Upcoming Events
Upcoming events in the STC include chapter meetings, workshops, webinars, and
other events that are geared towards professional development.
Chapter meetings are held monthly on the third Tuesday of each month from
6:00-8:15 p.m. PT. The meeting begins with a light buffet, followed by networking and
a presentation by an industry leader. There are no meetings in June, July, August,
or December.
Storytelling Workshop
Kyle Warnick - Group Marketing Manager/Microsoft
Date: March 3
Time: 9: 00 a.m. - Noon PT
Location: Digipen, 9931 Willows Rd NE, Redmond, Washington 98052. See Map.
We love to tell stories. We love to hear stories. It's in our DNA. If you're
trying to inspire, persuade or convince people to believe in your message,
storytelling is one of the oldest and most effective tools you can ever use.
But it isn't always easy. Good stories need to be well-crafted.
This session will increase your ability to tell compelling stories that share
complex information and encourage action in a clear, convincing, and brief
way.
During this 3-hour workshop, Kyle Warnick (storyteller and Group Marketing
Manager at Microsoft), will share with you how to craft a good story, the role
of delivery and presentation, and how business leaders and marketers can use
stories to deepen customer connections and generate interest in products,
programs and services. This will be a "hands-on, roll-up your sleeves and get
work done" session. You'll start with your own story/communications issue and
then refine it throughout our time, using a unique framework that mines
storytelling gold from master communicators like Walt Disney, Martin Luther
King, Jr., George Lucas, and companies like Google and Nike. We'll even throw in
a few surprising inspirations from a chef, a comic book artist, and a circus
showman. These individuals and organizations all have used storytelling to
capture our imaginations (and in some cases, our wallets), build loyalty, and
create phenomenal emotional connections. If they can do it, so can you.
Click here to
register.
Webinar: Network Your Way to Success
Date: Tuesday, March 6
Time: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. PT
Presented by Sherri Edwards Resource Maximizer
Are you considering a career change? Think you know what you want to do, but aren't sure how to get there or if it is right for you? Have you found conventional means of finding employment to be unproductive?
Networking can lead to career advancement and contribute to your personal and professional development. Learn how to build sustainable relationships with people through a variety of resources. Get strategies for:
- Speaking with new contacts at events and meetings.
- Getting the real scoop on a new industry or new line of work.
- Identifying resources.
- Pursuing leads.
- Requesting informational interviews.
- Being remembered.
Click here to
register.
ThirtySix Software Upcoming Webinars
Dates & Times
- March 6, 2012 at Noon PT
- March 7 at 6:30 p.m. PT
Join Lisa Pietrangeli and Bryan Lynn to learn how SmartDocs transforms your
MS Word environment into a powerful content management and content reuse
solution.
WRITE ONCE. APPROVE ONCE. USE EVERYWHERE.
SmartDocs is a powerful content management and content reuse solution for Microsoft Word. With SmartDocs, content is authored once, approved once, and then reused over and over again. Track, share, search, find, and reuse your content across documents and across departments.
SmartDocs is used by teams of writers — technical writers creating documentation, sales teams writing proposals, instructional designers developing training, and more — to create documents faster and improve the quality of the documents they create. An elegant alternative to XML, SmartDocs is affordable, quick to implement, and easy to use.You will learn how SmartDocs allows writers to take advantage of content reuse without ever leaving their Word authoring environment by incorporating:
- Reusable snippets
- Conditional text
- Reusable variables
Join our webinar to learn about our special promotion exclusively for the Puget Sound Chapter!
Visit our website to learn more about SmartDocs and our free 30-Day evaluation.
Click here to register for March 6 webinar.
Click here to register for March 7 webinar.
Structured Editing
Leah Guren - Owner - Cow TC
Where & When
Microsoft Building 34
3720 159th Avenue NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 6 p.m to 8:30 p.m. PT
See map.
Stuck in an editing rut? Can't seem to find a solution to bloated, wordy
text? Maybe you need to shake up the structure!
Learning to look at
information in terms of visual structure is a great way to break out of the rut.
To do so, you need to understand how the information is actually used, and what
its organization really looks like. In this workshop, you will:
- Understand the role of structure in user perception of
information.
- Learn to analyze the role and purpose of any given piece
of information.
- Become familiar the common organization schemes.
- Practice applying structure to information.
The workshop is appropriate for all levels of writers with at least minimal
experience in technical communication.
Leah Guren is the owner/operator of Cow TC. She has been active in the field
of technical communication since 1980 as a writer, manager, and consultant. She
now devotes her time to consulting and teaching courses and seminars in
technical communication, primarily in Israel and Europe. Her clients include
some of the top high tech companies internationally, including Intel, IBM, and
Microsoft. Leah is an internationally-recognized speaker in the field of
technical communication and is an STC Associate Fellow.
Click here to
register.
Business Writing Workshop
Instructor: Peggy Jacobson
Date: April 28
Time: 9 a.m.- noon PT
Place: Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell. See Map.
Price: $30 members, $60 non members
About the Presenter
Peggy Jacobson, Ph.D. is the owner of TCCI, a Seattle-based technical documentation and instructional design company. She is past president of the Puget Sound STC chapter, and served as competition judge at the local and national levels and book reviewer for technical communication. Peggy has presented her technical and business writing courses to numerous corporate and government clients.
About the Workshop
Has your role as a technical communicator expanded to include responsibility for writing business and project documents? Have you been tasked with creating status reports, surveys, newsletter copy, email correspondence, website pages, or marketing messages? Or, would you like to expand your scope to include these skills and increase value to clients and employers?
Learn how to save time writing business documents that get results. In this workshop, we will explore ways to leverage your technical writing skills to confidently create business documents. The workshop will include presentation and hands-on exercises.
Recommended Text
Business Writing that Counts! Fourth edition, Dr. Julie Miller
Help! I’m a writer, not an editor
Instuctor: Kelly Malleck
Date: June 2
Time: 9 a.m.- noon PT
Place: Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell. See Map.
Price: $30 members, $60 non members
About the Presenter
Kelly worked as an instructor in the Technical Communications Certificate Program at Bellevue College for almost five years. As a freelancer, Kelly has worked as writer, editor, and designer for a university, several non-profit organizations, and various small companies across the United States. She is a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication.
About the Workshop
This three-hour workshop is designed for students who have a basic understanding of the editing process, but need information about how to edit. This workshop provides an overview of the editing process and students participate in hands-on activities and exercise to sharpen their editing abilities.
STC Webinars for 2012
STC Puget Sound is also hosting monthly webinars.
Please visit the Educational Opportunities Page for more information and a listing of all upcoming
webinars.
Events from Other Organizations
Association for Women in
Computing (AWC)
NW Science Writers (Northwest Science
Writers)
Northwest Independent
Editors Guild
Puget Sound PRSA (Public
Relations Society of America)
Puget Sound SIGCHI (Special Interest Group
on Computer-Human Interaction - serves Northwest User Experience Professionals)
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