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STC's Summit '16
The Society for Technical Communication's 63rd annual conference is underway in Anaheim, California. The Summit conference is three jam-packed days of learning new trends and innovations from top-notch practitioners and speakers in the technical communications field. Over three days, there are more than 80 education sessions to select from in the areas of Career and Leadership, Design and Testing, Independent Consulting, Strategy and Trends, Technical Editing, Technology and Development, Writing and Communications and thought-leader panels. If you are new to the tech comm field, you can take advantage of obtaining a certification as a Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC). If you are a veteran in the communications arena, you can be assured that you will learn about cutting edge technology and acquire valuable new ideas in this fast-paced industry.
Here are a few of the sessions I attended the first day of the conference which are an excellent representation of the breadth and expertise of the Summit's education program:
Metrics that Matter - Facilitators Chris Ward and Bernard Aschwanden explored how to quantify the value of documentation and prove its value to your company. Participants were shown how documentation actually drives sales and generates corporate revenue.
44 Tips for Making Better Videos - Video is an increasingly popular choice for communications and training. In this session, we learned 44 practical tips on planning, recording, editing and publishing video content from TechSmith's Matthew Pierce (producers of Camtasia and Snagit).
Communicate More Effectively in Global Virtual Teams- Are many of your meetings online with team members from all over the country or the world? In this session, Pam Brewer of Mercer University provided us with strategies based on actual data to improve the functioning of virtual teams.
On the agenda tomorrow?
Although there are SO many great choices, I plan to attend:
- Use Usability Testing and Enhance Your Documentation with Feedback
- Use Your Content to Create Killer Courseware, Don't Edit - Teach: Strategies for Mentoring Writers
- The Future is Now: How Technical Documentation is Turning into Technical Communications
and maybe, round my day off with:
- You Stink at Email: Why Write? Nobody Reads.
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