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Thursdays @ STC Chicago | November 4
How Microsoft® SharePoint® Gives You a Realistic Approach to Content Management
STC Webinars
Alliance Meetings
At-a-Glance Photo Contest
Coming This Fall...
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Thursdays @ STC Chicago | November 4

Join fellow technical communicators for lunch on November 4 at the following locations:
 
City Location

Caffé Baci at 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
10 S. Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606
  
Southwestern Location

Dupage Inn at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
2410 Ogden Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60515

Northern Location

Noodles & Company at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
900 N. Milwaukee Ave. (outside)
Lincolnshire, IL 60069

Northwestern Location

Pompei at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
1261 East Higgins Road (back room)
Schaumburg, IL 60173

Questions? Check out our "Thursdays" FAQ.

Chapter Meeting: How Microsoft SharePoint Gives You a Reasonable Approach to Content Management

Join us on Wednesday, November 10, when Dan Beall of ComponentOne® (makers of Doc-to-Help®, a help authoring tool) presents "How Microsoft SharePoint Gives You a Realistic Approach to Content Management." After providing an overview of SharePoint, Dan will talk about its use for content management. Although Dan will describe Doc-to-Help's SharePoint integration, his presentation will be applicable to other help authoring tools.

Whether you are a single author or part of a team, managing your content is an important practice that ensures efficiency in your work and accuracy in your documentation. While technical communicators understand the need for and benefits of content management, the cost and complexity of content management systems make them a hard sell. At the same time, many companies have implemented Microsoft SharePoint. But are you making use of it for your technical communication projects?

Time
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Location
887 Deerfield Parkway
Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Advanced Registration Rates
$20 online for members
$40 for nonmembers
$15 for students

A special thanks goes to Siemens Industry, our venue sponsor for this event.

Please Note:   The Siemens campus in Buffalo Grove consists of several buildings. Our meeting will take place at 887 Deerfield Parkway. Please use the entrance on the East side of the building (near the cafeteria), not the front door. Ample parking will be available.

For additional details, see November chapter meeting.


STC Webinars

Wednesday, November 10
12:00-1:00 PM CST
Content Management as a Practice
Presented by Pamela Kostur

Wednesday, November 17
12:00-1:00 PM CST
Measuring Productivity
Presented by Juliet Wells Leckenby

Registration Rates: $79 for members; $149 for non-members; $29 for student members



Alliance Meetings

Creating a Culture of Accountability | Jared Jones
Chicagoland Chapter of the American Society for Training & Development (CCASTD)
Thursday, November 11
See CCASTD for details.

Strategies to Get Booked and Stay Booked | David Newman
Illinois Chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA-IL)
Friday, November 12
See NSA-IL for details.

Dynamics of Interaction | Chetan Borkhetaria and Varena Murphy
Chicago Organization Development Institute Chapter (CODIC)
Saturday, November 13
See CODIC for details.

Using 'The Magnificent Sixteen' Video by Danielle Poirier to Model Type Differences | Melody Camp
Chicago Association for Psychological Type (ChAPT)
Tuesday, November 16
See ChAPT for details.

Networking and more!
Chicago International Society for Performance Improvement (CISPI)
Thursday, November 18
See CISPI for details.


At-a-Glance Photo Contest

Can you identify the Chicago building featured in the photo above? If so, let us know! The first person to reply with the correct answer will win a $20 gift card from Amazon.com. (Hint: In 2009, this building was named the "International Skyscraper of the Year" by the Emporis Skyscraper Award committee.) 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.

Coming This Fall...

STC Chicago will offer an introductory-level workshop on Adobe® FrameMaker® in late November or early December. More details will be available soon at www.stc-chicago.org.


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