Adobe is excited to bring to you a terrific line up of well-known special guests and topics related to technical communication in upcoming webinars. There are a number of events you will want to attend, especially the session with content strategy maven Joe Gollner, and our sessions with JoAnn Hackos and Scott Abel, and Val Swisher’s sessions on globalization and mobile. We have also included a summary of recordings of some of our more interesting recent webinars. We hope you will benefit from both the upcoming events, and the recorded previous events
Each description is followed by specific link to registration for upcoming events, or to registration entry point for a recording.
All upcoming events: http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xI
All recorded events: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J
HIGHLIGHTS OF UPCOMING WEBINARS (all sessions are at 10AM Pacific / 1PM Eastern USA):
* Nov 1: “Content Strategies for the Real World” with content strategy/DITA/S1000D maven Joe Gollner @joegollner
Register: http://adobe.ly/PNFc7R
This presentation will take a look at a number of real-world examples of how content strategies have been framed and implemented in a number of industry sectors. And these examples will be used to demonstrate the elements that a practical content strategy must contain if it is going to have a beneficial and long-standing impact for organizations and their customers. Join Joe Gollner, leading industry expert and consultant with Gnostyx.com, for guidance through the many significant issues that must be addressed to achieve these goals.
* Nov 6: “It's All About Structure! Why Structured Content Is Increasingly Becoming A Necessity, Not An Option” with Scott Abel, the Content Wrangler @scottabel
Register: http://adobe.ly/SeNgjf
Structured content. XML. Content reuse. Single-sourcing. We've been talking about these techniques, standards and approaches for years. And yet, many organizations still aren't producing semantically-enriched, machine-readable, consistently structured content. But, that's got to change. Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler, will explore the many reasons why we must adopt a structured XML, single-source approach to creating, managing and delivering content if we are to succeed in the global, mobile world in which we live.
* Nov 8: “Adopting DITA to Reduce Costs and Increase Productivity--Backing up your Claims” with Dr. JoAnn Hackos author & structured content expert @jthackos
Register: http://adobe.ly/SZwKrq
Dr. JoAnn Hackos reports on the results of the 2012 CIDM (Center for Information-Development Management) business survey. The survey asks manager what predictions they included in their business cases for DITA adoption, whether those predictions were accurate, and whether they have continued to experience reduced costs and increased productivity. The results of the 2012 survey are compared with the results of the 2010 survey. Dr. Hackos presents several case studies that provide examples of cost reduction and productivity increases experienced by CIDM members.
* Nov 15: “Employing a Flexible Interaction Language Scheme with User Defined Variables (UDVs)” Joe Welinske, user assistance expert & author @welinske
Register: http://adobe.ly/RQJ5xH
How do you single-source to multiple platforms (desktop, PDF, tablets, etc.) when different verbs/actions are required to achieve the same result? If you decide to customize your verbs for multiple interaction types, then you definitely want to take advantage of User Defined Variables (UDVs) in RoboHelp 10. Adding UDVs into your procedure steps automates the process of adjusting verb choices for different interaction types. Even if you are currently only using generic verbs, you may want to use UDVs. That way if you change your approach in the future it will be easy to add support for multiple interaction types. UDVs have many uses in RoboHelp projects. You may already be using them for brand names or user interface terms. This webinar by UA expert Joe Welinske describes how to use UDVs for specifying interaction types.
* Nov 20: “Publishing Policies and Procedures for Multiple Channels, Formats and Screens” Beth Gerber @lightextinc and Pam Harrison of Lightext.com share key features of RoboHelp for publishing to multiscreen that is useful with any workflow
Register: http://adobe.ly/Sw0L1W
See highly useful examples drawn from actual customer work: Having procedures, training guides and user manuals available on multiple devices is becoming a business objective in many corporations. We’ll take sample procedures and describe best practices for creating content that will be output to multiple devices and at the same time, learn how RoboHelp 10 provides an easy solution for making this possible. Join the experts from Lightext.com, Beth Gerber and Pam Harrison, for guidelines in effectively using RoboHelp 10 in this versatile workflow.
