CONDUIT 2019 – The Mid-Atlantic Technical Communication Conference
Workshops- April 5, 2019:
- Neil Perlin: Mastering Responsive Design with MadCap Flare
- Bernard Aschwanden: And . . . Deliver More, Do More, Ask For More (sponsored by Adobe)
Conference Day – April 6, 2019
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Sessions
- Neil Perlin, Keynote: Preparing for the Unknown
- Ed Marsh: Adding Value as a Technical Communicator
- David Payne: Analytics Can Change Your World
- Bernard Aschwanden: Back Then. Here and Now. Around the Corner. Sharing the Content Lifecycle.
- Aiessa Moyna: Blockchain – The Challenges of Communicating Disruptive Technology
- Cindy Pao: Developing Workflow-Based Help
- Linda Daniels and Nick Floro: A Guide to Designing and Launching Amazing Learning Experiences
- Deb Bissantz: How to Make the Magic Happen in Your Deliverables: A Demonstration of XML’s Impact on Your Content Delivery Processes (Sponsored talk by Vasont Systems)
- Brett Peruzzi: Improve Your Publications and Career Prospects With Technical Editing Skills
- Deborah Sauer and Sam Park: The Interplay of UX and Technical Communication
- Jack Molisani: Negotiation Skills – The Missing Ingredient to Content Career Success
- Gary Sternberg: Proactive Listening – How to Cut Through the Noise
- Jill Knight: Virtual Reality: Immersive Experiences with Real-World Applications
- Todd DeLuca: Virtual Team Success
- Nicky Bleiel: Will AI Change Tech Comm?
- Steve Jong: Working and Writing Across the Generations
CONDUIT 2018 – The Mid-Atlantic Technical Communication Conference
Workshops- April 6, 2018:
- Ron Hurst: Inquiry as an Influence Strategy Ron Hurst
- Janice Summers and Liz Fraley: How to Attract Opportunities to You
- Nicky Bleiel: Collaborating and Contributing in GitHub for Tech Comms Nicky Bleiel
- Russell Ward: Markup for Dummies
Conference Day – April 7, 2018
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Sessions
- David Dylan Thomas, Keynote: 7 Lessons from the Future of Content
- Suzanne Mescan: “The Cost of Doing Nothing” (Sponsored talk by Vasont Systems)
- Liz Fraley: The future is decided by your actions today (Sponsored talk by Single-Sourcing Solutions)
- Neil Perlin: Bits of the Future – Information 4.0 and Tech Comm
- Marli Mesibov: Finally Answering: Who Owns the Website
- Bernard Aschwanden: What the FAQ?! Casual discussions on serious questions (with Todd DeLuca and Charles Campbell)
- Bernard Aschwanden: Convergence: Tech Comm, Meet Marketing. You’ll Get Along Fine
- Christine Loch: Why is My Team Failing?
- Kelly Schrank and Todd DeLuca: Ready to Pivot, Advance, or Change? Use Side Gigs to Move Your Career Forward
- Jessie Mallory: Getting Volunteers: Recruiting the Next Generation
- Brian Winter: Networking for Geeks
- David Caruso: Communicate the Future
- Kenneth Farrall: Software Localization: Inside the Black Box
CONDUIT 2017 – The Mid-Atlantic Technical Communication Conference
March 31, 2017
Workshops:
- Neil Perlin: Single Sourcing to the Max with MadCap Flare
- Ben Woelk: Revive and Thrive
April 1, 2017
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Sessions
- Jack Molisani, Keynote: owner of ProSpring Technical Staffing, executive director of The LavaCon Conference, and author.
- Adriane Hunt: Defining New Roles for Information Engineering in the Customer Content Journey
- Neil Perlin: We’re Going Mobile! Great! Wait… What Does That Mean?
- Russel Ward: Getting Started with XSLT
- Nicky Bleiel: GitHub Workflows for Technical Communication
- Handy GitHub Resources column from Intercom
- Collaborating and Contributing in GitHub
- John Garison: The Good, the Bad, and the Flexible: Making Agile Work for YOU!
