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Currents 2005 Sessions
Saturday, February 26

STC Atlanta Chapter's annual regional conference, Currents, is scheduled for February 25-26, 2005 at Mercer University in Atlanta. The conference is in the Business and Education Academic building (building 4 on map).

Conference Sessions

The following sessions are available at this year's conference on Saturday, February 26. Click any link for a description of the session, or you can download a copy of the schedule to review the sessions you want to attend. Proceedings are now available.

Session

Speaker
Advanced Microsoft Word Tricks Brian Fleming
Building a Successful Independent Consulting Business Judy Glick-Smith
Creating Entry-level E-learning with Dreamweaver Jeff Albers
Creating Online Help from FrameMaker Files Kim DeMonbreun
Howard Speck
Do Our Skills Jibe with Managers’ Expectations? A Report on a Survey of Managers about Skills Expected of Technical Communicators Kenneth T. Rainey, Ph.D.
Is Single Sourcing Really Worthwhile? Joe DeWitte
Laraine Wallace
Bill Williams
Kathy Paes
Jonathan Ruhlen
Marketing Your Technical Communication Department Sheryl Nowak
Laura McGrover
Motivating Technical Communicators Beth Barrow
Moving from Technical Writer to Training Developer Holly Harkness
Organic NetworkingSM: Cultivating Alliances for Success Laura Biering
Debby Stone
Requirements Management (RQM) and the Technical Communicator David Altman
Strategic Planning for Your Life Judy Glick-Smith
The 5 Ways to Profitability: Sales and Marketing for Your Business (Part 1) Gilbert Nieuwenhuis
The 6 Steps to Massive Results for Your Business (Part 2) Gilbert Nieuwenhuis
Successfully Explaining the Value of Technical Communication on the Job Search Joanna Castner
The Non-Trainer’s Guide to Writing Content for Internal Online Training Julie Brock
Trends in Punctuation and Spelling: What’s Changing in Modern English—And Why Donald Cunningham, Ph.D.
Joyce Rothschild, Ph.D.
Using the Little Gray Cells: How Science Can Help You Think and Work Better Julie Brock

Schedule

8:30

Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00

Welcome/Keynote Address

10:00

Session 1

11:00

Morning Break/Vendor Exhibits/Book

11:15

Session 2

12:15

Lunch/Vendor Exhibits/Book Fair

1:30

Session 3

2:30

Afternoon Break/Vendor Exhibits/Book

2:45

Session 4

3:45

Closing Remarks/Raffle

Times are subject to change. Conference includes breakfast, refreshment breaks, and buffet lunch (vegetarian choices available).

For more information, contact Leigh Richardson. 

 

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