Thanks once more 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.
2 March: New York Metro, Webinar: Using Captivate Systems Variables and Objects to Streamline your Lessons, presented by Joe Ganci, 6:00-7:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stcnymetro.org/events/messages/2011-010.htm
3 March: Washington, DC and Metro Baltimore, 2011 STC WDC Summit Competition Awards Celebration, with featured speakers Marylyn G. King and Alan Houser, 6:30-8:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://03-03-11-stcwdc.eventbrite.com/?ref=eivte&invite=NzUwNTk5L01hcnlseW5HS0Bhb2wuY29tLzA%3D%0A&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invite&utm_term=respondhere
3 March: Rocky Mountain (CO), Council Meeting, 6:00-8:00 PM MST (GMT-7)
http://www.stcrmc.org/events/id/28
3 March: East Bay (CA), “Trends in Technical Communication” panel discussion with Yas Etessam, Jeff Gardiner, Meryl Natchez, and Linda Urban, 5:30-8:30 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.ebstc.org/
4 March: Toronto, STC Social, Marlies vs Penguins & Pre-game Skate, 4:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www2.stctoronto.org/get-involved/events/stc-toronto-community-social
4 March: Houston, Winter Bash & Awards Banquet, HESS Club, 6:30-9:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-houston.org/events?event_id=98
8 March: Eastern Iowa, Chapter meeting, Writing Clearly: Some Myths about Plain Language and Some Useful Tips, 5:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-easterniowa.org
8 March: Rochester, Council Meeting, Alesi Building, St. John Fisher College, 5:45 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://stc-rochester.org
8 March: Toronto, DITA Tools Webinar Series – XMetaL with guest speaker Tom Magliery, free online webinar, 8:00-9:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www2.stctoronto.org/get-involved/events/webinar
9 March: Wisconsin, Working with a Technical Illustrator Panel, with Cathy Thayer, Anne Nault, and Tina Chojnacki, 5:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://stc-wi.org/2011/01/09/working-with-a-technical-illustrator-march-9-2011/
9 March: Berkeley (CA), “Creating Custom Search for Your Content,” presented by Kevin G. Lim, Highlands Country Club, Oakland, CA, 6:00-9:00 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.stc-berkeley.org/MonthlyMeeting/march2011_meeting/meeting_details.shtml
9 March: San Diego, “Are Content Strategists the Next Corporate Rock Stars?” presented by Mark Fidelman of Mind Touch, 6:00-8:30 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.stc-sd-org
9 March: Austin, “Strategies for the Social Web for Documentation” presented by Anne Gentle, a webinar and live event, Austin, Texas, 6:30–8:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://stcaustin.org/events-mainmenu-2/1-chapter-meetings/469-strategies-for-the-social-web-for-documentation-mar-9
9 March: Rocky Mountain (CO), Northern Satellite Meeting at Moxie Java, Ft. Collins, CO, 7:00 PM MST (GMT-7)
http://www.stcrmc.org/events/id/18
10 March: Houston, North Side Networking Lunch. 88 Grand Buffet off I-45 North in The Woodlands, 11:30 AM CST (GMT-6)
Networklunch_north@stc-houston.org
15 March: Orange County (CA), “Putting Your Best Font Forward—Creating Documents, Presentations, and Web Pages People Actually Want to Read,” presented by Michael Opsteegh, 6:00 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.ocstc.net/component/rsevents/event/18-201103
15 March: Canada West Coast, Migrating Technical Authors to XML and Structured Writing, Tamara Bailey discusses how PMC-Sierra migrated engineering-based authoring environment to XML and Structured Writing, 6:30-9:00 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.stcwestcoast.ca
15 March: Calgary (Alberta), Introduction to WordPress, 6:30-9:00 PM MDT (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-alberta.org/wp/archives/1981
16 March: Southwestern Ohio, “Working Smarter: Reducing content development costs and increasing productivity with Author-it,” presented by Sharon Burton, Indiana Wesleyan University, West Chester, Ohio, 5:30-8:30 PM EDT (GMT-4), offsite (online) access 6:30-8:30 PM
http://www.swo-btlines.com/swostc/march-meeting-maximizing-productivity-with-single-sourcing/
16 March: Rochester, Location TBA, Monthly Program Meeting: Informal Networking Social; 5:30-7:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://stc-rochester.org
17 March: Rocky Mountain (CO), Networking with your Peers, Free Admission, No Registration Required, Guests Welcome, 7:00-8:00 MDT (GMT-6)
http://www.stcrmc.org/events/id/9
17 March: New York Metro, Agile Development Impact on Technical Communication, presented by Nitza Hauser, Director, Technical Communication Services for Medidata Solutions Worldwide, (also available virtually), 7:00-8:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://www.stcnymetro.org/events/messages/2011-009.htm
22 March: Europe SIG and France chapter, webinar, “A Document Quality Assessment Tool,” 19:00 CET or 2:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://stcwebinardocquality.eventbrite.com/
24 March: STC Leaders’ Resource, Webinar on How to Create and Execute Your Community Communications Plan, free to STC members, 1:00-2:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Registration available soon
25-26 March: Philadelphia Metro, STC-PMC Annual Conference (in Willow Grove, PA) with Keynote Speaker Don Moyer
http://www.stcpmc.org/index.php?section=53 or email Philadelphia Metro
26 March: France, “Research and Innovation in Technical Communication,” in association with Paris Diderot University, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM CET (GMT+1)
http://www.eila.univ-paris-diderot.fr/recherche/conf/ciel/communication-technique-plein-champ-2011
29 March: Houston, Galleria Area Networking Lunch. Barry’s Pizza at 6003 Richmond Ave (at Fountainview) 11:30 AM-1:00 PM CDT (GMT-5)
Email Houston
30 March: Houston, Downtown Area Networking Lunch. 11:30 AM-12:30 PM CDT (GMT-6)
Email Houston
30 March: Southwestern Ontario, Wine and Cheese Awards Night, 6:30-9:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://www.stc-soc.org/calendar/2011-03-30.php
31 March: Carolina, 2011 Carolina Chapter Awards Banquet, 6:30-10:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://www.stc-carolina.org/tiki-index.php?page=Awards+Banquet+2011
31 March: Rochester, Spectrum 2011: Building Better Solutions, A Skills Symposium, Pre-Conference Networking Reception, Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport (at Rochester Institute of Technology), 6:00-8:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://stc-rochester.org/spectrum-2011-building-better-solutions-a-skills-symposium/
1 April: Rochester, Spectrum 2011: Building Better Solutions, A Skills Symposium, Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS) building, Rochester Institute of Technology, 8:00 AM-6:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://stc-rochester.org/spectrum-2011-building-better-solutions-a-skills-symposium
16 April: Carolina, A full day API-SDK Workshop presented by Ed Marshall of Marshall Documentation Consulting
http://www.stc-carolina.org/API+and+SDK+Training