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. If you weren’t able to send your event due to the holidays, please send now and I’ll add it to the list.
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.
1-20 April: Washington DC Baltimore, 2013 Super Power Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=oAQfDcIUz5ZpxxHD5KoRSA_3d_3d
3 April: Santa Barbara, Monthly Schmoozing Lunch, Elephant Bar, Noon-1:00 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.meetup.com/SBSTC-Society-for-Technical-Communication-Santa-Barbara/
4 April: Suncoast, Tap An App: Writing Mobile Application Instructions, a special presentation by Suzanne Norman, 6:30 PM-8:30 PM EDT (GMT-4),
http://www.stc-suncoast.org
9 April: France, Recruitment in Europe viewed by a candidate, Sara Goldberger, 7:00 PM CET
http://stc-france.eventbrite.fr/
9 April: Eastern Iowa, “Managing Technical Knowledge: Overcoming Roadblocks,” with Liz Herman, 5:30-8:30 PM CST (GMT-5)
http://www.stc-easterniowa.org/
9 April: Twin Cities, Go Global! Structured Authoring with a Global Writing Team, with Chris Kasic and Joe Gelb, TIES, St. Paul, 5:30-8:00 CDT (GMT-5)
http://www.stctc.org/
9 April: Houston, Chapter Meeting, Moderating Usability Tests by Susan Tacker (rescheduled from January), 5:30-7:30 PM CDT (GMT-5)
http://www.stc-houston.org/programs
9 April: North Texas Lone Star, Errors in Judgment: Comparing Academics’ and Practitioners’ Perceptions of Usage Error presented by Dr. Ryan Boettger, 6:30 PM CDT (GMT-5)
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5679393218#
10 April: Washington DC Baltimore: User Experience/Web Professional Speed Networking, 6:00-9:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://www.stcwdc.org/wdcblog/event/user-experienceweb-professional-speed-networking/
10 April: New York Metro, When Your Ship Comes In: Increasing Your Corporate Value – a chapter networking event and a presentation by Jack Molisani
https://sites.google.com/site/stcnychapter/home/upcoming-events/jack-molisani-career-workshop
11 April: New York Metro, Be the Captain of your Career! – a full-day career workshop led by Jack Molisani
https://sites.google.com/site/stcnychapter/home/upcoming-events/jack-molisani-career-workshop
11 April: Phoenix, Lunch with Local Technical Communicators, Kokopelli Winery Bistro, Chandler, AZ. 12:15-1:30 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.meetup.com/Metro-Phoenix-Technical-Communicators/events/109425892
11 April: East Bay, Trends in Technical Communication panel, Mimi’s Cafe, Dublin, CA, 5:30-8:30 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.ebstc.org/chapter-meetings.html
13 April: Puget Sound, Flexible Options Workshop, six Seattle women presenters discuss the challenges of balancing work life responsibilities and describe their innovative flexible working solutions, 10:00 AM-2:30 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.stc-psc.org/wp/upcoming-events/
16 April: France, Starting–or restarting–your career in technical communication, Jonathan Price, 7:00 PM CET
http://stc-france.eventbrite.fr/
16 April: Canada West Coast, Annual General Meeting, followed by Tony Wanless presents The Trick of the Pitch: Proposals for Dragon’s Den from Desperate Entrepreneurs, 6:30-8:30 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.stcwestcoast.ca/index.php/site/events/april_program_pitching_with_tony_wanless/
17 April: New England, Lisa Gualtieri, Assistant Professor at Tufts School of Medicine, speaks about medical communication
http://www.stcnewengland.org
17 April: San Francisco, Leveraging LinkedIn to Get Yourself Noticed by Andrew Davis, 6:00-9:00 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.stc-sf.org
17 April: Philadelphia Metro, Chapter Meeting, presentation from Donn DeBoard: “Customer Journey Maps: Visualizing an engaging customer experience,” 6:30 PM EDT (GMT-5)
http://www.stcpmc.org
18 April: Washington DC Baltimore, How to Write an Ebook with MS Word and Publish it on Amazon Kindle with Ugur Akinci, 6:30-8:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://www.stcwdc.org/wdcblog/event/how-to-write-an-ebook-with-ms-word-and-publish-it-on-amazon-kindle/
18 April, Rocky Mountain, Jack Molisani presents Alternate Career Paths for Technical Communicators, 6:00-9:00 PM MDT (GMT-6)
http://www.stcrmc.org/documents/open/meetings-apr13
18 April: Chicago, “From Tech Comm to Content Strategy” presented by Alan J. Porter 6:00-9:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-chicago.com
18 April: Willamette Valley, Motion Graphics, with Nancy Wirsig McClure, 6:00-8:30 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.stcwvc.org
20 April: Wisconsin and Chicago, Joint Workshop: Jump-Start Your Career, 8:00 AM-12:30 PM CST (GMT-4)
http://stc-wi.org/2013/02/22/jumpstart-career-workshop-with-jack-molisani/
23 April: Puget Sound, Chapter Meeting, interactive presentation from Ginny Redish about the power of the conversational model when thinking about writing and product design. 6:00-8:30 PM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.stc-psc.org/wp/upcoming-events/
24 April: Phoenix, Breakfast with Local Technical Communicators, The Breakfast Club, Scottsdale, AZ. 7:30-8:45 AM PDT (GMT-7)
http://www.meetup.com/Metro-Phoenix-Technical-Communicators/events/109427102/
24 April: Houston, Networking Lunch, Barry’s Pizza (Richmond at FountainView), 11:30 AM-12:30 PM CDT (GMT-5)
http://www.stc-houston.org/events
27 April: New England, Annual Conference 2013 – An all-day event of learning, networking, and sharing ideas
http://www.stcnewengland.org