TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:TECHWR-L Premium Jobs, Events, and Announcements From:TECHWR-L Listowner <admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com> To:archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:05:06 -0700 (MST)
Posted on
Friday, February 19, 2010
________________________________________________________
TECHWR-L Premium Ads
You received this message because you're a subscriber to TECHWR-L.
This ad posting is sent daily directly to all list members to help
underwrite the costs of the list (just as ads in a newspaper,
magazine, or journal underwrite the costs of those publications).
In this posting, look for the following ...
NEW TODAY:
ANN: Add Value with Three Essentials of Communication
ANN: Add Value with Three Essentials of Communication
ANNOUNCE: Doc-To-Help 2010 Released
ANN: 3 Reasons Why You Should Attend MadCap's MadCamp
WritersUA: User assistance monthly update from WritersUA
and at the end you'll find the concluding administrivia with
information about these ads and how to place your own.
ANN: Add Value with Three Essentials of Communication
Make Your Team More Valuable with Three Essential Elements of Communic
ation
Join us at the STC Torontos Management Day on February 26 to
learn three ways to work and communicate more effectively.
Be Agile
Learn some common strategies for integrating documentation
activities into the software development cycle from Agile
development advocate and coach, Michael Sahota. Doing it
faster can mean doing it better.
Consider users
Learn about user-centred development and how information
developers can help to define the user experience. Qualicom
Innovations User Experience Manager, Stephen Chalastra, will
describe how interface design, the user experience, and
technical communication fit together.
Improve content through reuse
Learn how to improve your content through reuse, and what to
consider when shopping for technology to support your content
reuse strategy. Pamela Kostur (Parallax Communications), Bryan
Lynn (ThirtySix Software), and Jacques Fauteux (Front Runner
Training) combine their content reuse expertise to help you
plan your foray into reuse.
Get free software and win prizes!
All attendees will receive a free trial copy of SmartDocs Lite,
an MS Word add-in that integrates the power of content reuse
in the Word environment, and will be entered to win one of three
content reuse packages, including a content reuse consultation,
a full SmartDocs license for one year, and SmartDocs training.
Other door prizes include Agile and Lean software process
consulting. STC Toronto Management Day is sponsored by Front Runner
Training. For more info and to register, visit the STC Toronto
Chapter website at http://www.stctoronto.org/ .
Friday, February 26, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Estonian House, Crystal Ballroom
958 Broadview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada
##################################################################
ANNOUNCE: Doc-To-Help 2010 Released
The most trusted name and award-winning product in the Help
authoring tool market, Doc-To-Help has released Doc-To-Help 2010.
Best known as the all-in-one authoring and publishing solution,
Doc-To-Help is used to produce desktop, Web, or print
deliverables. With this release, Doc-To-Help integrates with
Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS). By using the industry
standard in source control systems, the Doc-To-Help 2010
interface integrates seamlessly with a companys existing
infrastructure and workflow. Doc-To-Help provides one interface
for companies to manage and distribute their documentation, plus
source and version control. For users looking to convert their
projects, Doc-To-Help 2010 debuts the ability to convert any
RoboHelp project to Word, HTML, or Doc-To-Helps XHTML format.
The other conversion feature in the Doc-To-Help 2010 release
allows users to completely convert lists to XHTML with ease when
converting from Word.
Since day one, Doc-To-Help has been focused on improving
the user experience, and this release is no exception.
Doc-To-Help 2010 delivers these three new features
with rich benefits: collapsing sections interface, nested lists,
and page break control. To download a free trial and learn more
about Doc-To-Help 2010, visit http://www.doctohelp.com/
##################################################################
ANN: 3 Reasons Why You Should Attend MadCap's MadCamp
March 29 - April 1, 2010
MadCap Software is pleased to announce the first MadCamp
training session of 2010. Come join Mike Hamilton, VP of Product
Management for MadCap Software, for a four day intensive
training seminar.
2. Preview of never-before-seen features and functionality
currently in development:
- See the latest new features and functionality of MadCap Software's
products
3. Our corporate office is located in beautiful downtown
La Jolla, CA:
- A five-minute walk to the La Jolla Cove, restaurants and
shopping
- Located just 15 minutes north of downtown San Diego
"I've never rated a course this high before..I have been using
Flare for a little while, but now have the confidence to do a
lot more with it."
-Sue Shutz, Onyx Software
##################################################################
WritersUA: User assistance monthly update from WritersUA
* User Assistance Salary Survey Results
* Article: Putting the User in User Assistance
* Article: An Overview of HTML v.5
* UA Conference Discount Deadline
* WritersUA Visits STC Chapters
Heather Brautman provides an overview of the emerging HTML 5
standard. How is it different from the current HTML and what
is important for UA professionals to know. http://www.writersua.com/articles/HTML_5/index.html
- -
UA Conference Discount Deadline
Save $100 if you register by Saturday, Feb. 13 for the Conference
for Software User Assistance - March 21-24 in Seattle. http://www.writersua.com/ohc/index.html
About posting ads:
Announcements on the TECHWR-L Premium Announcement posting
cost $50 to contact over 5000 TECHWR-L subscribers
directly each day for a week.
In an effort to provide a free service that allows you to post
announcements, jobs, and events, however, we have established other
services:
The TECHWR-L Calendar provides a free resource for you
to post announcements, activities, and events: http://www.techwr-l.com/event
These resources are available at no cost to anyone, posters
or seekers, TECHWR-L subscribers or not. We encourage you to
regularly use these free services.
For jobs, announcements, and events that you specifically
want to be mailed directly to all 5100+ TECHWR-L subscribers
in the TECHWR-L Premium Daily Announcement, please contact us
(admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com) or submit your paid ad at http://www.techwr-l.com/about/advertising
