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Next Year's Conference | About Telephone and Web-Telephone Seminars | Upcoming Seminars

Experiencing Technical Communication — Next Year's Conference

It's an exciting time for technical communicators! We're at the convergence of two important trends for our profession.

The first looks inward at transforming STC to respond effectively to changes in technology, business, and professional roles. Each of these changes brings a challenge to learn new skills, to communicate our value, and to understand the role of communications in the ever-changing business environment.

The second springs from an increasing focus on user experience as part of the design and development process. Communication is a critical element of this work, whether the focus is on technical documentation, Web sites, software interfaces, or wireless applications, to name just a few. As we look outwards, STC members have much to share with—and to learn from—those whose skills overlap with ours. Whatever our titles, our goals are often similar: a usable, useful, and effective information-based product.

You are invited to be part of this vision of technical communication as central to every user experience. We welcome proposals that share your ideas, research, or practice in an interdisciplinary field such as usability, information design, or information architecture or in a traditional STC field such as writing and editing, education and research, consulting, or management.

Be part of STC's transformation and help make the 52nd Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, an event that can't be missed. For more details, visit http://www.stc.org/conference.asp.

About STC Telephone and Web-Telephone Seminars

What is a Telephone Seminar?

A telephone seminar is much like a large conference call in which the speaker makes a presentation over the phone. As a participant, you simply dial the 800 number from your phone, enter your personal identification number, and you're connected! You then sit back and listen to the presentations and join in the lively Q&A discussion that follows.

What is a Web-telephone seminar?
 
STC is expanding its telephone seminar series to include presentations with Web-based features. In a Web- telephone seminar, participants listen to the presenter over the phone (much like a conference call) while viewing presentation materials over the Web. This format provides easier access to materials for reference during the presentation, as well as a more intimate, "classroom" setting than the typical telephone seminar.

Wing Group, LLC hosts the site

Wing Group, LLC, located in Nashua NH, started hosting the site for the 2004 STC telephone seminars on October 6. We need a minimum of 5 people to keep the cost at or below $20 per person. Of course, the more people who sign up, the less you'll have to pay, so encourage your fellow technical communicators to come!

How do I sign up and pay?

Sign up: Email your name, phone number, and the name of the seminar you would like to attend at least 7 days prior to the event to: stcphoneseminars@wing-group.com.

Cost: Depends on the number of registrants. We will notify you by email of the cost (the maximum would be $20).

Payment: Send check or money order made out to "Wing Group, LLC",  4 days prior to the event to:

Wing Group, LLC
20 Trafalgar Square, Ste 455
Nashua, NH

Note: Wing Group, LLC reserves the right to cancel hosting of a seminar if the minimum of 5 people is not met and if their payments do not reach Wing Group, LLC at least 48 hours prior to the seminar. Refunds will be given for cancellations made at least 48 hours prior to the seminar.

Site location:

Wing Group, LLC
20 Trafalgar Square
Fourth Floor
Nashua, NH
(603) 589-4076

Are you interested in having a telephone seminar at your site?

With a telephone seminar, the cost is per site, not per person. Train as many people as your conference room can hold — for one flat rate!

If you would like to have a telephone seminar at your site, visit http://stc.webex.com/ to register.

Upcoming Seminars 2004-2005

All seminars are held from 1:00 - 2.30 pm US Eastern Time

For more information on each of these seminars, visit http://www.stc.org/seminars.asp.

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Reprinted with permission. Society news originally appeared in STC Newsletter, Tieline, July - October 2004 issues. All rights reserved.