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* ANNOUNCE: Online courses in Technical Writing and XML! (NEW)
* ANNOUNCE: XML:PUBLISHING REDEFINED FREE SEMINAR
* CFP: ACM SIGDOC 2001 Communicating in the New Millennium
* ANNOUNCE: Supporting TECHWR-L with Annual Sponsorships
* JOB: Technical Writers needed, Boulder, CO
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ANNOUNCE: Online courses in Technical Writing and XML!
Continuous learning is essential for the new economy. Take
instructor-led, interactive courses via the internet on new technical
writing techniques and writing in XML. Courses also include Usability
Testing, XSL and others. Courses start monthly!
We also build custom E-learning courses to match your company's needs.
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March 13 -- Pittsburgh PA (Station Square)
March 15 -- Research Triangle Park NC (Holiday Inn-RTP)
The agenda includes speakers from Adobe Systems, Bright Path Solutions,
Caxton Inc., and TIBCO Extensibility. Agenda begins at 1:00 p.m., with
speakers until 4:00 p.m All attendees are provided with the following:
- Presentation Notebook
- FrameMaker and FrameMaker+SGML 60-day Trial Versions
- WebWorks Publisher Training CD
- Adobe FrameMaker+SGML T-shirt
- Access to Adobe Certified Experts and XML Experts
- Networking Opportunity (we provide the time, you may use it to your
advantage!)
Please visit http://www.travelthepath.com/xmlevent.shtml for details and a
registration form. Advance registration is required. Contact Bright Path
Solutions, at 919.547.0129 if you have any questions.
Bright Path Solutions is an Adobe Solution Sales Provider, offering
complete solutions for paper and eletronic publishing. Services include
software training, technical training, project consulting, on-site
assistance, software licensing, and technical support.
Check our Web site for information on XML AUTHORITY training (Pittsburgh
this Spring).
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
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Financial Times Energy is looking for one full-time, in-house technical
writer and two freelance technical writers who fit the following
qualifications:
Full-time, on-site, mid-level technical writer needed. Will be responsible
for heading a team to write, edit, and maintain user guides, online help,
and training documentation for eight database and spatial software
products. The ideal candidate for this position will have at least 2 years
of experience writing technical documentation, familiarity with Microsoft
Word 2000 and RoboHelp (WinHelp and RoboHTML), good organization and
leadership skills. This position will be based in our Boulder, CO,
offices.
Freelance technical writers needed to assist in writing user guides,
online help, and training documentation for eight database and spatial
software products. Familiarity with MS Word 2000 and RoboHelp (WinHelp
and
RoboHTML) ideal.
Please contact Rob Fair:
rfair -at- ftenergy -dot- com
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