In addition to the STC Technical Communication Summit, the Society offers Web seminars. In a seminar, participants listen to the presenter over the phone (much like a conference call) while viewing presentation materials via the website.

This format provides easier access to materials for reference during the presentation, as well as a more intimate, "classroom" setting than the typical telephone seminar. Registrants are provided a toll-free number, a secure URL, and access to both the audio and online elements of the presentation.

Doc Sprints: The Ultimate in Collaborative Doc Development

Sarah Maddox

Thursday, 20 June | 4:00–5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)

Many technical writers find themselves in agile environments, where time is at a premium and it can be difficult to pry the developers and other subject matter experts away from their day-to-day deadlines. This session shows how you can walk the agile walk, talk the agile talk, and at the same time have fun developing the tutorials and documents your customers need.

Defining and Evaluating Success: Metrics for Information Architects

Alyson Riley and Andrea Ames

Thursday, 27 June | 4:00–5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)

You write, you edit, you design, you architect ... how do you know whether what you're doing is useful, impactful, and meeting client and business needs? In this webinar, Andrea and Alyson will describe how to define and evaluate success for your initiatives, first with an overview of metrics and how technical communicators can approach measurement to ensure your impact is understood by those who pay you, and then by focusing on how you can build your own evaluation framework to manage your metrics and bring more meaning to results and reporting.