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Subject:STC Region 7 Conference - Seattle, WA 10/14-16/99 From:"Renze, Janet L" <Janet -dot- Renze -at- PSS -dot- BOEING -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 3 Aug 1999 16:52:53 -0700
TECHWR-Lers--
there was some recent discussion on the STC Region 7
conference coming up in October. As a committee volunteer,
I just want to add my 2 cents...
We have a truly wonderful conference planned with many of
the same speakers that present at WinWriters, Help
University, and other conference that cost hundreds of dollars
more (early registration of $190/$150 for STC members is
good thru 8/15)!
Confirmed speakers include
* Scott Boggan, owner of HelpCraft, and winner of the Help Author's
Choice Award for Best Help Book
* Mary Deaton, author of "Designing Windows 95 Help : A Guide to
Creating Online Documents"
* David K. Farkas, Professor of Technical Communication, Department of
Technical Communication at the University of Washington
* Kate Harper, Editorial Content Manager, Microsoft Home Publishing
* Cheryl Lockett Zubak, owner of WorkWrite and winner of two Help
Author's Choice Awards for Best Speaker or Instructor, and for All Time, All
Around Help Guru
* Shane McRoberts, Lead Program Manager for Microsoft HTML Help
* Laura Ramsey, Past-President of STC, owner of Sandpiper
Communications, and STC Assistant to the President for External Relations
* Donna Sakson, owner of Sakson & Taylor, Inc., and immediate outgoing
Past-President of STC
* Ralph Walden, owner of KeyWorks Software, and creator of Microsoft
HTML Help
* Thomas R. Williams, Associate Professor of Technical Communication,
Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington
The conference theme is "Still Writing After All These Years: Redefining the
Core Competencies of Technical Communication," and approaches its theme from
the standpoint of the basic communication principles. Two full days of
presentations are organized into Toolbox Topics addressing work skills,
management practices, and technologies in the new digital medium.
