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  * JOB: Technical Writer, Paris, France (NEW)
  * JOB: Technical Writer Needed in Calverton, Maryland 
  * ANNOUNCE: JoAnn Hackos' Developing Standards for E-Communication 
  * ANNOUNCE: Don't miss this workshop: Documenting APIs and SDKs 
  * ANNOUNCE: INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOPS FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS 
  * JOB: Documentation Specialist needed in Burlington, MA 
  * ANNOUNCE: CALL FOR PAPERS: ACM SIGDOC 2001 
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JOB: Technical Writer, Paris, France

Here are the latest openings. To apply, do so online via the Clarity
career
page at www.claritytechnical.com and attach a Word resume.



Number: TW-422
Title: Jr. to Intermediate Technical Writer(staff)
Location: Paris, France
Salary:  260 - 310,000 French Francs (approx $37k - $44k)

The world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions
is
looking for a technical writer to join their Deployment team. Deployment 
provides the key overview and configuration information covering their 
e-Business Intelligence system.

This system includes Windows and web technology products, deployed and 
administered on UNIX and NT systems in client/server environments, within
intranets and over extranets and the Internet. Deployment also provides
the
solution's installation, migration, sizing and capacity planning guides,
as
well as the critical information customers need to  optimize and scale up
their solutions to deploy them to thousands of users over the Web.

As a member of the Deployment team, you will be in a highly visible and 
strategic position. You will provide not only printed guides accompanying
each release, but an ongoing Web-based documentation service which helps
us
to respond rapidly to requests from the field.

Requirements:

Native-English speaking technical writer with at least 2 years of
technical
writing experience.

Experience with FrameMaker and Word

RoboHELP and/or WebWorks Publisher a plus

Strong knowledge of NT/UNIX system administration, distributed systems, or
other networks technology.
Spoken French is a plus but not a must.

2/15/01-2/22/01
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JOB: Technical Writer Needed in Calverton, Maryland

JOB OPENING: Technical Writer (Temp-to-Perm)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 
*B.A. or B.S. in Technical Writing, English, or scientific fields
*4 years experience writing technical documentation (software preferred) 
*Fluent English with strong writing and editing skills
*Proficiency with MS Word and RoboHELP

DESCRIPTION: On-site technical writer to write and revise technical
documentation describing functional applications and licensing software
operating procedures for end-users and system administrators.

SKILLS: Technical writing and editing; interviewing subject-matter
experts;
consistently bringing projects in on budget and on schedule; creating
clear and comprehensive indexes; working independently and on a team;
working with advanced skills in MS Word (required); working with advanced
skills in help authoring using RoboHELP and RoboHTML (preferred).

TO APPLY: E-mail resumes to NNarena -at- SystemAutomation -dot- com

2/13/01-2/20/01
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ANNOUNCE: JoAnn Hackos' Developing Standards for E-Communication

Do the electronic information systems you've created
look like they've been done by different people in
different organizations? Is there a consistent look and
feel to the information you are creating? Can users
predict where and how they are going to find information?
Does the information tell them how to do their work and
achieve their goals?

Plan to attend "Developing Standards for E-Communication,"
an exceptional two-day workshop conducted by Dr. JoAnn
Hackos.

This seminar introduces you to a process for designing 
effective electronic information standards. You'll learn 
how to identify user needs, understand user goals, analyze 
user tasks, and put it all together in coherent online 
standards. You'll learn how to develop a set of standards 
for your organization and look at the results gained by 
organizations that have done it right.

Details:

Workshop Title: Developing Standards for E-Communication
Dates: March 8-9, 2001
Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Host Company: STC, Phoenix Chapter
Fee: $725.00
Registration: Register online at http://www.usabledesign.com/ 
or call in your registration to Molly Sausaman at 303-234-0123.

2/12/01-2/19/01
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ANNOUNCE: Don't miss this workshop: Documenting APIs and SDKs

Documenting APIs and SDKs: a guide for non-programmers

Documenting SDKs isn't easy, and it's not for everyone.
But it's a highly-sought skill. It will bring you respect.
And it's one of the best-paying gigs in our industry. 

So why not move up to the peak of our profession? 
Sign up today for this revealing 2-day workshop, 
co-sponsored by the STC Montreal Chapter.

When: Monday March 12 + Tuesday March 13, 2001
Where: downtown Montreal (and coming to Israel soon!)
Presenter: Manuel Gordon, award-winning technical writer 
and professor of computer science, who specializes in SDKs.  

