2010 Events Calendar

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STC New York Metro Chapter Events

Feb 24 to Feb 25

Designing Outstanding eLearning Using Captivate 4 with Joseph Ganci. Joe will show how Adobe Captivate is much more than just a software simulation capture tool. You can use it to create branching, add audio, images and more. He will share several tips and tricks on how to use Captivate productively. You will be engaged in using them to develop a project from start to finish, and have fun while you learn. To be held at Thomson Reuters in New York City.

Feb 25

Top 10 Blunders in Developing eLearning (and How to Avoid Them) with Joe Ganci. Learn the 10 most common blunders that doom any e-learning or instructional design project, and how these blunders can be avoided, whether you are in the midst of a project, or preparing to start a new one. To be held at Thomson Reuters in New York City.

STC Web Seminars

Jan 27 (1 to 2:30 PM ET)

Useful Shareware for Technical Communicators with Ed Marshall. This talk covers advanced text editors, search-and-replace tools, file/folder comparison tools, security tools, and other tools to "let the computer do the working."

Feb 3 (1 to 2 PM ET)

Ten Things You Thought You Knew about Writing with Leah Guren. Technical writers get caught up in learning the latest version of a software tool, or keeping up with new standards or techniques that we lose sight of the writing. Attend this painless review of some of the most commonly misunderstood (and misapplied) issues of technical communication grammar, punctuation, and syntax.

Feb 10 (1 to 2 PM ET)

Quick Reference Guies with Ben Minson. Learn the benefits of using quick reference guides as the primary method of documentation along with tips and suggestions for developing organization, content and layout for quick reference material.

Feb 24 (1 to 2 PM ET)

Managing Conflict on Global Teams with Judy Glick-Smith. This presentation describes how to minimize workplace conflict, especially in a multicultural setting.

STC Events

Feb 23 (6:30 to 8:30 PM)

Adobe Captivate 4: New Features plus Tips and Tricks with Nad Rosenberg. Meeting of the STC Philadelphia Metro Chapter (PMC), to be held at the LaSalle Montgomery County Metroplex in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Lean about the new features in Adobe Captivate 4 including some tips and tricks to enhance the development process.

Mar 26 to Mar 27

Information! Inspiration! Innovation! - annual STC Philadelphia Metro Chapter Annual Conference and Workshops. Includes keynote speaker Harold Hambrose, author of Wrench in the System, What's Sabotaging Your Business Software and How You Can Release the Power to Innovate. Neil Perlin will be on-hand to conduct workshops featuring cutting edge tools and techniques. To be held at the Conference Center in the Willow Grove Giant Building in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.

May 2 to May 5

2010 Technical Communications Summit, annual STC conference to be held in Dallas, Texas.

Jun 15

STC Philadelphia Metro Chapter (PMC) meeting in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Topics to be covered include STC conference review, member recognition, and the year in review. New features and tips and tricks will also be covered.

Non-STC Events

Jan 27 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Mobilizing Employee Attitudes, Strategies to Build and Maintain Workforce Consent: Winning the Politics of Employee Communication, an IABC webinar. This teleconference first looks at employee communication from the employee's perspective, and then suggests strategies that improve both the quality and effectiveness of your employee communication and their strategic value to management.

Feb 8 to Feb 9

Safety Symposium 2010: Implementing and Sustaining Safety in People and Organizations. To be held at the Shaw Foundation Alumni House at the National University of Singapore.

Feb 24 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Transforming Managers Into Better Communicators, Even Leaders, an IABC webinar. Return to your office armed with proven communication techniques and strategies you can use to align all levels of management, employ better communication techniques, and become even better leaders.

Mar 17

Synergies: The Intersection of Research and Teaching, 13th Annual Conference of the Association of Teachers for Technical Writing (ATTW). This year's conference will highlight ways in which research informs teaching and teaching informs research. It will challenge researchers, teachers, and practitioners of technical and professional communication to research articles to explore the synergies and questions available when we place research and teaching into conversation.

Mar 22 to Mar 25

19th Annual Conference on Behavioral Representation in Modeling Simulation (BRIMS). BRIMS enables modeling and simulation research scientists, engineers, and technical communities across disciplines to meet, share ideas, identify capability gaps, discuss cutting-edge research directions, highlight promising technologies, and showcase the state-of-the-art in applications.

