Northeast Ohio STC Newsletter

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Your Northeast Ohio Society for Technical Communication Newsletter

March 4, 2008

What I would love to see is scientists learning the skills of communication throughout their science education; and all forms of communication — written and verbal. But I'm not talking about a crash course in speaking in sound bytes. I'm talking about developing scientists' ability to speak accurately about their work, but in a personal, vivid way that makes the listeners' brains light up with pleasure and excitement.

— Alan Alda in Things I Overheard...

Upcoming events

3/6/08: Using DITA for Conditional Text at 1 pm ET. See access.stc.org/imispublic/Core/Events/Events.aspx?
3/11/08: Practical Uses for DITA - Part 1: Service Manual Application (SMA) at 1 pm EST. See http://tinyurl.com/2jl3su
3/12/08 to 4/14/08: Vote for your STC leadership.
3/13/08: Monthly seminar: Monthly seminar: Crucial Conversations.
3/14 to 3/15: Currents 2008 in Atlanta. See www.stcatlanta.org/currents.htm.
3/16 to 3/19: WritersUA Conference in Portland, Oregon. See www.writersua.com/ohc/.
3/20/08: Networking lunch: Joseph Beth Booksellers/Bronte Bistro, Legacy Village, Lyndhurst. RSVP to Jill McCauslin (jmccauslin@radcomservices.com) .
3/26/08: How Quality at the Source Affects Global Customer Satisfaction, by Richard Sikes, from 1 to 2:30 PM EST. This free Webinar is offered to STC members only. Watch for registration details in mid-March.
3/26/08: Practical Uses for DITA - Part 2: Product Documentation and Training at 1 PM EST. See http://tinyurl.com/2ocfvj
3/28/08: Spectrum 2008, held by the Rochester (NY) chapter. See www.stcrochester.org/ for detail.
4/12/08 Laptop Software Saturday: Intermediate Unstructured FrameMaker 8.0, from 9:00 to 4:00. See www.neostc.org/calendar/20080412.html for details.
4/30/08: Promoting Your Business or Nonprofit By Using a Press Release. For more information or to register, contact Andrea C. Carrero by e-mail at andrea@wordtex.com or by phone at 1-610-494-0316
6/1 to 6/4/08: Technical Communication Summit in Philadelphia. See stc.org/55thConf/register/index.asp

Monthly seminar March 13: Crucial Conversations. More.

Want to meet other Technical Communicators? More.
Renew those memberships! More.

Congratulations to several NEO STC members for international STC achievements! More.

NEO STC Scholarship Deadline April 1. More.

President’s Column February/March 2008: Recognizing our volunteers. More.

Chautauqua offers practical solutions and insights for FrameMaker users. More.

Book review: Total Workday Control Using Microsoft® Outlook: The Eight Best Practices of Task and E-Mail Management. More.

Laptop Software Saturday: Framemaker. More.

Managing the information behind the content. More.

APEX Awards go to local technical communications firm. More.

“On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.” More.

Member profile: Sherri Henkin. More.

Member profile: Anne Paczula. More.

Interesting articles from other community newsletters. More.

STC election information. More.

Why I Seek Your Vote: Linda King, STC Director-at-Large candidate. More.

STC Leadership Challenge: Reaching Out and Reaching In: Lisa Pappas, Candidate for Director-at-Large More.

Looking to the Future: Garret Romaine, Candidate, STC Board of Directors. More.

Mike Hughes: Candidate for Second VP. More.

Defining a TC Body of Knowledge: Hillary Hart, Candidate, Director-at-Large. More.

Pushing Buttons: Member Value & Service: Suzanne Guess, Candidate, Director-at-Large. More.

My Vision: STC as the Global Leader for Technical Communicators: Rich Maggiani, Director-at-Large candidate. More.

Providing value: STC takes the lead: Larry Kunz, STC second vice-president candidate. More.

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