Diane Feldman
The STC annual conference is an excellent time to attend great workshops and meet your fellow technical communicators. It also offers two special opportunities to communicate your interests and contribute your insights to meet other TE SIG members as well as the SIG leadership. To entice you to join us in Dallas, I’ve compiled a list of the events of special interest to editors. To learn more details or to register for the conference, visit the conference Web site at www.stc.org/50thConf/index.asp.
Monday, May 19
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
TE SIG Business Meeting. Communicate your interests and contribute your insights to the TE SIG. Pick up a lunch at any of the handy shops and cafes in the hotel, and bring it to the meeting. Conference sessions end at noon and pick up again at 2, so there’s plenty of time. We’d love to see you there!
Tuesday, May 20
12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.
SIG Networking Luncheon. Join your fellow editors to share lunch, stories, and tips.
2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Managing the Technical Editing Process: Lessons Learned. This interactive and fun panel discussion presents several “lessons learned” about managing technical editing processes, including:
• Creating editing summary reports
• Writing style sheets
• Determining when and how to use online editing techniques effectively
• Handling cross-site writer/editor conferences
• Being a mentor to the writer
• Determining when and how to create glossaries
• Finalizing interface vocabularies
4 p.m – 5:30 p.m.
Electronic Aids for Writing, Editing, and Translation. This panel presents an analysis of some electronic reference materials with specific emphasis on dictionaries and other translation aids that technical writers, editors, and translators can use in their work.
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Ten Criteria for Technical Documentation Quality. Learn how to overcome the pitfalls of traditional quality measurements in this workshop and have your documentation soar beyond the pedantic.
Wednesday, May 21
8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
E-Editing for Global Audiences. In this workshop, you’ll learn the multiple roles necessary to manage localization of documentation and how to set standards and processes for localization effort
8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Writing and Editing Progression. Choose from offerings on work efficiency, on-the-job training, journal editing, and other topics.
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Changing the Standards of Technical Communication. Learn how technical communication standards have evolved without thought or planning. The demonstration analyzes common standards and challenges basic assumptions about writing.
2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Working on Remote Teams and Teaching Writing and Editing Skills Online. Working remotely, now more commonplace, is challenging. Learn how to acquire skills online and improve your effectiveness on remote teams as you overcome distance barriers.
Diane Feldman
Diane is the manager of the Technical Editing SIG. You can reach her at diane@authorcraft.net.