Thursdays @ STC Chicago | Meet with Members on July 9!

2009 Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase

2009-2010 Chapter Election Results

DITA Workshops in July

STC Webinar: Today's Agile Documentation

Alliance Group Meetings & Workshops

Local Chapter of American Medical Writers Association Holds Annual Conference

At-a-Glance Photo Contest

 

Are you looking for networking opportunities? STC Chicago members meet at a variety of popular venues across the Chicago metropolitan area each month. Join technical communicators for lunch on July 9 at the following locations: 

 

 

Caffé Baci at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

10 S. Riverside

Chicago, IL

 

 

Dupage Inn at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

2410 Ogden Ave.

Downers Grove, IL 60515

 

 

Noodles & Company at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

900 Milwaukee Ave.

Lincolnshire, IL 60069

Save me a seat!

 

 

Pompei at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

1261 East Higgins Road (back room)

Schaumburg, IL 60173

Save me a seat!

 

Questions? Check out our "Thursdays" FAQ.

 

Celebrate the emergence of Chicago as a world-class center for elearning. Join hosts CISPI, and CCASTD and STC Chicago at the ­Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase on August 19 for a cutting-edge exploration of new media and interactive elearning tools.

 

Are you an elearning professional? Do you aspire to become one? Either way, you will find information, tools, and networking resources to help you make the most of your career. Join us on Wednesday, August 19, for a full day of presentations from award-winning technology and elearning specialists. You'll return to work with a portfolio of tools, techniques, and resources to make your elearning projects more effective.

 

More than 30 speakers will explore all aspects of elearning-instructional design, development tools, media resources, virtual classrooms, social and interactive applications, mobile learning, rapid elearning, and more. Doors open at 8:30 am.

 

August 19, 2009

8:30 am - 6:00 pm

Roosevelt University, Auditorium Building

430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago

 

 

 

$35 for STC Chicago, CISPI, and CCASTD members

$60 for non-members

 

Details about speakers, sessions, registration, and community can be found here:

 

 

 

The STC Wisconsin, Four Lakes, and Twin Cities communities will host an exciting series of DITA workshops in July. Workshop leader and DITA specialist Leigh White returns to the Midwest to share her expertise. The workshops provide practical, hands-on experience for creating DITA modular, reusable, and structured documentation. Attendees will also learn ways to assemble topics for different audiences and outputs.

• DITA Content Modeling - July 11, Milwaukee
• DITA-In-a-Day: Authoring - July 13, Minneapolis (FULL, Waiting list only)
• DITA-In-a-Day: Authoring - July 15, Madison
• DITA Production - July 18, Milwaukee

Registration Rates: $50 for STC members, $85 for non-members, $25 for students

Agile development has evolved over the past several years, and so have the technical communicators that work in Agile development environments. This webinar explores recent trends in Agile, and how documentation teams at Symantec apply current Agile thinking in their day-to-day work. Some of the trends include:

• More frequent deployment and testing
• Less co-location
• More accountability and transparency
• Closer relationships with customers

In addition to providing an overview of current trends in Agile documentation, this webinar also presents findings from a survey of Agile documentation team members. The survey collects information on what's working well, and which practices contribute most to the successful integration of Symantec's documentation teams into the Agile process.

 

Attend this webinar to learn tips, tricks, current trends, and best practices that can enhance your experience as a technical communicator.

 

Registration Rates: Members, $79; Non-members, $149

 

 

 

July 13 | Learning and Development in the Experience Economy

Learn how to design compelling learning experiences. Attend this meeting and gain new insight from the principles and models described in The Experience Economy, a groundbreaking book focused on customer experiences. For more information or to register, visit the American Society for Training & Development, Chicagoland Chapter.

 

July 20 | Becoming a Certified Professional in Learning & Performance™

Are you curious about what it means to be a Certified Professional in Learning & Performance? Do you wonder what certification entails? Would you like to "pick the brains" of Workplace Learning & Performance professionals who have attained CPLP certification? Then be sure to join CCASTD members on July 20 for the next "Evanston Lunch Bunch" to learn more about certification and what it might mean for you and your career. For more information about this informal networking event, visit the American Society for Training & Development, Chicagoland Chapter.

 

 

Save the date! The Greater Chicago Area Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association (GCAC AMWA) will hold its annual Chapter Conference on July 31 at Abbott Labs.

 

The following workshops will be offered for credit:

• Statistics for Medical Writers and Editors - Bart Harvey, Instructor
• Basics of Epidemiology for Medical Communicators - Bart Harvey, Instructor
• Improving Comprehension: Theories and Research Findings - Tom Lang, Instructor
• Understanding and Reporting the Performance Characteristics of Diagnostic Tests -Tom Lang, Instructor

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What famous Chicago building is home to the grand staircase and foyer seen in the photo above? Need a clue? This foyer and staircase was used as the backdrop in a well-known scene from the movie The Untouchables. The first person to reply with the correct answer will win a $20 gift card from Amazon.com. Please send your answers to contest@stc-chicago.org and check our website for news of a winner. Good luck!  

 

Contestants are eligible to win only one prize within any one 12-month period. We will notify the winner via email. Additional information about the photo will be posted on our blog.