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Home 2007 Tech Comm Competition News Meetings Administration Communication Services History STC		The latest change to this web site was made on Friday, April 25, 2008. The June 2007 Chapter Meeting Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 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: Highlands Country Club,110 Hiller Drive, Oakland, California Topic: Human Factors for Technical Communicators The mind is a mysterious thing, but you can improve your documentation by leveraging what we do know about human cognition and the ways people process information through perception, learning, problem solving, and memory. Join Andrea Ames for a fast-paced, fun trip through the four key human factors affecting human information processing. She will introduce the factors and lead you on an interactive discovery of how knowledge of basic problem solving and memory can change your approach to information architecture, design, and development. Speaker: Andrea Ames Andrea joined IBM in 2001 as an information architect for the Information Management division of IBM Software Group, where she is currently an information experience strategist and architect, responsible for driving broad initiatives to improve the total information experience. With nearly 25 years of experience in technical communication, Andrea is a Fellow and past President of STC. She designed, coordinates, and teaches in the University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, certificate program in technical writing and communication. She has published more than 50 papers and articles, as well as the award-winning technical trade book, The VRML Sourcebook. She is a sought-after international speaker for technical communication and information development conferences and professional organization meetings. Monthly Chapter Meetings The Berkeley chapter meets the second Wednesday of the month. Beginning in June, 2007 we will regularly meet at the Highlands Country Club in Oakland, CA. Program Ideas Fees Agenda Location and Directions Chapter 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 Mary Ann Campbell, VP of Programs. Chapter Meeting Fees For the meeting and dinner, reserved on the Chapter's website in advance: Members: $18 Non-members: $21 Student members: $15 For the meeting and dinner at the door: Members: $21 Non-members: $24 Student members: $18 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: Members and non-members: $12 Non-STC-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? Chapter Meetings Agenda 6:00 -- Networking, conversation 6:30 -- Buffet served 7:15 -- Chapter business, announcements, jobs available* 7:30 -- Formal program 8:30 -- Conversation, off-line questions for the speakers, follow-up on job announcements 9:30 -- 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 Highlands Country Club 110 Hiller Drive Oakland, California Directions to Highlands Country Club NOTE: The club's parking lot is for members only. Please park on the street. (There's typically plenty of on-street parking right along Hiller Drive.) From San Francisco Cross the Bay Bridge to I-580 Eastbound. Remain in the right lane, until Highway 24 Eastbound (toward Berkeley and Walnut Creek). Continue eastbound until the Tunnel Road off-ramp. Ext will loop around to the west, crossing back over Highway 24. Turn left at the stop sign. Follow Tunnel Road/Caldecott Lane to traffic signal. Veer to the right, and follow Hiller Drive halfway up the hill. Highlands Country Club will be on the right-hand side of the street. From Walnut Creek Take Highway 24 Westbound through the Caldecott Tunnel. Stay in the right-hand lane, taking the first exit after the tunnel ends, the Tunnel Road exit, going towards Berkeley. Follow Tunnel Road to the complex intersection and stop light, at Tunnel Drive, Hiller Drive, and Highway 13. Veer to the right, and continue halfway up the hill on Hiller Drive. Highlands Country Club will be on the right-hand side of the street. From I-80 and Berkeley Take Ashby Avenue to the Highway 13 exit. Ashby becomes Tunnel Road at the Claremont Hotel. Continue on Tunnel Road (through the split-level section) to the stoplight just before the Highway 24 overcrossing. Remain in the left lane and make a sharp left U-turn around the Firestorm Memorial Garden, on to Hiller Drive. Continue halfway up the hill. Highlands Country Club will be on the right-hand side of the street. From Hayward Take I-580 Westbound to Highway 13 north. Continue on Highway 13 past the overcrossing of Highway 24. At the stoplight, turn right, then left, onto Hiller Drive. Continue halfway up the hill. Highlands Country Club will be on the right-hand side of the street. 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