Thanks again to the chapter and SIG leaders for filling Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger in on what’s going on in their neighborhoods. Click the Community Events tab above to see the full listing, in chronological order and with links where provided, or see the list below the jump.
If you’re a community leader and didn’t get my email, or if you didn’t get a chance to respond, feel free to email me and I’ll add your events to the below as soon as I can. I’ll send an email each month and post upcoming events for as long as community leaders provide them!
All members are invited to attend any of the below meetings, many of which are virtual. See the websites for more information or to sign up.
TBD: Los Angeles, Culver City Lunchtime Forum: informal networking meeting, 12:00-1:15 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.lastc.org/forum.html
TBD: Los Angeles, Torrance Lunchtime Forum: informal networking meeting, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.lastc.org/forum.html
TBD Late January: Manitoba, Nibble and Quibble, Karen Elizabeth Gordon’s The Deluxe Transitive Vampire and Other Fun Tech Comm Resources, Tim Hortons at Red River College Exchange District
http://www.stcmanitoba.org
7 January: Middle Tennessee, Content Reuse in Microsoft Word, a SmartDocs webinar presented by Bryan Lynn, 12:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stcmidtenn.org/RSVP/2011-1-7-webinar.html
10 January: Rochester, Council Meeting, 5:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stc-rochester.org
11 January: Wisconsin, Writing for Reuse, 5:30-8:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://stc-wi.org/category/events/
11 January: Houston, Chapter Meeting, Employment Knowledge Sharing in Houston, TX, 5:30-7:30 PM CST (GMT-6).
http://www.stc-houston.org/events?event_id=85
11 January: Middle Tennessee, Technical Communication Competition Annual Awards Banquet, 5:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stcmidtenn.org/RSVP/2011-1-11-Banquet.html
11 January: Southwestern Ontario, Education Evening, Arbortext Service Information Solution, available by webinar, 7:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://stc-soc.org/calendar/2011-01-11.php
12 January: Toronto, Saul Carliner will be speaking at the Able Translations offices, for our Management evening event. Saul will be talking about Assessing the Productivity and Effectiveness of Technical Communication, 7:00-9:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
https://sites.google.com/site/stctorontosite/get-involved/events/management-day-2011
18 January: Chicago: “An Introduction to Smartphone Application Development for Technical Communicators” presented by Joe Welinske, Lido’s Cafe, Oak Park, ILL, 6:00-8:30 PM CST (GMT-6).
http://www.stc-chicago.org
18 January: Washington Baltimore, Technical Communication and Media Methods at Universities: A Panel Discussion, at Guapo’s Restaurant in Bethesda, MD, 6:30-8:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stcwdc.org/wdcblog/
19 January: New York Metro, Half-day workshops with Neil Perlin: Creating Mobile Output with Madcap Flare and Creating Mobile Output with RoboHelp
http://www.stcnymetro.org
19 January: Twin Cities (MN), January Program, Joe Welinske presents “Write More, Write Less: Embracing the Value of Crafted Words and Images,” 5:30–8:00 PM CST (GMT-5)
http://www.stctc.org/showEventCalendar-id-54.php
20 January: New York Metro, Full day workshops with Neil Perlin: Structured and Topic-Based Authoring and Writing for the Unknown
http://www.stcnymetro.org
20 January: Central Ohio, Co-hosted meeting with Buckeye SharePoint Users Group in Columbus: SharePoint and Doc-To-Help Demo by ComponentOne, 5:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.centralohiostc.org
20 January: Rochester, Lightning Strikes Thrice, Joint Webinar with STC Carolina and Southeastern Michigan, Rochester Location: Barnes and Noble @ RIT, 6:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stc-rochester.org
20 January: Alberta, Annual General Meeting, 6:30 PM MST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-alberta.org/wp/events/event-calendar
22 January, India, User Experience workshop with three sessions, details to come.
http://www.stc-india.org
25 January: Orlando (FL), Don Moyer will talk to the Orlando Chapter and the Future Technical Communicators at UCF about techniques to develop more effective visual explanations by building on skills that most writers already have. In the Student Union at the University of Central Florida, in ballroom “Cape Florida 316AB.” This event is FREE and everyone is welcome. 6:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stc-orlando.org/
25 January: Central NY, Chapter meeting at Coleman’s in Syracuse, 6:30-8:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stccny.org
26 January: Orlando (FL), Workshop on the use of visual explanations by Don Moyer, in the Technical Writing Lab in Colburn Hall at UCF. The event is free but registration is required.
Email ftc@bacaworld.com for details and to RSVP. Visit http://www.stc-orlando.org/ for more information.
26 January: Sacramento, Chapter Meeting, “An Overview of Trends, Tools, and Technologies in Software User Assistance,” presented by Joe Welinske, 6:30 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.stcsacramento.org
27 January: Santa Clara (CA), Joe Welinske will be presenting on Development Techniques for User Assistance in SmartPhone Applications at our monthly meeting, 6:00 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.stc-siliconvalley.org/category/meetings/
28 January: Los Angeles, LAX Lunchtime Forum: informal networking meeting near LAX, 12:00-1:15 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.lastc.org/forum.html
29 January. Orange County, Chapter Meeting, Santa Ana: Joe Welinske presents “Write More, Write Less: Embracing the Value of Crafted Words and Images” 9:00–Noon PST (GMT-8).
http://ocstc.net/events/event/13-201101