Lone Star Community STC News for October 17, 2007--Design Thinking

[R. Dale Erickson]

Lone Star Community STC News for October 17, 2007--Design Thinking
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New Media and Communications Organizations Present Design Thinking 
Event to Elicit Conversation and Inspire Business Differentiation

The DFW Usability Professionals Association (DFW UPA) and Society for
Technical Communication (STC) Lone Star Community (LSC) present Design
Thinking 2007 on the afternoon and evening of Friday, Oct. 19 at the
offices
of IMC2.

Chris Bernard, Microsoft user experience evangelist, will be the featured
speaker at the event. He works with the software design, development and
business domains to communicate Microsoft's position on the importance of
user experience in software design.

To honor busy schedules, the unknowns of a new event, and just to be
different, this is a Half-Day-Plus event. The main portion of the event
will be from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. From 6-8 p.m. various 1-2 hour specialty
sessions will be offered.

For detailed information, see our website:
http://designthinkingexec.backpackit.com/pub/1239101

To see the Event Schedule,
http://designthinkingexec.backpackit.com/pub/1239127

 Cost to attend the seminar is:

·      Students - $15

·      STC LSC, DFW-UPA members - $25

·      Non-members (pre-paid) - $40

·      Non-members (at the door) - $50

Register in Advance

To register, go to:
http://www.stc-dfw.org/pages/designthinking2007_reserv.htm

The event begins with registration and lunch at 11:30 a.m. Evening
sessions
begin at 6 p.m. following the evening break.

If attending STC evening workshops...

PLEASE contact the speakers directly so that they'll have an idea of how
many sets of materials to print out.

Windows Help Files: Looking Back, Moving Forward
2-hour session by Darice Lang, STC Lone Star Community 
In this two-hour class, we will take a quick look at the history of
Windows help files, the structure of a Windows help file, and then I will
share tips and tricks for creating and maintaining Windows help files. No
computers are required for this class. Information about help files will
not be directed to a specific help generation tool; it is simply
informational about help files in general. Send email to reserve a space:
dlang at asset-intertech.com

FrameMaker Tips and Stuff I Found Useful 
2-hour session by Mike Hiatt, STC Lone Star Community 
Mike will provide various tips he’s learned over the years (and last week)
about using Frame as well as some methodologies he’s developed for
creating and managing documents with shared content. He will also provide
information on some plug-ins for Frame he’s found useful over the last ten
years of using Frame, as well as provide suggestions for looking for
additional plug-ins. As time allows, he is willing to answer questions
about specific issues attendees may have and possible solutions. Attendees
who want to bring a laptop should already have FrameMaker installed on
their computers or have downloaded the latest FrameMaker 30-day trial
version from www.adobe.com. Send email to reserve a space:
mikeghiatt at tx.rr.com

To get to IMC2:
12404 Park Central, Suite 400 | Dallas, TX 75251
MAP: http://www.imc2.com/Documents/BuildingLocationMap.pdf

Sponsors for the event are IMC2, Microsoft, Cox & Hall, and Usability
Sciences.

For more information, contact:
Elisa Miller 
programs at stc-dfw.org 
emillerstc at gmail.com 
1stVP / Program Chair 
Lone Star Community STC 

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