From ann at annlwiley.com Sat Sep 15 16:10:48 2007 From: ann at annlwiley.com (Ann L. Wiley) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:10:48 -0600 Subject: Joint SIG Progression Session Conference Proposal Message-ID: Joint SIG Progression Session Conference Proposal Call for Presenters in Philadelphia 2008 Please reply to Dawnell K. Claessen, Co Manager, P&P SIG, mail at dawnell.com Next year's STC conference will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 1-8, 2008. The Policies and Procedures Special Interest Group (P&P SIG) will propose a "Progression Session" to the 55th Annual Conference Program Committee. P&P SIG is looking for presenters (and their topics) for this session. If you plan to attend the conference, and have an idea for a topic, we'd like you to develop your topic and present as part of our progression session. Subject matter for Topics Naturally, we will be looking for topics of relevance to members of our SIGs. But we will also be interested in related and relevant topics such as compliance, content management, career development management for those in our fields, documentation management, and the tools and technologies that we all use in our profession. Progression sessions in 2008 will likely be two hours long. So we will need more topics than we have had in our previous progression sessions. To meet this need, we will be seeking speakers from other SIGS that have members in common with the P&P SIG. This year, we hope to include speakers from other SIGs and from STC membership in general. We'd love our proposal to include members of the Quality and Process Improvement (QPI) SIG and the Environmental, Safety and Health (ESU) SIG. If you have an idea, don't hesitate to propose it. We can always put our heads together and tailor the topic a bit for our expected audience. How to join our proposal It is easy to present as part of our group. Just send an email to Dawnell Claessen mail at dawnell.com. Let me know as soon as you can that you are interested in presenting. Be sure to include the following information: Your name and contact information. Working title for your topic. A four or five sentence abstract of your topic. Any further details about your topic such as an outline or graphics. A short professional bio about you, especially about any speaking or presenting experiences you may have had. I will need your information no later than Friday, October 5, 2007. The STC deadline for submitting proposals is October 9, 2007 and I will need a few days to prepare the proposal and enter the information online. What is a "Progression Session" anyway? The "Progression Session" format is an educational session at conference that has many different speakers presenting on various topics simultaneously. Speakers will each host a table with a presentation on a topic from their own area of practice. Attendees hear a twenty minute presentation about one topic, and then move to another table to hear the next twenty minute presentation and so on. Sessions in this format are very popular and are among the best attended at the conference. Progression sessions are a great way to share a lot of information in a relatively short time. Veteran presenters and new speakers alike can hone their speaking and presenting skills as they present new topics and research. Any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Dawnell K. Claessen mail at dawnell.com Co Manager, P&P SIG (321) 373-4582