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 know many of you were at the Summit and may still be catching up, so please email whenever you can.
All members are invited to attend any of the below meetings, many of which are virtual. A few are even cohosted; it’s great to see our communities working together for members! See the websites for more information or to sign up.
1 November: East Bay, Chapter Meeting, Success Stories: How to Effectively Use Stories to Make Your Message Stick by Lynda McDaniel, 5:30 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://ebstc.org/chapter-meetings.html
7 November: Santa Barbara, Monthly Schmoozing Lunch, Elephant Bar, Noon-1:00 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.sbstc.org/
8 November: Northeast Ohio, Translation Panel Discussion with Joann Rasmussen, Elena Dunne, and Scott Caruthers, 5:30-8:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.neostc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=282&Itemid=80
8 November: Rochester, New Media Laws and Landscape presented by Tom Proietti, 6:00-8:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://stc-rochester.org/stc-rochester-program-meeting-new-media-laws-and-landscape-nov-8/
8 November: Santa Barbara, webinar (online and in-person): Seeding the Cloud – How to Make it Rain Even During a Dry Spell, with John Hedtke, 6:30-8:00 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://sbstc.org/events/events.htm
8 November: Suncoast, The Basics of Adobe Captivate, 6:30-8:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stc-suncoast.org
8 November: Sacramento Metro, 6:30-8:30 PM PST (GMT-8), Communicate Effectively Using Emotional Intelligence with Dawn Karner
http://www.stcsacramento.org/calendar.html
9-10 November: Atlanta, Two one-day Workshops with Leah Guren; Day One: The Golden Rules—Ten Key Elements of TC Theory; Day Two Editing Boot Camp, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM EST (GMT-5) each day
http://stcatlanta.org/leah-guren-workshop
10 November: Houston, Leadership Workshop by Linda Oestreich, Time TBD
http://www.stc-houston.org/programs
10 November: Houston, 50th Anniversary Celebration, 6:00-9:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-houston.org/
12 November: Eastern Iowa, Components of Content Strategy in Technology and Healthcare,
by Angie Toomsen Longbranch Supper Club, 6:00-8:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-easterniowa.org/
13 November: Houston, Editing Workshop by Linda Oestreich, 5:30-7:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-houston.org/programs
13 November: Wisconsin, “Using DITA Every Day” with Tom Rathkamp, 5:30-8:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://stc-wi.org/2012/10/11/using-dita-everyday-november-13-2012/
14 November: Chicago, Overcoming Obstacles and Common Missteps with eLearning Translation by Michael Asquith, 6:30 PM-9:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-chicago.com
14 November: Single Sourcing SIG and New York Metro Chapter, joint presentation of Single-Sourced Translation with XTM and EasyLing with Bob Willans of XTM International Ltd and Balázs Benedek of Easyling.com, Noon-1:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://singlesourcingsig.org/tiki-index.php?page=Single-Sourced+Translation+with+XTM+and+EasyLing
15 November: Technical Editing SIG, webinar/Fundraiser Event: Writing and Editing Scripts for Video Tutorials, 3:00-4:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stc-techedit.org/tiki-index.php?page=Writing+and+Editing+Scripts+for+Video+Tutorials
15 November: New York Metro Chapter and Single Sourcing SIG, recording of joint presentation of Single-Sourced Translation with XTM and EasyLing with Bob Willans of XTM International Ltd and Balázs Benedek of Easyling.com, 7:00-8:00 PM EST (GMT-5).
http://singlesourcingsig.org/tiki-index.php?page=Single-Sourced+Translation+with+XTM+and+EasyLing
15 November: Rocky Mountain, Networking With Your Peers. Two sessions: north and south. 6:00-8:00 PM MST (GMT-7)
http://northnovnetworking.eventbrite.com/ and http://southnovnetworking.eventbrite.com/
17 November: Rocky Mountain, Behind the Scenes Tour of History Colorado Museum. 11:30 AM-1:00 PM MST (GMT-7) http://stcrmchistorycolorado.eventbrite.com/
17 November: Willamette Valley Chapter and Puget Sound Chapter, joint workshop, Make Your Words Work, by Valerie M. Ball and Marcia Riefer Johnston, 9:30 AM-12:15 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.stcwvc.org
27 November: Houston, STC Galleria Networking Lunch, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=aWYyaDZwc2JhMTVxNDY2cWthdXRkZTYxYTRfMjAxMjEwMjNUMTYzMDAwWiBzdGMuaG91c3RvbkBt&ctz=America/Chicago&gsessionid=OK
30 November: Washington, DC-Metro Baltimore, Plain Language In Action: Strategies for Cleaning Clutter from Your Writing, 9:00 AM-Noon EST (GMT-5)
http://stcwdc-plainlanguage.eventbrite.com/