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Your Northeast Ohio Society for Technical Communication Newsletter

January 25, 2007



A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it. — Alistair Cooke



Upcoming events

  • 1/25: Free Webinar: An Itty Bitty DITA: Understanding the Basics. 1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT. Presented by: Kay Ethier of Bright Path Solutions and Mary Hush of Vasont Systems. Register at http://www.vasont.com/vasont/news/events.asp. Contact: Suzanne Mescan, Vasont Systems, smescan@vasont.com
     
  • 1/31: Webinar: ANSI Z535.6 — A New Standard for Safety Information in Product-Accompanying Literature. Presenters: Steven Hall and Elaine Wisniewski.
     
  • 2/7: Creating Indexes on Web Sites and Intranets.
    Presenter: Heather Hedden.
     
  • 2/8: Local meeting: Inside the Translators' Studio.
    Presenters: Alan Horvath, Star Group; Sue Ellen Wright, Kent State University; and Keiran Dunne, Kent State University.
     
  • 2/13: Networking lunch. TGI Fridays, 1641 Golden Gate Plaza, Mayfield Heights.
     
  • 2/21: Working in Global Teams.
    Presenter: Makarand Pandit.
     
  • 2/28: Deadline for payment of 2007 membership dues to be eligible to vote in STC’s annual election.
     
  • 2/28: Last day of Early Bird registration for STC’s 54th Annual Conference.
     
  • 3/14: Networking lunch. Blue Canyon Kitchen & Tavern, 8960 Wilcox Dr., Twinsburg.
     
  • 4/12: STC election ends.
     
  • 5/4: Last day of advanced registration for STC’s 54th Annual Conference.
     
  • 5/12 to 5/16: Technical Communication Summit — STC's 54th Annual Conference — in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
     
  • 10/12: Region 4 Conference — The Crucial Communicator in Cleveland, OH.
     


Monthly meeting February 8. Inside the Translators' Studio. Full story.

Results of the 2006 WritersUA Skills and Technologies Survey have been posted. Full story.

Congratulations Kim and Jeanette on newsletter article reprints! Full story.

President's Column: Annual evaluation Full story.

December holiday wrap-up Full story.

Philadelphia Metro Chapter Conference coming March 16 & 17 Full story.

Region 4 Conference coming this fall! Help our chapter organize a great conference! Full story.

NEO STC board meeting January 30 Full story.

What is a director at the Society level, and what can I bring to the position? Bob Young explains the director position and how he hopes to contribute. Full story.

Meeting review: Being your own boss Some highlights of November's meeting. Full story.

Can you host an upcoming Webinar? Full story.

Welcome a new member and congratulations to new senior member! Full story.

Copyright law. A link to a Web site featuring copyright law. Full story.

Using Microsoft RD fields to create tables of contents. A link to an article. Full story.

Scholarship applications due by February 15. Full story.

Handy hint. Converting new Microsoft Office products to your existing software. Full story.

World Usability Day card sort was a success. Full story.

Technical communicator certification — boon or bane? Full story.

Handy hint. Adding a Drop Cap in Word 2003. Full story.

Member profile. Lisa Mileusnich. Full story.

Review: How the Web Is Changing Language Review of a Talk of the Nation program. Full story.

Hot jobs. Full story.

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