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The January 2012 Annual Chapter Party and Touchstone Awards
Times (p.m.): 5:30 to 6:00 Networking & conversation; 6:00 to 7:00 Buffet dinner; 7:00 to 8:00 Awards and Recognition; 8:00 to 9:00 More conversations, see the award-winning entries
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Berkeley STC Annual Party and Touchstone Awards
The November 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic: Working with FrameMaker, RoboHelp, and Captivate in Adobe Technical Communication Suite 3.5
Speaker: Dustin Vaughn of Adobe Systems
The October 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic: The Management Perspective
Speakers: Van Shackelford (EFI), Valerie Steele (NetSuite), and Katherine Wenc (Apple)
The September 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic: Proposal and Grant Writing 101
Speaker: Judy Herr
The August 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic: Rules of thumb for using color in your content
Speaker:
Greg Urban
The July 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic: Managing Multiple Information Channels: Strategies for Effective Presentations
Speaker:
Joe Devney
The June 11, 2011 Saturday Workshop
Topic:
XMetaL/DITA Fundamentals
Speaker:
David Trousdale, of Lasselle-Ramsay, Inc
The June 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Optimizing your Portfolio: Are you ready for a bidding war for your services?
Speaker:
Andrew Davis, of Content Rules
The May 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Turning Content Into Gold: A Presentation and Work Session
Speaker:
Paula Toth, of TechProse
The April 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Mental Models: Identifying the Right Content Starts with Really Knowing Your Audience
Speaker:
Indi Young
The March 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Creating Custom Search for Your Content
Speaker:
Kevin G. Lim of Google
The February 2011 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
How Microsoft SharePoint Gives You a Realistic Approach to Content Management
Speaker:
Dan Beall of ComponentOne
Slides from Dan's talk:
Handout PDF
The January 2011 Annual Chapter Party and Touchstone Awards
Times (p.m.): 5:30 to 6:00 Networking & conversation; 6:00 to 7:00 Buffet dinner; 7:00 to 8:00 Awards and Recognition; 8:00 to 9:00 More conversations, see the award-winning entries
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Berkeley STC Annual Party and Touchstone Awards
The December 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Designing with the Mind in Mind: The Psychological Basis for UI Design Rules
Speaker:
Jeff Johnson of UIwizards.com
The November 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Surviving a Behavioral Interview
Speaker:
Mysti Berry of Salesforce.com
Mysti's slides
The October 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
The Power of ePubs: Easily Creating Cross-device Online and Offline Content without Programming
Speaker:
Silke Fleischer and Eric Converse, both of ATIV Software.
Silke and Eric's slides
The September 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Technical Communicators and Their Role in Stopping Brain Drain
Speaker:
Gina Gotsill and Ken Ball, both of Techprose.
The August 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
In the Trenches with DITA
Speakers:
Mysti Berry of Salesforce, Ben Colborn of Citrix, and Tom Idleman of FICO.
Mysti's handout: Handout for DITA panel
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The July 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Focus On the User and the Rest Follows: Developing Personas to Improve Your Content
Speaker:
Joan Lasselle and Jana Humphreys, both of Lasselle-Ramsay, Inc.
The June 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
The Management Perspective: A Panel of Tech Pubs Managers from Around the Bay Area
Speaker:
Stewart Florsheim, Advent Software, Kim Shain from Adobe, and Pat oshihiro from EFI.
The May 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Writing for People and Situations When Reading Is Not Easy (a report from a CHI 2010 workshop)
Speaker:
Kath Straub, Usability.Org
Slides: Writing Effectively when Reading Isn't Easy (pdf)
The April 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Developing and Delivering Documentation in a Wiki
Speaker:
Dee Elling, Embarcadero Systems
Slides: Developing and Delivering Documentation in a Wiki (ppt)
The March 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
What Medical Writers Do
Speaker:
Nancy Katz, Ph.D.
Slides: What Medical Writers Do (PDF)
The February 2010 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Beyond the Practitioners' Lore: Reading the Research
Speaker:
Susan Becker
Handout: Reading the Research: Sources Cited
The January 2010 Annual Chapter Party and Touchstone Awards
Times (p.m.): 5:30 to 6:00 Networking & conversation; 6:00 to 7:00 Buffet dinner; 7:00 to 8:00 Awards and Recognition; 8:00 to 9:00 More conversations, see the award-winning entries
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Berkeley STC Annual Party and Touchstone Awards
The December 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
How Technical Communication Supports High School Literacy
Speaker:
T. R. Girill
The November 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Planning for Success
Speaker:
Ted Marsh
The October 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Ten Legal Tips for Current and Would-be Independent Contractors
Speaker:
Dana H. Shultz
The October 10, 2009 Saturday Workshop
Times (p.m.): 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Location:
Global 360 Offices, Alameda, California
Topic:
Topic-based Authoring: Getting Your Feet Wet
Speaker:
Linda Urban
The September 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Forensic Linguistics: Real-Life “CSI” with Word People
Speaker:
Joseph J. Devney, M.A.
The August 23, 2009 Workshop
Times (p.m.): 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Strategic Planning for Your Life
Speaker:
Judy Glick-Smith
Handouts: PDF of worksheets
The August 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Acting Lessons for Interviewees
Speaker:
Stan Stansbury
The July 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Resume Secrets that Might Surprise You
Speaker:
Jack Molisani
The June 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Software Localization Practices and Issues
Speaker:
Bing Hong and Dan Claessens
The May 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
MythBusters: I'm Working So Hard It Hurts!
