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2008 Events Calendar

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STC New York Metro Chapter Events

Jun 19

The STC New York Metro Chapter will close the program year with a special recognition ceremony aboard the Spirit of New York with a dinner cruise. Special guest Susan Burton, STC Executive Director, will be on hand to install the recently elected Chapter officers, as well as help us recognize some volunteers who went above and beyond the call of duty this year. The evening will include networking, a buffet dinner, cash bar, live entertainment, a DJ and dancing, plus time to stroll the deck and take in the sights of the New York and New Jersey skyline. The cruise will depart from Pier 61 at Chelsea Piers (W. 23rd Street) in Manhattan (directions below). Boarding will begin at 7:00 PM. The cruise will sail at 7:30 PM and return to Pier 61 at 10:30 PM. RSVP by Jun-13.

Jun 24

Meeting of the Chapter's Financial SIG featuring Conway G. Gittens and Alan Gersten of the New York Financial Writers Association to be held at Brouwers on Stone Street in New York City. This session will include information about the organization, its current roles and thoughts on the financial world today and how it affects journalism and documentation, and then a question/answer period. If interested, please RSVP to Robert E. Perry (robert.e.perry@thomsonreuters.com) by Friday, Jun-20.

Jul 10

First meeting of the Chapter's Single Source/DITA/XML/CMS Special Interest Group (SIG). The first meeting is to explore meeting topics for future meetings. This SIG will bring together people actively involved in single-source projects, as well as those interested in finding out more or just getting started, to meet, network and exchange ideas.The SIG will bring together people actively involved in single-source projects, as well as those interested in finding out more or just getting started, to meet, network and exchange ideas. There is no charge to attend this meeting.

STC Telephone Seminars

May 28 (1 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time)

Writing Your Own Tools and Utilities presented by Fred Wersan. To fill the gaps in functionality of commercial documentation software, writers can write their own tools. This session will review several macro and scripting programs of various levels of complexity.

Jun 25 (1 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time)

Decreasing Document Size and Increasing Document Usability presented by Cheryl Morrison and Susan Ledford. Learn how to simultaneously reduce document size and increase document usability. Strategies combine best practices in regard to word-minimization and minimalism. Thus, discussion moves from word choice to sentence and paragraph structure to selection and organization of content.

Jul 16 (1 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time)

Cool Tools for Tech Writers for Less Than $100 presented by Nicky Bleiel. This presentation will discuss and demonstrate a number of low cost (or free) tools that technical communicators can use to perform a variety of tasks.

Aug 13 (1 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time)

Wikis and Knowledge Management presented by Nicky Bleiel. A wiki is easy (and cheap) to set up and can be a great tool for internal collaboration and knowledge management at your company. This presentation will present an overview of knowledge management principles everyone who produces information should know about, as well as discuss how to manage your company’s knowledge using a wiki.

Nov 5 (1 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time)

How to Avoid Common Graphical Mistakes that Technical Communicators Make presented by Naomi Robbins. This session will use examples of real graphs to illustrate common mistakes that many professionals from all fields and positions make when using graphs to display data. Learn tips for creating better tables and graphs.

STC Events

Jun 1 to Jun 4

Technical Communications Summit, STC's 55th Annual Conference to be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference will feature evaluation workshops and technical sessions. In addition, pre-conference certificate probgrams will also be available. Howard Rheingold, founding executive editor of Hot Wired and Tools for Thought will be the event's keynote speaker.

Non-STC Events

May 28 to May 30

30th annual meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) to be held at Westin Copley Place Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Jun 1 to Jun 4

The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) will hold its 2008 international conference and exposition at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

Jun 16 to Jun 20

The Many Faces of the User Experience: Usability through Holistic Practice, annual conference of the Usability Professionals Association (UPA) to be held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland.

Jun 26 to Jun 28

The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (IEEE SSIT) will hold its annual International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) at the University of New Brunswick Frederiction in Frederiction, New Brunswick (Canada).

Jul 10 to Jul 12

International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) hosted by the university College of the Fraser Valley (Canada). To be held on Corfu, Greece at the Corfu Holiday Palace Hotel.

Jul 13 to Jul 16

Opening the Information Economy, IEEE Professional Communications Society (IEEE PCS) Conference 2008 to be held at Concordia University in Montreal, Ontario (Canada).

Aug 17 to Aug 21

The American Chemical Society (ACS) will hold its fall annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Aug 17 to Aug 21

Logistics and the Global Economy, 43rd annual conference of the International Society of Logistics (SOLE). To be held the Caribe Royal Orlando in Orlando, Florida.

Sep 22 to Sep 26

52nd annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). To be held at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York, New York.

Oct 23 to Oct 25

The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) will hold its sixty-eighth annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

Oct 24 to Oct 29

The American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) will hold its annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

Oct 25 to Oct 28

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) will hold its 2008 international conference in Detroit, Michigan.

Nov 4 to Nov 8

On the Horizon: Rays of Change, 2008 international convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). To be held at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Nov 5 to Nov 8

The American Translators Association (ATA) will hold its 49th annual conference at the Hilton Hotel in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.