February Meeting - pre-release for your review

[Tamara Dwyer]

Hi all,

Formatted Marian's info on this month's meeting into a press release. If
this meets expectations, will post to blog on Monday and distribute one
week prior to meeting.

Any edits accepted.

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The guiding principle of technical communication is to help users find
and use the information they need. Sometimes, the same old
book-and-chapter format doesn't serve the users of new system. The
February Society for Technical Communication meeting features Kathlyn
Auten, presenting "Dazzling Your Customers With Multifaceted Information
Products. Kathlyn explains how her team threw out the book and designed
a product information Web site that is structured to fit the design
system it supports.

Kathlyn Auten is manager of ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated
Circuit) Product Information at Texas Instruments. This team has
produced product information strictly on the Web since 1996, improving
timeliness and efficiency and dramatically reducing costs by automating
much of the Web delivery and eliminating paper. Kathlyn is a senior
member of the Lone Star STC chapter and a past manager of the Lone Star
publications competition.

The STC chapter meeting is on February 28, 2006. Meetings are free and
open to the public. The meeting starts with light refreshments and
networking at 6PM, and the program starts at 7PM. Meetings are held in
the first floor auditorium of the MCC Building, 3925 W. Braker. The MCC
Building is at the southwest corner of the intersection of Braker Lane
and MoPac (Loop 1). More information is available at www.stcaustin.org. 
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