Live Web Seminars

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.

Think More, Write Less

Andrea Ames

Thursday, 16 May | 4:00–5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)

Are you plodding along, doing the “same old thing” in your documentation? When was the last time you thought about your customers and how effective your current documentation solution is for them? We all—even the veterans—get stuck in the rut of doing what we’ve always done, having no time to think. Get unstuck: Think more, write less!

Once Upon a Statistic: How to Tell a Compelling Story When All You Have are Facts

Joe Staples

Wednesday, 29 May | 1:00–2:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)

Storytelling is the buzzword du jour in marketing communications (marcomm). It’s one thing to tell a great story if you have a huge budget, a creative team, and many media in which to work. But what does it mean to tell a story when you’re just writing a marketing slick or a data sheet and all you have are facts, such as “speeds and feeds”? This webinar will examine the tell-a-story directive and explore ways to apply elements of story to our work as marcomm writers.

Single-Source Publish to Paper, PDF, and HTML5

Maxwell Hoffmann

Thursday, 30 May | 4:00–5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)

Many of us have had our deliverable increase dramatically. We must make versions of our tech doc that goes beyond paper and the Web to a multitude of mobile devices, including the "tablet du jour." This session will be mostly "live examples" of how a Word document can transit into FrameMaker, become marked up for multiple versions and deliverables, and after publishing to dynamic PDF (with intelligent graphics), be published via Tech Comm Suite and RoboHelp to multiscreen HTML5 for device aware display on a variety of tablets. Best practices will be discussed, as well as team member roles. The main takeaway is that you can publish to HTML5 without knowing anything about HTML5 via Tech Comm Suite.