NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER
SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Monthly Meeting - Tracking Your Editing Metrics
Please join the Northeast Ohio STC community for its February 18, 2008 Monthly Meeting.
This presentation explains how the Rockwell Automation technical communication group tracks metrics to support a business case advocating a formal editing role.
Key Points Covered
Developing levels of edit - focus on how they took the research and customized it for their group
Estimated hours to edit - how they developed a formula, based on their levels of edit exercise
How to use metrics to your advantage - what should you track and how can this data help you refine your processes and scheduling
Editing metrics merge nicely with overall technical communication metrics - help you define better, more defined metrics for the entire department
Presenter: Lisa Adair is a graduate of Youngstown State University with a degree in Technical Writing and Editing. Joining Rockwell Automation, Inc. in September 1994, she has 14 years of technical writing experience. She presented on this same topic at the 2007 Technical Communication Summit and the Region 4 conference in Cleveland, Ohio, in October 2007. In addition, her “Styling for Structure” article was published in STC’s Intercom magazine in June, 2008.
Lisa will present a summary of the “Tracking Your Editing Metrics” presentation as part of the editing progression at the 2009 Technical Communication Summit in Atlanta this May.
Date
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Time
5:30 – 6:00
p.m. Registration
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. food and drinks
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Dinner and Awards Presentation
Place
Rockwell Automation
1 Allen Bradley Dr.
Cleveland, OH 44124 Directions
Menu
Food: Buffet. Meal includes meat and vegetarian options in addition to salad, sides, dessert, and soft drinks
Register: If you plan to attend, please email the Programs <mailto:programs@neostc.org> Committee by COB Feb. 13. Or, call Denise at 216-251-0716.
Cost
When Registering (see below) please include your main dish selection.
Price: You can choose one of the following:
Meeting only $10
With dinner members $20
With dinner nonmembers $30.
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