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 * ANNOUNCE: CMS Workshop w/ Steve Manning from 
             The Rockley Group at LavaCon (NEW)

 * ANNOUNCE: Get into production with XML Content Management in 
             30 days...guaranteed! (Sponsored by DocZone.com) (NEW)
 * CONFERENCE: STC Region 2 Conference
               London, 13-14 October 2006
 * TRAINING: FrameMaker/Acrobat Training,
             Ireland, SF Bay Area & St. Louis
 * ANNOUNCE: Quadralay Launches WebWorks ePublisher Express
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ANNOUNCE: CMS Workshop w/ Steve Manning from 
             The Rockley Group at LavaCon

A new workshop has been added to the CMS track at LavaCon:  Steve Manning, principal of the Rockley Group, will be presenting a workshop on how to choose a content management system that is appropriate for your company.

Making Content Management Work for You (Not the Other Way Around)

In this four hour hands-on workshop, Steve will cover:

o. How to identify the publishing problems your department may be 
   experiencing
o. How to identify if content management would help alleviate those 
   problems
o. How to decide how much content management you really need
o. An overview of the many CMS options available
o. Which CMS option would be best given specific budget, time and 
   resource constraints
o. The real-life issues that arise when rolling out a CMS
o. How much you should really budget for the CMS solution you chose
o. How to calculate the ROI for your content management investment
o. And more

The workshop will also include scenarios requiring various levels of content management so you can practice identifying and planning appropriate CM solutions.

Currently considering content management?  Bring information about your specific needs as there will be plenty of time for audience Q&A during the theory and practice parts of the workshop!

For more information, see the LavaCon website: www.lavacon.org

LavaCon: The Conference for Advanced Tech Comm Professionals
October 1 - 4, 2006

07/27/06 - 08/06/06~1163
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ANNOUNCE: Get into production with XML Content Management in 
          30 days...guaranteed! (Sponsored by DocZone.com)

DocZone.com is revolutionizing the world of XML content management by offering the industry's first guaranteed rapid deployment methodology.  Up and running with a production XML/DITA environment in 30 days, including authoring, workflow, content management, translation memory,  and single source publishing. We'll even convert legacy content into XML and deliver you a turn-key environment, populated with your content and ready to use in production.

Plus, you have the option to use the system for free for 30 days, with no long-term obligation. 

How do we do it? By offering the DocZone platform as a hosted, "on demand" application, we can quickly configure and deploy the environment to you...allowing you to more quickly realize the benefits  of migrating your production environment to XML and DITA.

To download a free video demo of DocZone, visit our website at: 
http://www.doczone.com/resources?ref=techwrl

While visiting our website, you can also download a white paper from leading research firm InfoTrends, which discusses the four major hurdles to XML content management implementations and spotlights the DocZone platform.

DocZone.com (tm)
The All-Inclusive XML Content Management System

07/17/06 - 08/13/06~1148
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CONFERENCE: STC Region 2 Conference, London, 13-14 October 2006

The Region 2 Conference pages on the STC UK web site at http://www.stcuk.org/R2conf now include details of the exciting line-up of speakers for the STC Conference that is taking place in London on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 October 2006. There is also an online booking form, with early-bird booking discounts for STC members.

Among the leading speakers addressing the conference are Sarah O'Keefe, analysing the business case for XML implementation, Ian Larner of IBM telling us about DITA, Patrick Hoffmann examining the Return on Investment aspects of usability and information design, and we even have the inside track on the new Windows Vista operating system.......

The conference theme is "Making Cents of Making Sense: Technical Communications and Business". This is going to be a hard-hitting conference that will help YOU deliver good value for money within your organisation, or to your clients. Can you afford to not be there?

http://www.stcuk.org/R2conf

07/13/06 - 07/19/06~1149
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TRAINING: FrameMaker/Acrobat Training,
          Ireland, SF Bay Area & St. Louis
          Instructor: Shlomo Perets,        
          http://www.microtype.com/Training.html

* Acrobat: Designing Access to Info & Testing PDFs -- Dublin: Aug 14

* Structured FrameMaker: Authoring -- Dublin: Aug 15,
   San Carlos: Sept 18, St. Louis: Nov 29

* Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs -- Dublin: Aug 16-17,
   San Carlos: Sept 19-20, St. Louis: Nov 30-Dec 1

* Technical Indexing with FrameMaker -- Dublin: Aug 18,
   San Carlos: Sept 16, St. Louis: Dec 2

* FrameMaker Template Design -- Dublin: Aug 21-22,
   San Carlos: Sept 11-12, St. Louis: Dec 4-5

* Single Sourcing with FrameMaker -- Dublin: Aug 23,
   San Carlos: Sept 13, St. Louis: Dec 6

* FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques -- Dublin: Aug 24-25,
   San Carlos: Sept 14-15, St. Louis: Dec 7-8

NEW:  Instantly be more productive with Toolbar Plus Express 4.0
for FrameMaker, http://www.microtype.com/FMToolbarPlus.pdf

007/11/06 - 07/17/06~1147
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ANNOUNCE: Quadralay Launches WebWorks ePublisher Express

Want to produce your online documentation faster? Cheaper? Wish the
process was easier? Learn how the WebWorks ePublishing Solution
can make your life a little easier at www.webworks.com/techwr-l.

Quadralay Corporation, the foremost provider of comprehensive online publishing and Help system delivery solutions in the world, today announced the availability of WebWorks� ePublisher Express, the software solution enabling online publishers to author documents in any authoring environment while eliminating time consuming conformance and consistency barriers. The software is the first commercially available product on the market allowing writers to focus on writing content and not manipulating the software needed to publish it.
 
ePublisher Express, as part of WebWorks ePublishing Solution, is the tool your writers will use to proof and deliver online content faster and with company-wide uniformity. ePublisher Express lets writers focus on the writing, not on consistency or conformance issues, while providing robust proofing tools such as Conformance Reports and temporary projects.
 
Deliver customized online documentation in as many formats and 
languages as your needs dictate with XML-based processing and the powerful WebWorks Stationery feature. In addition, a gentle learning curve and out of the box support for every common output format ensures ePublisher Express will integrate with your business practices from day one. Writers can immediately focus on the task at hand instead of spending hours learning a new software package. WebWorks ePublisher Express can be completely implemented into a customers� current working environment without disruption to the workflow.
 
ePublisher Express is a critical element of WebWorks ePublishing Solution, which creates real, workable solutions to meet the publishing and content management needs of content delivery groups worldwide. The WebWorks ePublishing Solution spells the end of hours wasted trying to resolve style, format, or accessibility issues. Deliver vital information to your customers with confidence and consistency. Regardless of the difficulties you face, WebWorks can tailor a cost-effective solution to optimize your ePublishing workflow.
 
Visit www.webworks.com/go/techwr-l to learn more about the new WebWorks ePublishing Solution. Your Problems. Solved.

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