Mar 22 to Mar 25

5th Annual Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) to be held at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, Cambridge (UK).

Mar 24 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Managing Contention: Building Relationships, Reducing Anxiety, Bringing Constituencies to Agreement, Waging Calmness (the Opposite of Contention), an IABC webinar. Learn how to deal with your organizations disheartened, disenchanted and disgruntled employees and related cyber-smearing campaigns.

Apr 7 to Apr 9

2010 Global Communication Conference (Asia Pacific) of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Learn how today's leading companies are employing talent, strategy and tools to engage core audiences and advance organizational performance. To be held at the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong in Hong Kong (PRC).

Apr 13 to Apr 15

Ergonomic Society Annual Conference 2010 to be held at Keele University in Staffordshire UK.

Apr 28 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Inside the Mind of Management: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What the Communicator Really Needs to Know About Management and Managers, an IABC webinar. Communication expert Jim Lukaszewski discusses the four crucial tasks that managers and leaders face alone every day, four critical feedback management needs every day, powerful personal habits of the strategic advisor, and four crucial tests that ideas, concepts and recommendations must pass to be truly useful.

Apr 29 to Apr 30

European Conference on Human-Centered Design and Intelligen Transport to be held at the Berlin-Bradenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany.

May 24 to May 28

Embracing Cultural Diversity – User Experience Design for the World, annual Usability Professionals Association (UPA) conference to be held in Europe for the first time. Provides a great opportunity to meet and network, and to share ideas, visions, and innovation strategies across cultures and across countries. To be held at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany.

May 26 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

How to Develop the Mindset of a Strategist, an IABC webinar. Look inside yourself to see what you need to accomplish to become an effective strategist (and how much of a strategist you may already be). Learn the seven skills of a strategist, and the behaviors and attitudes that attract management attention and get you involved in the decision-making process earlier.

Jun 5 to Jun 9

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) annual conference and Expo 2010 to be held at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Hotel in Cancun, Mexico.

Jun 6 to Jun 9

2010 World Conference of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Four days of learning, comraderie and inspiration. To be held at the Sheraton Centre Toronto in Toronto, Ontario (Canada).

Jun 23 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Communicating Change: Successfully Getting to Tomorrow: Key Insights for Communicator Advisors, and IABC webinar. This is a program about change communication. Learn how to be better prepared when change blows up in your face, and you learn, right along with the employees, that things are going to be dramatically different tomorrow than today.

Jul 17 to Jul 20

Third International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, Florida.

Jul 28 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Building Crisis Plans That Work, and IABC webinar. Learn the seven crucial dimensions of crisis communication management. Learn how to plan response goals and communication strategies that manage visibility, mitigate reputational damage, and limit loss of trust while enhancing the CEO and the organization's brand.

Aug 25 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Rebuilding Corporate Trust and Integrity: The Crucial Role of the Communicator, an IABC webinar. This program is about building, busting and repairing trust; it will present a framework for practitioners to understand and advocate sensible, powerful and useful ways for getting organizations and leaders back on track once behavior and trust have been jeopardized.

Sep 27 to Oct 1

Annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). Proposals being accepted (deadline Feb-19-2010). Registration fees will be posted in May 2010, and online registration will open in late June 2010. To be held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California.

Sep 29 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Media Coaching for Media Coaches: Insights on Shaping the Spokesperson’s Character, Content, Charisma, and Leadership, an IABC webinar. Jim Lukaszewski's unique approach blends both leadership and media savvy together in a way to take you to the next level of relationship with those who you teach and coach.

Oct 27 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Powerful Presentations: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say, an IABC webinar. Learn the lessons for a sensible process that help you consistently make powerful presentations.

Nov 17 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Communicating in Tough, Touchy, Sensitive Situations: Dealing With High-Level Emotional Issues Can Be an Important Career Building Opportunity, an IABC webinar. Learn the seven-step process for dealing with challenging situations including the preparation involved in understanding empathy, and working through issues and problems related to emotionally charged questions, and irrational and highly emotionally charged questioners.

Dec 15 (12 to 1:30 PM eastern time)

Getting the Boss to Listen: Becoming a Trusted Advisor, an IABC webinar. Learn insights and helpful tips, techniques and tactics to enhance your ability to give advice and to help others. Learn to better organize your abilities and gain the perspective that will enable you to provide advice that will be accepted and used.