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Online Information Sessions at the 2001 STC Conference

We look forward to seeing you at the Conference!

By CHRISTY CAPPS
Carolina Chapter

Online SIG Business Meeting

The Online SIG Business Meeting will be held on Sunday, May 13 at 3:30-4:30 p.m. Look for the meeting location in the Final Program at the Conference. Come to the meeting and get involved!

New Online Tools and Technology Sessions

The following sessions on new online tools and technology will be on Monday at the conference.

TR 4L Prototyping and Usability Testing with Visio
WE 2H Online Progression
WE 3CC Communicating Globally - But in Which Medium, When?
ID 2K Seize the Day: Taking Our Place as Owners of the User Interface
TT 4O Moving to HTML - Limiting Single Source Issues
TT 3F Innovations in Tools and Technologies for Usability Specialists and UI Designers
ID 2J Web Design that Sells: Tools for Turning Browsers into Buyers
ID 3C Be Kind to Web Eyes - Know How to Emphasize
ID 3N Making Information Visual: Creating Effective Web Pages
ID 4K A Storyboard-Based Web Development Life Cycle

The following sessions on new online tools and technology will be on Tuesday at the conference.

ID 61 Getting Your Documents Online
WE 5X Tell Me, Show Me, Let Me! Beyond TV Pictures of Paper Pages
WE 6E Strategies for Condensing Online Text
WE 6J Moving to Electronic Delivery of Documentation
WE 8V Taking the Boston Broadside Online
TT 6H Developing Dynamic Web Sites Using Cold Fusion™
ID 7M Creating the bCentral User Experience
TR 5O Research Findings You Can Use to Improve Your Web Site
ID 8B How I Survived XML Single-Sourcing
TT 5Y How to Create Web-Based Training
ID 5H A Walking Tour Through Spatial Web Design
ID 7G I Just Wanna Bang on the Drum All Day
ID 7I Web Site Design for International Users
ID 8T Designing for the Web: Special Considerations for Safety Information
TT 5N Using Dynamic Web Sites to Gather and Distribute Information

The following sessions on new online tools and technology will be on Wednesday at the conference.

TT 9L A Beginner's Introduction to Prototyping Online Information
WE 95 Blunders 2001, or Why Smart Designers Produce Stupid Online Documents
ID 11O Image File Formats for Print and Web
TT9B Getting the Most Out of WebWorks Publisher with Less Stress
TT 11G Web Tools
ID 9C Symphony for Web Eyes . . . and Ears!
ID 9F Redesigning a Chapter Web Site: Creating a Navigation Structure
ID 10E A Corporate Intranet Trilogy: Design, Administration and Hardware
TT 11D Introduction to Graphics for HTML

The following session on new online tools and technology will be offered as a post-conference workshop.

PC 10 Web Writing ABCs

Online Help Sessions

The following sessions on developing online help and online information will be on Monday at the conference.

ID 2E Integrated User Assistance and Embedded Help - Without Limits
ID 3H Designing Embedded Help - Step by Step
ID 4A When Customers Hate Help (and What We Do about It)
ID 4F Helping a Crowd: User Breadth and Depth in Online Help
ID 4AA Interactive Help: Adopting Content for Multiple Users
TT 3E How to Select an HTML-Based Help Format
TT 4C Mobile Help for Mobile Professionals
WE 4H Authoring for Microsoft's New Help System
WE 41 Long Live Web-Based Help!
The following sessions on developing online help and online information will be on Tuesday at the conference.

ET 7Q Tech-Comm World: The Virtual Construction of a Technical Communication Career Information Site
ID 5A How to Design a Wizard (with Tips for Other Types of Agents)
TT 5D Supporting Web-Based Applications with a JavaScript Help Library
TT 6C How to Update and Customize Windows Help and Support Services
TT 8C Web Help vs. WebHelp - Different Formats or Just a Typo?
WE 5CC Linking Strategies for Online Help and Web Sites
The following sessions on developing online help and online information will be on Wednesday at the conference.

TR 9M Standards and Strategies: Usability, Minimalism, and Electronic Reference Systems
Christy Capps is a professional Information Developer with IBM's Design and Information Development group in Research Triangle Park, NC. She holds a bachelors degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a masters in Technical Communication from North Carolina State University. Her graduate studies focused on usability in Web development. Christy is also an Assistant Editor for Hyperviews:Online. You can reach her at christycapps@hotmail.com.

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