Berkeley Chapter
Society for Technical Communication

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The August 2006 Membership Meeting

Date:

Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Times:

6:00 p.m. Networking
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:15 p.m. Announcements
7:30 p.m. Presentation
9:30 p.m. End

Location:

Shattuck Plaza Hotel, 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, California

Topic:

Posture and Power: The Dynamic Use of Your Body at the Computer

Learn how to "find neutral" in sitting and how to use your body in a dynamic and powerful way while at your computer. Integrate stretching, breathing, toning, and strengthening programs into everyday activities and discover whether your environment supports the changes you are making in your body.

Speaker:

Ann Grassel

Ann Grassel is president of The PowerBoard Company(www.thepowerboard.com) and a licensed physical therapist with 27 years of experience. She received degrees in physical therapy from Northwestern University Medical School and in physiology from the University of Illinois.

Ann's specialty is sports medicine and movement re-education, including work as a trainer/therapist at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She now focuses on computer workstation ergonomics.

When Ann performs evaluations, she sees the body as a whole. She teaches her clients how they can use movement re-education, bodywork, strengthening, and stretching to change the holding and postural patterns that often contribute to pain and injury. She teaches people how to use their bodies in a powerful and supported way and then how to modify the ergonomics of their environment to support and maintain these changes.

Ann wants to educate people to use computers at home and at work without injuring their bodies.

Reservations:

RSVP using our online storefront. Reservations must be received by noon on the day prior to the meeting. On-line reservations are available on July 13, 2006.

Monthly Membership Meetings

The Berkeley chapter meets the second Wednesday of the month.

Continuing in July, 2006 we will meet in the Town Room (on the second floor) of the Shattuck Plaza Hotel in Berkeley, CA.

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Program Ideas
Fees
Agenda
Location and Directions

RSVP

There are two ways to RSVP:

RSVP using our online storefront.
Use your MasterCard, AMEX, or Visa card to pay for your reservation. Please enjoy our online payment feature.
RSVP by regular mail.
Please send your payment by check (payable to Berkeley STC) to:

In either case, reservations for dinner must be received by 5 p.m. on the day before the meeting.

Membership Meeting Program Ideas?

If you have a suggestion for a meeting topic you'd like to hear more about or if you'd like to be a presenter, send an email to Joe Devney, Acting VP of Programs.

Membership Meeting Fees

For the meeting and dinner, reserved on the Chapter's website in advance:

Members: $10
Non-members: $18
Students: $10

For the meeting and dinner, at the door:

Members: $15
Non-members: $21
Students: $15

Note: If you do not reserve dinner in advance, dinner may or may not be available on a walk-in basis. We order dinner for the number of reservations plus a few walk-ins.

To attend the program only, reserved in advance:

Members: $5
Non-members: $15
Students: $5

To attend the program only, at the door:

Members: $10
Non-members: $15
Students: $10

NOTE ONE: Non-members are always welcome to STC meetings.

NOTE TWO: All members of the San Francisco Chapter of the IABC are welcome to register for Berkeley STC General Meetings at the member price.

If you wish to pay by cash or check, send email to that effect to treasurer@stc-berkeley.org, and then bring payment to the meeting.

If you wish to pay be credit card, please reserve using our online storefront.

Interested in becoming a member?

Membership Meetings Agenda

6:00 to 7:00: Networking, conversation, and dinner
7:00 to 7:15: Chapter business, announcements, introductions, jobs needed and available*
7:15 to 8:30: Formal program
8:30 to 9:00: Conversation, off-line questions for the speakers, follow-up on job announcements
9:00 to 9:15: Clear the room, move conversations to the sidewalk

*Attendees are encouraged to announce open positions. Please bring job listings for distribution. Recruiters may introduce themselves, but may not describe open positions in detail. Save that for one-on-one after the program.

Location and Directions

Shattuck Plaza Hotel
2086 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA

The Shattuck Plaza Hotel is located at 2086 Allston Way in downtown Berkeley, immediately west of Shattuck Ave. We meet in the Towne Room on the second floor.

The Shattuck Plaza Hotel in Downtown Berkeley, just off of Shattuck

The hotel is within walking distance from the Berkeley BART station; meter parking on the street is free after 6:00 p.m.

The Shattuck Plaza Hotel Lobby

Directions to the Shattuck Plaza Hotel

By BART:

Emerge from the Berkeley BART station.
Walk south on Shattuck one block.
Turn right on Allston.
The Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the left.

By car:

Metered parking on the street is free after 6:00 p.m.

From north of Berkeley: I-880 south and get off at the University Avenue exit. Follow University east to Shattuck and turn right. Allston is three blocks south of University, and the Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the South side of the street.

From south of Oakland: SOUTH: Take I-880 north to downtown Oakland, and then bear right onto I-980. Take the Martin Luther King exit and bear left to merge onto Martin Luther King Way. Turn right onto Adeline just past the sharp curve. Adeline will merge into Shattuck Avenue. Turn left on Allston and the hotel will be on the left side of Allston.

From San Francisco: Take the Bay Bridge towards Oakland (I-80 East). At the end of the bridge, take I-80 east towards Berkeley. Get off at the University Avenue exit. Follow University east to Shattuck and turn right. Allston is three blocks south of University, and the Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the South side of the street.

From far East Bay: Take Highway 24 West through the Caldecott Tunnel. Exit at Highway 13 north towards Berkeley. Turn right on Shattuck Avenue. Turn left on Allston and the hotel will be on the left side of Allston.

Please email webpage corrections or webpage comments to:

Jim Dexter (internet@stc-berkeley.org)

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