Cost: C$495 for STC-Montreal members, plus taxes 
      C$595 (US$400) for non-members, plus taxes 

For more information, call Diana Halfpenny at (514) 489-5329 
or visit http://www.gordonandgordon.com/apisandsdks.html

2/10/01-2/17/01
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ANNOUNCE: Upcoming INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOPS FOR 
    TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS
presented by Lori Lathrop

The one-day workshop is for writers and editors who need 
to create usable indexes for either printed or online
documents. Writers will learn to apply several productivity 
tips and techniques in indexing technical documentation.

DATES AND LOCATIONS:

        March 30 - Greenville, SC
        April 6 - Greensboro, NC
        April 20 - Denver, CO
        May 25 - Newark, NJ

To request a brochure for any of these workshops, contact 
LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com (http://www.indexingskills.com) 
or call 704-531-0021.

"An index is as important to your documentation as your 
documentation is to the product."  (Lori Lathrop)

Lori Lathrop is a Past President of the American Society of 
Indexers (ASI) and a Senior Member of the Society for 
Technical Communication (STC). The second edition of her 
book, An Indexers Guide to the Internet, was published by 
Information Today Inc. in 1999, and she is currently writing 
Indexing Skills for Technical Communicators, which is based 
on the workshops she delivers to corporate clients throughout 
North America.

LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com
http://www.indexingskills.com

2/7/01-2/14/01
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JOB: Documentation Specialist needed in Burlington, MA

JOB DESCRIPTION: Maintain and develop user information for Windows
client-server applications.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
o  3-5 years of experience in tech communication
o  Experience documenting database products
o  Experience with FrameMaker, RoboHELP, PageMaker

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
o  Excellent writing/organization/communication
o  Ability to work in a team environment
o  BS degree or better
o  Good learning skills
o  Attention to detail preferred
o  Information Mapping helpful
o  Familiarity with wireless applications helpful

Please send resumes to Lightbridge, Inc.
67 South Bedford St., Burlington, MA 01803
ATTN: Pam King, pking -at- lightbridge -dot- com

2/5/01-2/12/01
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ANNOUNCE: CALL FOR PAPERS: ACM SIGDOC 2001

Communicating in the New Millennium

October 21 - 24, 2001
Santa Fe, NM


As we enter the new millennium, communication is becoming increasingly
global. English-only Web sites are fast becoming a limiting factor in the
intellectual exchange of ideas and information. Indeed, the printed
document is giving way to electronic formats, including non-textual and
multimedia representations of critical information. The host city for
SIGDOC 2001 is Sante Fe, New Mexico's state capital and the oldest capital
city in the United States. With its rich cultural heritage, Sante Fe
provides a fitting setting to reflect on current issues and consider new
challenges facing us in 2001 and beyond.

SIGDOC is the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Special Interest
Group for Documentation, a professional organization dedicated to advanced
topics in documentation for and with computers. In addition to recognizing
this year's Rigo and Diana award recipients, the SIGDOC 2001 program will
include invited talks, panel discussions, paper presentations, posters and
demonstrations, and exciting tutorials. New this year are working
sessions, which are extended discussions on a focused topic of interest to
conference attendees. SIGDOC 2001 will provide an opportunity for the
exchange of information related to exciting new research and experience
reports in areas including (but not limited to):

* National language support in all forms of documentation
* Migrating to multilingual Web sites
* Cultural issues for international audiences
* Making documentation available in multiple formats
* Fundamental design principles that transcend the medium

Please submit a 500-word proposal describing your topic, objective, and
presentation format (paper, panel, poster or demonstration, tutorial, or
working session). Include a short biography with your proposal.
Submissions may be in Adobe Acrobat PDF, HTML, Microsoft Word, Postscript
(interpretable by Ghostscript), or plain text format. Proposals must be
sent as an email attachment to stilley -at- cs -dot- ucr -dot- edu by 5pm Pacific time on
Friday, April 6, 2001. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by
May 22, 2001. Final versions of accepted papers are due July 13, 2001.
Proceedings will be published by the ACM. Selected papers will be
considered for publication in a special issue of the ACM Journal of
Computer Documentation.


General Chair: Mary Jane Northrop, Enlighten, USA
Program Chair: Scott Tilley, Univ. of California, Riverside, USA

For More Information: www.cs.ucr.edu/~stilley/sigdoc2001


Program Committee:
  Cornelia Boldyreff, Univ. of Durham, UK
  Elliot Chikofsky, META Group, USA
  Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Clarkson Univ., USA
  Brad Mehlenbacher, NC State Univ., USA
  Michael Priestley, IBM Toronto, Canada
  Dennis Smith, Software Engineering Institute, USA
  Kenny Wong, Univ. of Alberta, Canada

2/4/01-2/11/01
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ANNOUNCE: SnagIt & Camtasia to capture, edit, present

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Visit our web site to learn more and download FREE trial versions 
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1/1/01-3/31/01
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