- Ed Marsh: Drive your Docs with Data
- Paula Gregorowicz: Stop Managing Time – Simple Strategies for Getting Things Done & Enjoying the Journey
- Todd DeLuca: May I Help You? Focusing on Services Instead of Products
- Viqui Dill: On track! Running an effective meeting is more than the agenda
- Liz Fraley: Advance Your Career Through Self-Publishing
- Liz Fraley: The Art of Personal Branding: How to Tell the “You” Story to Gain New Customers
CONDUIT 2016 – The Mid-Atlantic Technical Communication Conference
April 1, 2016
Workshop: Neil Perlin – Creating Mobile Apps Without Coding
April 2, 2016
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Sessions
- Ginny Redish, Keynote: Applying Research to Practice – Understanding Users
- Bernard Aschwanden & Christopher Ward: Evolution of the Knowledge Broker
- Cheri Mullins: UX Methods Made Easy – Card Sorting
- Craig Borchardt: Mastering Error Messages
- Cory Burnett: UX and Cognitive Load
- David Caruso: Your Country Needs You: Communicators in the U.S. Government
- David Zimmer: Public Speaking Skills: A Project Manager’s Best Friend
- Don Wolf: Video Tools in Technical Writing – Double Your $$$
- Ed Marsh: Social Media for Technical Communicators
- Myriam Siftar: Technical Communicators and Translators: Let’s Speak the Same Language!
- Neil Perlin: Tech Comm and Mobile – A Strategic Assessment
- Neil Perlin: Upgrading Legacy Projects to Handle Responsive Output
- Timothy Esposito: Getting A Head in the Clouds
2015 Mid-Atlantic Technical Communication Conference
Conduit – Connecting Minds
March 28, 2015
Slides from this conference are available for viewing on http://www.slideshare.net/tag/stcpmc15. Other materials include the Conference Program.
Sessions
- Harold Hambrose, Keynote: What makes us Connect with Our Favorite Things?
- David Dylan Thomas: So You Wanna Be a Content Strategist?
- Jessie Mallory: Accessibility and Translatability: Making Your Content Universal
- Gary Sternberg: Writing Documentation That Matters
- Todd DeLuca: Becoming a New Manager
- Lawrence Souder: Use Your Technical Writing Skills for Both the Bottom Line and the Public Good
- Cheri Mullins: UX for TCs
- Laura Dent: SingleSourcing and Localization: Leveraging Content Across Languages
- Danielle Villegas: The Future of Mobile Learning
- Bernard Aschwanden: Tech Comm Cheatsheet
- Nathan Relles and Andy Busovsky: Valuing UX — Timing is Everything
- Kim Lindsey: Using Scenarios to Help People Learn
- Doug Leard: The Agile Triathlon
2014 Mid-Atlantic Technical Communication Conference
March 22, 2014
Slides from this conference are available for viewing on http://www.slideshare.net/tag/stcpmc14. Other materials include the Conference Program.
Sessions
- Nicky Bleiel, Keynote: Information Everywhere: Flexible Content with Responsive Design
- Bernard Aschwanden and Christopher Ward: Tech Writer as Knowledge Broker
- Donn DeBoard: Scenario-Based Design: Connecting Content to Support Customer Performance (worksheet)
- Todd DeLuca: Volunteering Your Way Up the Career Ladder
- Ellen Buttolph: Making It Clear: Using Plain Language to Communicate
- Danielle Villegas: Blogging Out Loud: The Basics of Blog Writing Explained
- Roger Renteria: Seeking Sunshine in Cloud Technology
- Neil Perlin: Overcoming Design Challenges in HAT-Based Multichannel Publishing
- David Dylan Thomas: The Future of Knowledge Transfer
- Ben Woelk: Empowering the Introvert Within: Becoming an Outstanding Leader
- Neil Perlin: What’s Up, EDoc?!
- Traci Browne: There Is No Such Thing As a Boring Product
- Marilyn Woelk: “Mind the Gap” — The Client Need vs. the Client Request
- Barrie Byron: Lightning Talk: It’s good for you
- Lev Feigin: Lightning Talk: Technical Communication in the FDA-regulated Industry – What is it and How to Get Started
2013 Mid-Atlantic Technical Communication Conference and Workshops:
Sharpening Your Personal Brand
March 8-9, 2013
Slides from this conference are available for viewing on http://www.slideshare.net/tag/stcpmc13. Other materials include:
Sessions
- Ben Woelk and Hannah Morgan, Keynote: Bulletproofing Your Career Online
- Marilyn Woelk and Neil Perlin: Branding Panel
- Nicky Bleiel: Practical Tips for Single-Sourcing to Mobile and EPUB
- Cheri Mullins: DITA and Structured Authoring
- Nitza Hauser: When Is Using Free Tools Good Enough
- Paul Mueller: WordPress – More than Just Blogs
- David Zimmer: 7 Deadly Sins of Project Management
- Ann Grove & Barrie Byron: 10 Habits to Advance Your Career and Change Your Life
- Danielle Villegas: What Did You Do to Get That Tech Comm Job
- Ellen Buttolph and Neil Perlin: Beyond the Manual – The Next Big Things
- Alan Houser: What Technical Communicators Can Learn from Other Professions
- Michael Hamilton: Single Source / Content Management Beyond Text – Dealing with Graphics and Multimedia
- Adriane Hunt & Cheri Mullins: Your Online Persona
STC-PMC 2012 Annual Conference
March 9-10, 2012
Thanks to all those who attended the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Conference! View slides of the presenters below. See the 2012 STC-PMC conference brochure for additional details. Also, see the 2012 STC-PMC Conference Workshop Flyer.
