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Have you ever received a handout at the beginning (or end) of a presentation and felt like tossing it in the trash can on your way out of the room? Do you simply print the default notes pages or slide thumbnails from PowerPoint’s print menu, and pass those out as your handouts? Do you create separate files for your presentation, handout, and speaker’s notes? In this webinar, will learn how to customize the Notes Master in PowerPoint to create more interesting and useful handouts, as well as your own speaker’s notes that are different from the handouts, all contained within the same PowerPoint file. If you are not using PowerPoint, you can still use the concepts learned in this portion of the webinar.

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Mar

14

English Localization: Forever Separated by that Common Language?

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We edit and proofread every day. Some people love these detail-oriented steps – but what about the rest of us? For everyone who loves the more creative first draft, gets bored with their texts, and is dreaming of moving on to the next challenge, here is a webinar to give you methods to slow down your eyes or see things differently, to use technology to our advantage, and to make the end of the writing process more positive.

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Sep

12

Use Case: Reusing with Word and Loving It

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This use case takes you through the content journey of a 60-year old small company with a new -experienced- tech writer, searching for a reuse solution. The starting point was the Atlanta 2013 STC Summit where the initial goal was to find out if DITA was the answer. In this particular case, it was… to stay in Word using SmartDocs. Johanne discovered she could reuse 70% and sometimes build whole manuals in 2 days. This use case also shows quickly what kind of problems need to be addressed when doing documentation in French and English with variables and snippets.

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Feb

13

Improving Organizational Performance

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When you are asked by management to provide training, don’t you wish you knew if training was the right solution? Let’s explore Thomas Gilbert’s Behavioral Engineering Model and the modifications made to that theory by Roger Chevalier and Carl Binder and other researchers, identify elements that support and impact behavior within your organization, review a few of these challenges. This session supports people managers at any level. Bring a challenge you are having and let’s discuss it!

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Mar

20

Seven Things a Technical Communicator Should Never Say

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Those of us who have been at the Technical Communication game for a few years (or decades!) know that there are many rewarding aspects to our work – and a few unavoidable pitfalls. As the perpetual tail of the dog in projects and the lowest-ranking function on the technical totem pole, we can easily fall into believing that we are not critical to the success of our companies or the products we document. But we are! Come to this session, where from the minds of your peers, I have gleaned the “Seven Things a Technical Communicator Should Never Say.” In hearing these things, I hope you will be reminded of the hundreds of things you can and should say and do every day and on every project to show your value in the workplace and to grow your career.

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English Localization: Forever Separated by that Common Language?

Use Case: Reusing with Word and Loving It

Improving Organizational Performance

Seven Things a Technical Communicator Should Never Say

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