From joann.hackos at comtech-serv.com Mon Feb 11 13:42:42 2008 From: joann.hackos at comtech-serv.com (JoAnn Hackos) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:42:42 -0700 Subject: ATTN: CMS Conference Valentines' Day Special Ends this week Message-ID: <72E2EA99C8FA4F4B930539BF7939C6DF01705586@CSI001.Comtech.local> Event: Content Management Strategies/DITA North America Conference 2008 When: April 7-9, 2008 Where: Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA Hosted by: The Center for Information-Development Management Sponsored by: Comtech Services, Inc. and IBM Register by February 14th and save $200! Register now at http://www.cm-strategies.com. It's our 10th anniversary year - CM Strategies continues to be the premier conference in content management industry. Network with the people who continue to add to content management and technological best practices as well as people who bring DITA to the information community. Get all the post-conference benefits, too-all the presentations on a flashstick, updated presentations on the post-conference website, participation in the conference blog. Begin with the Keynote by industry-trends leader-JoAnn Hackos. She will remind us how we got started and predict where content management is headed on a global scale. Join the Management track to learn how global organizations like Juniper Networks, ITT Fluid Technologies, IBM, and Research in Motion, Hewlett-Packard, Kyocera, and Network Appliance have moved successfully into content management. Join the Technical track to hear about tactics to improve search, introduce wikis, introduce dynamic publishing, and develop XML-based graphics from the experts who've implemented real solutions. Join the DITA track to take on a successful DITA implementation. Learn how to develop an Information Model, integrate eLearning content, build complex maps and relationship tables, and improving code quality. Join the 3rd year of the outstanding Demonstration track to learn from our vendor sponsors how to manage your content during one or more of their 30-minute presentations. Join the 300-plus attendees who made the last west-coast-based Content Management Strategies conference a success and are returning this year for more knowledge, innovation, and fun. For more information and to register visit the conference web site at http://www.cm-strategies.com or contact us at 303-232-7586. From americaneditor at sbcglobal.net Tue Feb 19 09:43:14 2008 From: americaneditor at sbcglobal.net (Sharon Lynn) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:43:14 -0700 Subject: Recruiting Volunteers/Leaders for STC SIG Managers Teleconference Message-ID: Dear Q&PI SIG Members, This Friday, February 22 the SIG Managers? Meeting 1-hour teleconference will begin at 9 am Pacific; 10 am Mountain; 11 am Central; 12 Eastern; 5 pm England; 6 pm Belgium, Denmark, Germany. I am recruiting volunteers/leaders to join me at the meeting. The agenda will include the Conference Planning, Membership database, Holding SIG elections, among other topics. If you will send me your name and email address, then I'll have STC send you the Genesys information and 800 number. We can talk before the meeting. Thanks so much for your involvement and your participation. Best, Sharon Lynn Manager, Quality & Process Improvement SIG americaneditor at sbcglobal.net From americaneditor at sbcglobal.net Tue Feb 19 15:51:58 2008 From: americaneditor at sbcglobal.net (Sharon Lynn) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:51:58 -0700 Subject: Consulting and Indpendent Contracting SIG Conference Call Message-ID: The Consulting and Indpendent Contracting SIG is proud to announce it's fourth in a series of short, informational conference calls, scheduled for Tuesday, February 26, at 10:00 AM PST, 11:00 AM MST, 12:00 Noon CST, and 1:00 PM EST, all US time zones. The Feburary Conference Call will be hosted by Judith Herr on the topic "Winning work: Managing and Coordinating Proposals." Many of us bring the skills to support, coordinate, and/or manage preparation of formal proposals. We help our clients win contracts to provide products or services in response to solicitations. The challenge is to become oriented to the ?language? and processes of proposals in order to sell our value. The topic will help participants get started in matching their skills against those required for proposal and grant work (?An Encouraging Exercise"). Judith will share her top ten lessons learned from working on proposals for more than 15 years and will also share a short annotated reference list. Judith Herr brings 20+ years experience managing and contributing to large and small proposal efforts. ?Wins? for clients resulted in rewarding contracts with DOE, EPA, NASA, NIH, and Kaiser Permanente. After 10+ years with SAIC, a very large high-tech consulting firm, she formed Well Chosen Words. She is the STC SIG Advocate and an STC Fellow. Judith currently is running for the position of Director on the STC Board. Judith?s range of experience encompasses work in information technology; management; occupational/public health; medical, biological, and environmental sciences; adult education; fund-raising for nonprofit organizations; and community development. Her international experience includes living three years in Belgium, three years in Malaysia, and extended travel in Asia and Europe. If you would like to sign up for this very interesting and informative call, please reply to Barbara Harrison at bh2228 at sbcglobal.net, and the call information will be sent to you.