Slides from this conference are available for viewing on http://www.slideshare.net/tag/stcpmc12.
Sessions
- Whitney Quesenbery, Keynote Presenter: Workshop Tell Me about That: Personas and Storytelling
- Neil Perlin: Developing for the Unknown
- Russ Ward: An Introduction to On-Demand, Web-Based Publishing
- Frank Felsburg: Seven Communication Killers: How to Present More Effectively
- Dave Peirce: The Top Ten Tricks and Tips for getting the most from Captivate
- Barrie Byron and Ann Grove: Communication Culture: Resolving Conflict and Leveraging Feedback
- Nicky Bleiel: Five+ Ways to Add Interactivity to Online Help
- Myriam Siftar: What Writers Don’t Know About Translation Can Be Costly
- Donn DeBoard: Customer Journey Maps: Charting a Course for an Engaging Customer Experience (Exercise)
- Nad Rosenberg: Converting Quick Reference Information into Mobile Performance Support
STC-PMC 2011 Annual Conference and Workshop
March 25-26, 2011
Slides from this conference are available for viewing on http://www.slideshare.net/tag/stcpmc11.
Sessions
- Don Moyer, Keynote: Exploring Visual Explanations
- Alice Preston: User Experience Design and Usability – Career Options
- Nicky Bleiel: A Realistic Approach to Content Management with Microsoft SharePoint
- Gary Sternberg & Barrie Byron: Expanding Your Role in Your Organization
- Nad Rosenberg: Mobilizing Your Content
- Ann Grove & Barrie Byron: A Virtual Success: Best Practices for Working Remotely
- Donn DeBoard: Personas: Designing Engaging Content for Customer Intimacy
- Cheryl Landes: Experience an Index Usability Test
- Avi Solomon: Using Screencasts for Effective User Assistance
- Bernard Aschwanden: Introduction to DITA
- Alan Houser: Task Analysis to DITA Map
- Alan Houser: Using the DITA Open Toolkit
- Peter Dykstra and Steve Lungren: Building an Information Architecture Using Daisy CMS
- Don Moyer: Workshop – Building Better Visual Explanations: Practical Advice for Writers
STC-PMC 2010 Annual Conference
March 26-27, 2010
Slides from this conference are available for viewing on http://www.slideshare.net/tag/stcpmc10.
Sessions
- Harold Hambrose, Keynote
- Harry Porthouse: The Many Faces of Content Reuse
- Nicky Bleiel: Improving Software Usability with Embedded User Assistance
- Donn DeBoard: Personalization_The_Social_Architecture_for_Information
- Avi Solomon: Storyboard Your User Manual
- Barrie Byron: Enhance Your Writing Career with Improved Speaking Skills
- Neil Perlin: Hey Rocky, Watch Me Pull DITA Out of My HAT!
- Dolores Lehr: Creating Effective Resumes: What Employers are Saying
- Lori Corbett: STC – Your professional home
- Neil Perlin: Whats up eDoc?
- Peter Dykstra, Richard Lowe, Steven Lungren: Flower Power: Daisy Wiki-based Content and Translation Management
- Ann Grove: Effectively using LinkedIn, even if you don’t feel like it
- John Hawkins: Creating and Managing Requirements for a New Content Strategy
- Gary Sternberg: How to Find Government Jobs
STC-PMC 2009 Annual Conference
March 27-28, 2009
Slides from this conference are available for viewing on http://www.slideshare.net/tag/stcpmc09. Other materials include:
Sessions
- Jean-luc Doumont, Keynote
- Savita Taylor: Four Skills You Need Now
- Carolyn Luttrell: International Issues in Case Studies
- Kelly Poole: Think fast! Rapid eLearning Design through Content Mapping
- Cheryl Landes: Working with Contract Agencies
- Cheryl Landes: Avoiding Resume Pitfalls
- Gary Sternberg: How to Find Government Jobs, handout
- Jane Smith: Graphics That Instruct
- Donn DeBoard: How technical communicators adapt to evolving content
- Steve Lungren & Peter Dykstra: Open source publishing with Daisy CMS
- Myriam Siftar: Technical writing with translation in mind
- Cheryl Lockett Zubak: Articulate
- Peter Dykstra: Daisy Document Structures – Using Daisy’s document building blocks to implement an information architecture
- Sarah Grey: Machine Translation: Friend or Foe?
