Come early to the Summit and join Adobe and fellow technical communicators at the Adobe Tech Comm Tools Certificate Workshop on Sunday, 15 May, Noon – 5:00 PM.
Get live training, pick up tips and tricks, do hands-on exercises, and learn from industry experts including Bernard Aschwanden, John Daigle, Stefan Gentz, and Rick Stone. Additionally, on successful completion of the workshop you’ll receive an official certificate from Adobe and the STC!
David is the VP of Global Creative and Content Marketing for Marriott International and his Closing Keynote at the Summit is titled “Publish or Perish — How to Win the Hearts, Minds, and Wallets of Next-Generation Consumers with Content Marketing.”
Benefits: Volunteers receive complimentary registration (a $200 value) for the Summit. This enables them to visit the Exhibit Hall, attend all the receptions, enjoy the coffee breaks and other networking events. In addition, like the other attendees who pay the full price for the Summit, volunteers will receive complimentary access to the Summit Playback. This will enable them to view the sessions they might have missed due to their volunteer responsibilities.
If you think a track called “Writing and Communication” is just a miscellaneous catch-all where the STC Summit Program Committee offloaded all those sessions that just didn’t fit anywhere else, you would be wrong. Much consideration went into this track as a serious way to not only explore the roots of what practitioners do in the field day in and day out, but also to delve into topics that many have expressed interest in and which STC is uniquely qualified to present.
Can’t make it to Anaheim? You can still participate in the Summit live with the Virtual Track option! The Virtual Track (16 and 17 May) offers a way to attend part of the Summit from the comfort of your own home or office and includes 10 carefully selected sessions from a cross-section of the overall Summit education program. During the breaks, you’ll also have a chance to hear from STC about the latest news and programs, and discover technology trends from a selection of exhibitors.
Here is your guide to a few of the exciting technology and development topics at STC’s Summit- including the Internet of Things, API documentation, video strategies, content for mobile devices and augmented reality, analytics for big data, tools like Jekyll and GitHub, and code samples for Java, PHP, Python, and Ruby.
The design of information can make a big difference in how effective your information delivery will be, particularly in today’s multi-platform world. At this year’s summit, our Design and Testing track has some really fun and unique perspectives on how design informs technical communication, and how tech comm can in turn improve design. For a great start, be sure to check out opening keynote speaker David Rose’s talk “The New Vanguard for Business: Connectivity, Design, and the Internet of Things.” An instructor and researcher at the MIT Media Lab, David will explain how we will all be designing experiences, not just creating new technologies.
Looking for more reasons to attend the Summit, 15-18 May, in Anaheim, California? Why not come in early and get a jumpstart on your Summit education by taking one of our preconference workshops, or advance your career by attending the CPTC certification preconference prep course and taking the exam? These in-depth half or full day workshops will give you hands on experience and tangible takeaways to implement in your work.
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STC is pleased to announce David Beebe as the closing Keynote speaker for the 2016 Summit. Round out your time at the Summit with a forward-looking talk on the dovetail between content marketing and technical communication, titled Publish or Perish: How to Win the Hearts, Minds, and Wallets of Next Generation Consumers with Content Marketing.