Posts Tagged ‘STC’

FLOSS Manuals interview for the Puget Sound STC chapter newsletter

{ Posted on Dec 10 2009 by annegentle }
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Robert Reynolds contacted me requesting an interview for the STC Puget Sound chapter newsletter. It was published in PDF form, Writing for Free/Libre Open Source Software, but with permission, I'm using it for a blog entry as well. Thanks again, ...Read More »

Talkin’ ’bout a revolution at the STC Summit 2010

{ Posted on Nov 20 2009 by annegentle }
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I don't know if it'll sound like a whisper, but I am excited that my proposal was accepted for the 2010 STC Summit in Dallas! Here's what I'll be presenting: I'm participating in a Content Strategy Progression as described on the ...Read More »

Advanced wiki techniques – collaboration in authoring

{ Posted on Sep 10 2009 by annegentle }
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Today I gave a presentation remotely to some members of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) called "Climbing the Levels of Collaboration: Or, How to Harness the Power of Crowds (or your Coworkers)." I enjoyed the questions the most. Surprisingly ...Read More »

STC Live Web Seminar – Climbing the Levels of Collaboration: How to Harness the Power of Crowds (or your new co-authors)

{ Posted on Aug 19 2009 by annegentle }
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I'll be presenting a webinar on Thursday September 10th at 1:00 EST about collaborative authoring techniques. Here's the session description: Groups can take action even quicker than ever before in history thanks to tools that amplify group communications such as wikis, ...Read More »

The why and how of writing a book

{ Posted on Aug 12 2009 by annegentle }
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I've been asked a few times, why did you write this book? And often it's paired with, how did you write this book? I think I answer both questions in this interview I just completed with Emmelyn Wang on the ...Read More »

Handout download for Documentation with Blogs, Wikis, and Online Communities

{ Posted on May 04 2009 by annegentle }
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Ah, when I typed the title in the Quick Press book I originally wrote, "Documentation with Blogs, Wiis, and Online Communities." If only we could write documentation with the haptic Wii controller. Brings a whole new meaning to drag and ...Read More »

Climb collaboration levels with me in Atlanta

{ Posted on Apr 27 2009 by annegentle }
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Photo courtesy lollaping I finished my presentation about Climbing the Levels of Collaboration for the Collaboration Institute at the STC Summit and I'm so excited about it I can't stand it! True confession: I was up until 1:00 AM finishing ...Read More »

Virtual presentation – Wiki-fy Your Doc Set for the NYC Metro STC chapter

{ Posted on Apr 09 2009 by annegentle }
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Here's the announcement for next week's virtual presentation. To sign up, click through this link. There's a limited number who can participate virtually so sign up soon! Wiki-fy Your Doc Set: A Writer's Role in Web 2.0 One of the hottest topics ...Read More »

Go vote, STCers!

{ Posted on Mar 31 2009 by annegentle }
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It's quite easy to vote online for STC officers, just dig out the email you received from stc_election@stc.org that has your STC identifier and password, click the link to https://eballot.votenet.com/stc, and enter your ID and password. Once you're on the ...Read More »

Association demographics based on website visitors

{ Posted on Mar 24 2009 by annegentle }
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I just learned about Quantcast and their web viewer profiles. It's like Google Trends for Analytics. Great fun if you're as curious as I am about associations and how they tick and the web. Apparently the site reports are available for ...Read More »
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