- Juan Leon: Producing Visually Engaging Virtual Learning Conferences
- Ann Grove: A career on fire: The new rules of job hunting
- David Pierce: Fast-tracking a Robust Help System from FrameMaker using WebWorks ePublisher
- Gary Sternberg & David Calloway: Going Green, handout
STC-PMC 2007 Annual Conference
March 16-17, 2007
Slides from this conference are available for viewing on http://www.slideshare.net/tag/stcpmc07.
Sessions
- Dr. Robert Glusko, Keynote: Document Engineering
- Susan Boyd: 10 Ways To Make E-learning Stick
- Peter Dykstra: Daisy: CMS or Wiki?
- Donn DeBoard: Moving Beyond Help: Transforming Yourself into Writing Corporate Strategy
- Ed Marshall: APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
- Ed Marshall: Useful Shareware / Freeware for Technical Communicators
- Stephanie Morgan: Just Call Me Coach: Ten ways coaching and management go hand-in-hand
- Neil Perlin: Personalizing Help Using XML and Web 2.0
- Cheryl Zubak: Managing Collaborative Editing with AuthorIT
- Madcap Software demo
- Neil Perlin: Creating Visual Training Using Captivate
- Nancy Kotkin: Writing Software Test Plans & Test Cases
- Nicky Bleiel: Cool Tools for Tech Writers for $100 or Less!
- Gary Sternberg: Becoming a Valued Team Member
- Nad Rosenberg: STC Certification initiatives – Presentation & Discussion
- Stephanie Morgan: The Pen is Mightier than the Sword: Using Your Writing Skills for the Greater Good
STC-PMC 2006 Annual Conference
March 2006
Slides from this conference are available for viewing on http://www.slideshare.net/tag/stcpmc06.
Sessions
- Jon Warshawsky, Keynote: Four Communication Traps (Why Business People Speak Like Idiots)
- Mark Clifford: Self Marketing and Professional Development
- Cindy Currie: Capture Your Audience: Facilitation that Works!
- Donn DeBoard: The User Experience Equation: Stepping Beyond Information to Interaction
- John Hawkins: Introduction to AuthorIT
- Alan Houser: XML Information Architecture
- Alan Houser: DITA – A New Approach for XML-Based Publishing
- Nancy Kotkin: Creating Effective Training Materials for Adults
- Karin Maynard: Translation of Written Documents
- Andrea Carerro: From Captive to Captain
- Jon Warshawsky: Bull Makeovers: Business writers behaving badly, and what you can do about it
- Nicky Bleiel: Adopting Captivate
- Ghada Captan: DITA, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Happiness: Embracing Structured Writing and Content
Management - Melissa Kenig: Rapid E-Learning Development
- Rob Sims: The Cosmo Web Site
STC-PMC 2005 Annual Conference
March 2005
Sessions
- Jean-luc Doumont, Keynote: Effective page layout for the nonartist
- John Hawkins: A Gradual Approach to Single Sourcing
- Kathryn Summers: Making Online Information More Usable
- Alan Houser: XSLT for Technical Writers
- Michelle Touchette: Working With Digital Images
- Donn DeBoard: Looking at Business Through a New Prism: Introducing Workflow Learning
- Rita Breedlove: Using Fiction Techniques to Write Non-fiction
- Steven Kendus: Sell Your Skills With a Web-Based Portfolio
- Rich Maggiani: Behaving Like the Contracting Professional That You Are
- Tony McDow, (founder of Quadralay): Special presentation – Accelerating the Document Lifecycle with Online Content Reviews; plus a sneak preview of the next WebWorks Publisher release!
- Christopher Kojm: Writing The 9/11 Commission Report – featuring Q & A
- Naomi Robbins: Creating More Effective Graphs
- Peter Dykstra: Hands-on XML with Open Source Tools
- Nancy Kotkin & Alan Houser: Transforming IBC’s Publishing Process: From content creation to delivery
- Jim Williams: Learning Paths: Increase profits by reducing the time it takes to get employees up to speed
- Andrea Carrero: The Business of Technical Writing
- Rob Sims: Tapping the Ad Copywriter Inside You – Leveraging marketing communications in tech announcements
- Bret Freeman: Order From Chaos – How to get from an unstructured content environment to a CMS
- Lori Beard/Erin Welch: How to Use Six Sigma to Improve Documentation
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