint slides)
(speaker Saul Carliner)
Press release written by Iris Portny (91 KB PDF)
10 December 2003
Section 508: Background, Practical Strategies and New Technologies
(speakers: Bill Killam, Cynthia Lockley, and Kathy Bine)
"Section 508, Accessibility, and CSS: Useful URLs for designing Web pages" Updated 04 July 2008
28 October 2003
Usability SIG: Update – 2006 Guidelines: "Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines" also available in PDF format (157.4 MB PDF).
2003 handouts: "Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines" (All program handouts 6.13M ZIP)
(speakers: Sanjay J. Koyani, Dr. Robert W. Bailey, and Janice R. Nall)
  Individual program handouts:

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24 September 2003
"Moving Towards Single Sourcing with Reusable Learning Objects on a Budget Using Microsoft Word"
(speaker: Jocolyn Weeks)
  Note: The PowerPoint presentation (489K ) is available from the Conference Session Materials page at http://www.stc.org/edu/50thConf/index.asp. Scroll down to "Weeks, Jocolyn" and then launch the presentation.

Fall 2002 - Summer 2003

18-21 May 2003
STC 50th Annual Conference, Dallas Texas presentation
(speaker: Mary R. Wise)
"Servant Leadership in the Clueless Layer" (274.8K PowerPoint slides)
15 March 2003 - Tech Comm Career Day
"Proposal Management Basics and Tips on Proposal Writing" (229K PowerPoint slides)
(speaker: Kristen Sweet)
"Go for the Gold — Making Money in Technical Writing" (59K PDF)
(speaker: Carolyn Kelley Klinger)
"Interviewing Companies — Getting the Information YOU Need" (92K PDF)
(speaker: Chris Benz)
"Tips for Writing Federal and Civilian Résumés" (87K PDF)
(speaker: Daree Allen-Woodard)
"Integrating Your Interests and Career Goals in Your Current Work" (77K PDF)
(speaker: Ruth M. Schimel, Ph.D.)
05 March 2003
"Planning Usability Into Your Product – The How and When of Usability Evaluation" (381K PDF)
(speaker: Scott McDaniel)
"Usability Tests and Heuristic Reviews – Planning and Estimation Worksheets" (83K PDF)
(speaker: Scott McDaniel)
08 February 2003
"Getting Good PDF" (188K PDF)
(speaker: Sharon Burton-Hardin)
15 January 2003
"Freelance Workers: Individual & Corporate Perspectives"
(speaker: Gene Zaino)
14 November 2002
"Revealing Your Hidden Value" (88K PDF)
(speaker: Suzanna Laurent)
28 October 2002
"Winning Competitive Proposals: Proven Tools and Processes"
(speakers: Joseph T. Nocerino and Maureen Cooney)
Program handouts are available at the Century Planning web site. You may also contact the speakers, Joe Nocerino at or Maureen Cooney at .

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Fall 2001 - Summer 2002

21 February 2002
"Implementing Context-Sensitive Help" (62K PDF)
(speaker: Paul A. O'Rear)
10 January 2002
"Stop Plugging Up the Dam, and Help Build It Better! The Changing Role of Technical Communicators from Traditional Documentation Deliverables to Product Design" (181K PDF) (speaker: Andrea L. Ames)
12 November 2001
"How You Can Think Like an Information Architect and Improve Your Organization's Performance"
(speaker: Thom Haller)
The Web site has links to all the handouts and related information presented at the November program.
17 October 2001
"Indexing for Tech Writers 101: Lambs to the Slaughter" (60K PDF)
(speaker: Maria Coughlin)

Fall 2000 - Summer 2001

03 May 2001
"Designing and Deploying Browser-Based User Assistance" (419K zipped PowerPoint file)
(speaker: Ben Weisner, Weisner Associates Inc.)
24 March 2001
Technical Communication Progression and Résumé Review:
Chris Benz, "Interviews, Salary Negotiations, and Other Scary Employment Issues" (142K PDF)
Jonathan Hine, "The world on a string: technical translation" (60K zipped PowerPoint file)
Roger Munger, "Designing job search portfolios for cranky, skeptical, and tired interviewers" (49K zipped PowerPoint file)
Elizabeth Pass, "Web TechnoLust" (106K PDF)
Annette Reilly, "Go do the right thing: ethics for technical communicators" (144K PDF)
Thea Teich, "Are you ready to be self-employed? Report from five years in the self-employment trenches" (12K PDF)
Mary Wise, "Distance Learning" (303K zipped PowerPoint file)
Mike Zerbe, "Out of the Isolation Closet and into the Conference Room: Technical Writers and Editors as Part of the Project Team" (90K PDF)
07 February 2001
"Structuring Your Documents to Maximize Reuse" (483K zipped PowerPoint® slides)
(speaker: Janice (Ginny) Redish, Ph.D.)
"Structuring Your Documents to Maximize Reuse" (644K PDF)
01 November 2000
"User-Centered Design 101: Bringing usability to a product near you"
(speaker: Whitney Quesenbery, Cognetics Corporation)
Handout material was on the Cognetics Web site at http://www.cognetics.com/ but is no longer available as of 13sep04. This site also includes a corrected link for the Chaos article. It's actually the Standish Group, not the Gartner Group.
20 September 2000
The STC Brand Project: "Branding: More than a hot iron!" (1.3MB zipped PowerPoint® slides)
(speaker: Mary R. Wise)
"Branding: More than a hot iron!" (195K PDF), "STC Brand at a Glance" (26K PDF)

1998

24 September 1998
"Follow the Arrows: Lessons from the Circus" (9K zipped PowerPoint® slides)
(speaker: Mary Wise)
Circus Lessons (32K PDF), Slides with notes (18K zipped PowerPoint®), Slides with notes (54K PDF)

1995

12 December
"Home Pages and the World Wide Web" (HTML presentation – Note: This presentation has not been updated since 1995. Some information may be outdated and some links may be no longer active.)
(speaker: Cynthia A. Lockley)
Slides:

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Tips and Tricks

The following tips and tricks are provided by chapter members. These are left on the chairs for event attendees to read.

20 September 2000
"Converting Microsoft® Word files into PowerPoint slides" (32K PDF)
 

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