* Dec 4: “Planning Your Global Content Strategy” Val Swisher, content strategy and globalization maven @contentrulesinc
Register: http://adobe.ly/VaaxrK
You’re taking the plunge into content strategy. You are busy auditing your content, modeling it, and coming up with recommendations. Well, hold on a minute! Have you thought about your entire customer base? Yes, I mean all of those customers who are in other markets outside of your geography? Content strategy doesn’t end when you reach your country’s borders. Taking your strategy all the way through localization and translation is a critical and often overlooked part of the overall process.
In this session, Val Swisher will help you understand what a global strategy is and why it’s important. We will discuss ways to think about your content strategically so you can grow from your source market to other markets around the world.
* Dec 11: “Mobile Goes Global” Val Swisher, content strategy and globalization maven @contentrulesinc
Register: http://adobe.ly/SePOhi
Back in the day, just a few years ago, content strategy was an in-country affair and the distribution focus was mainly the desktop web. Well, not anymore. These days, even the smallest company is shipping globally at FCS. In addition, much of the world consumes content on a mobile device, not on a computer. Put it all together and you can see the imperative to deliver multi-lingual content on mobile devices. Are you ready. In this webinar, Val Swisher will discuss the specific challenges facing global mobile content. She will articulate the issues many companies are grappling with as they roll out content to mobile devices around the world. Val will also provide guidelines and a framework for thinking through how to globalize your content for presentation on mobile devices worldwide.
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT RECORDED WEBINARS OF SPECIAL INTEREST:
“End-to-End Microsoft SharePoint integration with Adobe RoboHelp 10” with John Daigle and Willam van Weelden
View Recording (with credentials) at: http://adobe.ly/SeQkvF
Microsoft SharePoint is a growing platform for multi-author teams who need to keep their content synchronized. A growing share of SharePoint users now access their content from mobile devices and tablets. Adobe RoboHelp 10 provides an easy way to publish Multiscreen HTML5 directly to a SharePoint site to facilitate those devices. At the same time, the workflow provides version and source control integration between RoboHelp and SharePoint. This allows for files tbe ch ecked in and out. Authors can also publish native SharePoint files (.aspx) directly to a SharePoint site from within RoboHelp. -- Presenters: This eSeminar is hosted by Adobe Certified RoboHelp Instructor John Daigle. John teaches and consults Adobe RoboHelp and Adobe Captivate and is based in Evergreen, Colorado.
“Multi-screen Help Authoring” with Joe Welinske
View Recording (with credentials) at: http://adobe.ly/SeQJyh
For the last thirty years or so the designers of personal computing software have had a fairly consistent canvas with which to work. Viewing screens for most computers have been in a range of approximately 10-14 diagonal inches. Screen resolutions in the past twenty years have been fairly static as well. It was possible to deliver our user experience in one presentation flavor. The UI would scale automatically from desktop to laptop and even to netbook. UA designers enjoyed not having to worry very much about how our information would look and feel on different displays. -- One possible solution lies with multiscreen authoring for a responsive design. HTML 5, partnered with CSS3 and JavaScript, offers a way to single-source our content in an intelligent and scalable way. Products like RoboHelp 10 include support for this as well as conditional text and user-defined variables. … Join Joe Welinske in this session which will introduce the concept of responsive design and multiscreen authoring. It will include demonstrations of how to craft your content to support varying screen dimensions and user interaction types like touch and hand gestures.
“Become an eBOOK Publisher for eReaders, Desktop, Mobile and Tablet Devices” with expert & author Kevin Siegel
View Recording (with credentials) at: http://adobe.ly/SeRHuy
In this eSeminar you will learn how to:
- Prepare an existing RoboHelp project for generating to many devices using the new eBook Single Source Layout.
- Optimize content maximum compatibility to adapt and accommodate a growing number of eBook readers and mobile devices.
- Create an eBook Single Source Layout for ePub 3 and Kindle Book.
- Enter Meta Information including publisher and copyright info as well as a Cover Image.
- Validate the content in accordance with requirements of the Apple Store.
Presenters: This eSeminar is hosted by Adobe Certified RoboHelp Instructor John Daigle and his guest, Kevin Siegel. John teaches and consults Adobe RoboHelp and Adobe Captivate and is based in Evergreen, Colorado (www.showmethedemo.com). Kevin Siegel is founder of IconLogic and develops courseware for Adobe RoboHelp and many other Adobe products. He distributes his courseware using the ePUB format and is based near Baltimore, Maryland (www.iconlogic.com).
