Currents 2004 Proceedings


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Keynote Presentation

The Future of Technical Communication
Thea Teich

Career Development

“Drown-Proofing” Your Career
Marjorie Davis, Ph.D.

Writing for the Market: An Overview of Copywriting
Steve Marshall

The Technical Communicator’s Role in a Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Project
Holly Harkness and Dorothy Walker

Ready? Set? Now Go Get That Job!
Leigh Richardson

Management

From Discovery to Deliverables: Unified Document Development for the User Community
Susan Kuebler and Joyce Allen

Writers at the Head of the Class: Preparing, Delivering, and Marketing Internal Business Writing Classes
Jeff Albers, Julie Brock, and Holly Harkness

RFPs From A to Z: Tips for Finding and Processing a Request for Proposal
Chuck Keller

Tools and Technology

Web Tools and Techniques for E-Learning
Jack Massa

Creating Customizable Help: What, Why, and How
Ted Pound

Authoring Context-Sensitive Online Help Using FrameMaker and Webworks Professional
Howard Speck and Lee Beasley

Shacking Up with Single Sourcing: Making the Relationship Work
Lori Brown and Christian Walters

Writing and Editing

The Dredit Edit: A Writing Essential! CANCELLED
Tara Miller

The Math-Phobic’s Guide to Estimating Writing and Editing Projects
Rachel Grimes

Student as Editor: Projects With SMEs
Helen Grady, Ph.D.

Usability and Instructional Design

Dimensions of Usability
Whitney Quesenbery

Make Your Help More Usable By Answering the Right Questions
Rob Houser