Presentation “Don’t Sell Yourself Short” Presented by:: Liz Fraley, Single-Sourcing Solutions Lightning Talk at STC Annual Conference, May 2011 Register to watch the video Members of the the Advisory Line can access the video, slides, and transcript on the Membership site.

Abstract:

Did you know there is a new renaissance on the horizon? We are thrilled to see, more and more, a new enthusiasm about content creation to publication. We are all familiar with the words “content reuse” and “xml authoring” and “single-source” and “topic based authoring”. But all this talk is now coming from outside the walls of traditional tech pubs. It is starting to get a great deal of attention from the more creatively focused departments of Sales and, more notably, Marketing.

Now is the time for us to break down the walls that once divided the teams that create content. But how do you do that? Don’t sell yourself short! Those of you who have built your profession around the technology of creation and delivery have gained a great deal of insight. This expertise makes you a valuable resource for those seeking to adopt practices that are now like second nature to you.

About Lightning Talks

Lightning talks are presentations that are highly focused. The format for this presentation was 20 slides in 5 minutes, auto advancing at timed intervals.

Other lightning talks at the 2011 STC Summit

• Robert Armstrong, Don’t Suck at Social Media
• Ben Woelk, Ten Ways to Shockproof Your Use of Social Networking
• Alan Houser, Myths, Fallacies, and Lies in Technical Communications
• Brenda Huettner, Lighting Design, Terminology and Audience Analysis: Succeeding without Winning
• Bill Swallow, Advice from the Trenches on Building Online Communities

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Webinar “Conquering the Mountain of Legacy Data” Presented by:: Don Bridges, Data Conversion Laboratory Inc. 10 August 2011, 10-11 am Pacific/US As always, members and customers of Single-Sourcing Solutions will be able to access full-screen video, slides, and transcript here. Review comments made during the Live Twitter Stream from the event. Read the review on Technical Communication Center.

Abstract:

So you are finally planning that big move over to structured content. Great! You understand the benefits of reuse and what it means for your business.

But what do you do about the mountains of legacy content? Pack it all up and bring it with you? Leave it behind hoping you will never need to look at it again? Work in two worlds of structured (for the new content) and unstructured (for the old data) authoring?

In this recorded web session, we talk about the options you have for handling all of that old data. Like the Sherpa guides of Nepal, we can help you. In this session we will share with you what you will need to help you on the journey, what to plan for, and some hard won lessons learned along the way.

Webinar; Conquering the Mountain of Legacy Data. Some straight talk about what it takes to get into structured content and what you need to be aware of to make the transition go smoothly

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Date: 29 July 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US Title: Cafe con UI – Integrating XUI Dialogs with a Java backend Presenter: Clay Helberg, TerraXML Level: Advanced Description: Clay Helberg takes XUI to the next level. XUI dialogs can do a lot more than pretty up your Arbortext environment. When combined with Java, Javascript, or ActiveX, XUI dialogs in Arbortext become powerful ways to affect the UI, the document, the environment, and the publishing pipeline.

When combined with Java, Javascript, or ACL, XUI dialogs in Arbortext become powerful ways to affect the UI, documents, the environment, and the publishing pipeline

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