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Community News and Events - February 2005
Distinguished SIG Service Award
This year's Distinguished SIG Service Awards go to Allen Rotz and Chauncey Wilson, honoring their long work with the community. Congratulations to them both.
Allen Rotz is always someone we can count on to participate in the activities and growth of STC Usability and User Experience (UUX). As leader of the Washington DC Usability SIG, he shares information about usability training, serves as a liaison to related usability groups (such as SIG-CHI and UPA) with local chapters in the DC area, and leads the group enthusiastically. Within the UUX community, he shares his insights and passion for usability through contributions to the newsletter, regular participation on the discussion list, and active support of community activities. While not a UUX activity, his involvement with developing the UID stem of the 2005 conference benefits all of STC and is indicative of his excellent service. His citation reads:
Allen Rotz: For your steadfast leadership of the Washington DC Usability SIG and for enthusiastically giving so much time, effort, and creativity in STC Usability and User Experience activities.
Chauncey Wilson has been a mentor and leader in the STC Usability and User Experience (UUX) community since its inception. His contributions include managing and actively participating the discussion list, developing a list of resources for the UUX website, and being a champion for usability within STC. His advice and leadership have been invaluable to promoting usability and growing the UUX community. His citation reads:
Chauncy Wilson: For steadfast support of STC Usability and User Experience and in recognition of your many contributions as a mentor and leader in the community.
STC Elections: Candidate Statements
The highest elected office in STC is 2nd Vice President. The winner of this election serves for four years on the Board of Directors, moving from 2nd VP to 1st VP, then to President and finally Immediate-Past-President. There are three candidates this year. Read their campaign statements. Then, make your voice heard by voting.
STC Training Program
STC is pleased to announce that our first Training Program will be held October 20-21, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia, just minutes outside of Washington, DC.
STC's Training Program offers five two-day, comprehensive courses on topics geared to the interests of technical communicators who are seeking to further their skills and marketability. The following courses will be offered:
- Creating and Using Personas to Improve Usability
Instructor: Whitney Quesenbery - Focusing on Content: Making Web Sites Work for Users
Instructors: Ginny Redish and Caroline Jarrett - Leadership in Information Management: Developing the Business Framework and Implementation Roadmap for Single Sourcing, Content Management, and Knowledge Management
Instructor: Rosaline Tsai - The Architecture of Content
Instructor: Jonathan Price - XML: From Hand-coding to WYSIWYG Authoring
Instructor: Neil Perlin
Program attendees will receive two days of instruction from experts in the field, as well as a certificate upon completion of the course. Registration fees for members are $1,295 ($1,095 without hotel); Non member fees are $1,455 ($1,255 without hotel). Hotel accommodations include three nights' lodging at the Hyatt Regency.
A Web site providing more details about STC's Training Program, including course descriptions and registration information, will be available in late April on the STC Web site. Promotional materials will also be distributed at STC's 52nd Annual Conference in Seattle and in Intercom. In the meantime, if you have questions about the program, please contact Buffy Bennett at buffy@stc.org.
User Interface Engineering Roadshow: Know Your User
By Jared M. Spool
Our brand new program, the User Interface Engineer (UIE) Roadshow: Know Your Users, is turning out to be one of our most successful programs yet.
Topics include:
- Field Techniques for discovering user needs,
- Personas to ensure the team is designing for the right user, and
- Honing the team’s Usability Testing skill set, making sure no detail is left uncovered.
If you use the code UI2, you can register for one day for $399, for two days for $648, or for all three days for $777 ($259 for each day). This offer is good for any of the venues ( Minneapolis, Seattle, Denver, or Washington, D.C.).
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