Speaker:
Erik Anderson of Remedy Interactive, Tim Brent, Ergonomic Consultant, and Tonie Flores of OSIsoft
The April 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Hard Times, Smart Choices
Speaker:
Meryl Natchez, TechProse
The March 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Using Word Templates Effectively and in the Shared Environment
Speaker:
Steven Zegas
The February 2009 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Learning Game Design
Speaker:
Clark Quinn of Quinnovation
The January 2009 Annual Chapter Party and Touchstone Awards
Times (p.m.): 5:30 to 6:00 Networking & conversation; 6 to 7 Buffet dinner; 7:00 to 8 Awards and Recognition; 8 to 9 More conversations, see the award-winning entries
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Berkeley STC Annual Party and Touchstone Awards
The December 2008 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Write More, Write Less: Embracing the value of crafted words and images
Speaker:
Joe Welinske of WritersUA
The November 2008 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.): 6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
A Glimpse of Microsoft SharePoint: What is it, and how does it relate to tech writing?
Speaker:
Jennie Abbingsole of Global 360, Inc
The October 2008 Chapter Meeting
Times (p.m.):
6:00 to 7:00 Networking, conversation, & dinner; 7:00 Announcements; 7:15 Presentation
Location:
Highlands Country Club, Oakland, California
Topic:
Content Page Design Best Practices
Speaker:
Luke Wroblewski of Yahoo! Inc. and LukeW Interface Design
The September 2008 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Using DITA with Adobe FrameMaker
Speaker:
Scott Prentice of Leximation
The September 2008 Chapter Workshop
Topic:
Sharing Your Expertise: Putting Together a Presentation or Workshop
Speaker:
Linda Urban
The August 2008 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
What makes it possible to develop excellent Help Systems? Autodesk's answer: A passion to serve your customers
Speaker:
Melanie Allen of Autodesk
Slides: Presentation slides in PPT format
The July 2008 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Developing an Interactive Tutorial with Adobe Captivate and RoboHelp
Speaker:
Laurie Edelman of Altera Corporation
The June 2008 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Getting Published: How to Write a Successful Technical Book Proposal
Speaker:
Tim Cox
Topic:
Avoiding Death by PowerPoint (Why are good presentations so hard to create?)
Speaker:
Rick Altman of betterppt.com
The April 2008 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Moving from FrameMaker/WebWorks to XML/DITA and Flare at Salesforce.com
Speaker:
Mysti Berry of Salesforce.com
Slides: Slide PDF available here.
The March 2008 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Management Panel: Putting Together the Right Team
Speakers:
David Jackson of Oracle, Lis Fraser of Tesla Motors, Stewart Florsheim of Advent Software, and Judy Burkhart of IBM
Special Hands-on Workshop: March 1, 2008
Topic:
The Wiki Way: Knowledge Management for the People
Speaker:
Stuart Culshaw of ILOG Paris
The February 2008 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Creating Online Help for Eclipse: A Case Study
Speaker:
Kim Rathbun, Leapfrog
The January 2008 Holiday Party
Topic:
Berkeley Chapter Holiday Party
The December 2007 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Single-sourcing through a CMS for a Small Writing Team, using AuthorIT
Speaker:
Chris Muntzer
The November 2007 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Using Learning Objects to Manage and Reuse Learning Content
Speakers:
Ray Eisenberg and David Sanchez, Autodesk
Slides:
Presentation slides in PPT format
The November 2007 Special Adobe Meeting
Topic:
Adobe's Technical Communication Suite and Adobe RoboHelp 7 (Special Presentation)
Speakers:
Michael Hu and others, Adobe, Inc.
The October 2007 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Lessons Learned from Web Applications and User Centered Design
Speakers:
Sarah B. Nelson and David Verba, Adaptive Path
The September 2007 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Writing for a Developer Audience: User Assistance for an Integrated Development Environment
Speakers:
Kathryn Munn, Oracle Corporation
The August 2007 Chapter Meeting
Topic:
Increasing Visibility and Value: Reframing the Work We Do
Speakers:
Linda Urban (Linda Urban Communications, LLC) and Joan Lasselle (Lasselle-Ramsey, Inc.)
The July 2007 Membership Meeting
Topic:
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Resumes and Portfolios
Speaker:
Andrew Davis, Synergistech Communications, Inc.
The June 2007 Membership Meeting
Topic:
Human Factors for Technical Communicators
Speaker:
Andrea Ames, IBM
The May 2007 Membership Meeting
Topic:
What does Web 2.0 Mean for Technical Communication?
Speaker:
Tim Bombosch, Lasselle-Ramsey
The April 2007 Membership Meeting
Topic:
Automating API Documentation, and a DoxyS Case Study
Speaker:
Monique Semp, Write Quick, Inc.
The March 2007 Membership Meeting
Topic:
Agile Documentation: Help's Role in the Development Process
Speaker:
Jennifer Abbott, Global 360, Inc.
The February 2007 Membership Meeting
Topic:
Where Is STC Going -- Six Strategic Objectives
Speaker:
Susan Burton,
STC Executive Director
The January 2007 Membership Meeting
Topic:
STC Berkeley's Holiday Party
Speakers:
Richard Mateosian,
Patrick Lufkin,
Beau Cain,
Judy Herr
The December 2006 Membership Meeting
Topic:
MadCap Flare and the RoboHelp Saga
Speaker:
Mike Hamilton,
VP of Product Management, MadCap Software
The November 2006 Membership Meeting
Topic:
What Makes Websites Useable?
Speaker:
Harris Kravatz,
Oracle Corporation
The October 2006 Membership Meeting
Topic:
Finding Work Outside of the Technical Documentation Box