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SITE UPDATE: New Article
Turning Off the Tap -- How to be Both Economical and International
contributed by SDL International
Drip, drip, drip. Do you hear that? It's the sound of profits
dripping away when you're not careful with words in the international
marketplace. Sophie Hurst shows you how to turn off the tap and end
up an international (writing) megastar!
ANNOUNCE: Technical Communication, DITA, Frame, S1000D and XML
Why would a technical communicator come to an XML conference?
Because we're providing a great educational opportunity for you!
Come check out the Tri-XML 2005 Conference, July 28-30, 2005 in
Raleigh, NC USA.
* Lynne Price, FrameMaker guru extraordinaire is presenting on
"Why All XML Users Must Define a Tagging Scheme"
* Julian Murfitt, who is with Mekon and a Frame developer, is
speaking on S1000D
* Dave Schell -- THE Dave Schell -- is presenting on DITA
* For you managers, Conrad D'Cruz is presenting on XML in
Business Process Management Systems
The conference has additional presentations on DITA, managing
information, and publishing... Not to mention the great exhibitors
who are showing off their publishing tools and support for standards
like DITA: Arbortext, BlastRadius, Vasont, XyEnterprise, and more!
$40 if you just want to come for Thursday and check out
the exhibitors
$100/day Friday or Saturday
OR, CHECK OUT THE ENTIRE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITS:
$199 for 3 days!!
TRAINING: Knowing Your Words' Worth - Adding value to global
authoring. FREE Webinar
Knowing Your Words' Worth - Adding value to global authoring
Wed July 20th 9am Pacific Time and Thurs July 21st 9am UK Time
* What is a word worth and how can you bring down the cost of
writing global content in a world overloaded with information?
* How can the re-use of content help in the control of words?
Organizations that want to be global market leaders cannot afford
to consider translation as an after-thought. Translation assets
must be integrated into the content creation process to improve the
consistency of global communications, shorten time-to-revenue in
global markets and lower global information management costs.
Structured authoring and the re-use of content help organizations
maintain consistent messaging, prevent duplications and improve
productivity. SDLAuthorAssistant enables authors to compare what
they are writing against previously translated content and terminology.
Attend this free web seminar and learn how to bring down the cost of
writing and translating a word. The presenters will help you to
understand how this can be done and to look at these critical business
areas:
* Bringing down the number of words required for translation
* Structured authoring techniques and the re-use of content
* Optimizing current translation assets and further reducing costs
* Understanding how to bring together the content creation and
translation processes within organizations
Presenters:
Sophie Hurst, Senior Product Marketing Manager, SDL International
Ben N. Urbina, Business Development Manager, Blast Radius
ANNOUNCE: Reminder! Chicago STC Presents: Information Architecture
for Content Management July 19-20, 2005
Organizations of all sizes are realizing the need to dump old,
outdated methods of content creation and delivery and moving to the
new paradigm of content management. Why? Because the cost of not
doing so puts your organization at risk. And, it wastes valuable
resources that could be better used developing innovative new products,
improving customer service and reduce unnecessary expense.
Seats are still available for Information Architecture for Content
Management July 19-20, 2005 in Chicago. Register today to get the
knowledge you need to prepare for the move to content management.
Register today: http://www.rockley.com/workshops.htm
You'll learn:
* The business reasons for adopting a unified content strategy
* Why information architecture is critical to a successful content
management project
* How to identify factors that affect your information architecture
* How to support the user experience through content management
And, your instructor will demystify many of the topics that create
content management misunderstandings, including: content reuse,
reuse maps, reuse management rules, metadata for reuse, workflow
processes, content modeling, repository structures, reusable content
building blocks, logical content structures, and much more.
You'll leave the workshop equipped with an understanding of the
factors that impact the design of a successful information architecture
for content management, and you'll understand the role of information
architecture in content management, as well as the concepts involved in
the development of information architecture for your organization.
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**Translations provided by Adams Globalization.
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