Orange County STC
Past Meetings Archive
The formats of presentations for past meetings vary. Presentations that are links to web sites other than OCSTC are not under our control. While every attempt is made to periodically verify the links to those sites, the links to those presentations could be moved or withdrawn at any time.
Thomas Cutting, January 2010, "Grabbing Authority"
John Hall, August 2009, "Career Management in a Tough Economy"
Saul Carliner, July 2009, "The Way We Work What Research Suggests about the Real-World Practice of Technical Communication and Training Groups"
Walter Hanig, May 2009, "Tomorrow's Technical Communication Skills"
Additional Information:
You can also check Walter Hanig's still-popular and timely 2001 STC
Region 8 Conference presentation, What? Me Manage? Adobe Acrobat PDF (PDF 209K)
Mary Ann Howell, August 2008, "Seven Steps to Minimalist Writing"
Additional Information:
Jack O'Connell, Calif. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, July 2008, "Closing the Achievement Gap"
Additional Information:
- Closing the Achievement Gap website. Includes background information and video by Jack O'Connell.
- California Department of Education website. Includes events calendar where he will appear next, in case you missed the meeting.
Sue Fisher, May 2008, Creating a Flexibility Matrix
Jeff Randolph's Presentations
April 2009, "How to Make Your Websites Google-Friendly. Presented at San Fernando Valley STC, April 23, 2009"
November 2008, "How to Make Your Websites Google-Friendly: The Sequel"
April 2008, "Technical Communicators in the Biomedical/Biotech/Medical Device Industry: Some Core Competencies to Consider"
October 2006
How to Make Your Websites and Web Pages Google Friendly
June 2004
State of OCSTC and STC Changes
February 2001
Introduction to Active Server Pages (updated for presentation at STC-Berkeley, February 2003)
Barbara Giammona, November 2007
What Technical Communicators Need to Succeed in the Real World
Neil Perlin, October 2007
Structured Authoring without DITA or Frame
Jack Molisani's Presentations
July 2007
How to Build a Business Case
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Adobe Acrobat PDF (272K) (Located at
http://www.prospringstaffing.com)
July 2006
How to Make a Six-Figure Income as a Technical Communicator
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Adobe Acrobat PDF (166K) (Located at
http://www.prospringstaffing.com)
May 2002
Why Customers Call Tech Support and What Tech Writers Can Do About It
- HTML Format (HTML, 21K) (Located at http://www.prospringstaffing.com)
August 1999
The Top 10 Common Mistakes People Make When Looking for a Job
- HTML Format (HTML, 19K) (Located at http://www.prospringstaffing.com)
Linda Oestreich, June 2007
Mindmaps: Changing Chaos to Clarity
Additional Resource: Brian Mayne's Goal Mapping: Follow the Seven Simple Steps to Create the Life of Your Dreams
Hans Fenstermacher, February 2007
From World-Weary to World-Ready: Meeting the Challenge of Today's Global Content
Sue Heim, January 2007
Indexing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Leah Guren, May 2006
It May Be GUI, but it Doesn't Have to Be Messy.
Bill DuBay, October 2005
The Basics of Plain Language.
Additional plain language resources located at the Impact Information website.
Ken Brod, July 2005
Common Pitfalls in Policies and Procedures and How to Avoid Them.
Renato S. Beninatto, June 2005
Design Practices for Global Gateways.
Ted Seastrom, April 2005
Project Management for Technical Writers.
Lisa Jahred, March 2005
Conversion Tips: FrameMaker to Acrobat. Related Resources, Tutorials and Quick References.
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Adobe Acrobat 5: Creating Buttons and Links
Quick Reference (PDF 93K)
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Working With Adobe Acrobat 5 and Microsoft Word
Quick Reference (PDF 95K)
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Creating Hyperlinks in FrameMaker
(PDF 103K)
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Converting Paragraph Tags in FrameMaker
6/7 (PDF 72K)
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How to Use and Create Character Formats in
FrameMaker 6/7 (PDF 184K)
Additional resources and tutorials are located at the InformIT website (search for "jahred").
Matthew Stern's Presentations
December 2004
Introduction to JavaDoc
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Adobe
Acrobat PDF (PDF 91K) (Located at Matthew Stern's Web
site)
January 2003
Public Speaking for Technical Communicators
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Microsoft PowerPoint PPT (148.5K)
(Located at Matthew Stern's Web
site)
Lance Gelein's Presentations
November 2004
- Portfolio Boot Camp
Adobe Acrobat PDF (PDF, 655K)
December 2002
- A New Year, A Renewed Career
Adobe Acrobat PDF (PDF,
1,272K)
May 2000
- Winning at Office Politics: Strategies for the Technical Communicator
Microsoft PowerPoint97 (.PPT, 76K)
Adobe Acrobat PDF (55K)
How Political Are You?
(PDF, 12K)
What's Your Corporate
Culture--Piranha or Nirvana? (PDF, 12K)
December 1998
- Don't Forget the Humans
Microsoft PowerPoint97 (.PPT, 165K)
Adobe Acrobat PDF (95K).
Vince Francis and Mary Goon, October 2004
Improving Documentation Through Two-Stage Customer Feedback
Jean Gabriel, April 2004
Avoiding the 10 Common Mistakes of Beginning Indexers
De Murr's Presentations
September 2003
Using Metrics to Tell Your Story
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Presentation (Adobe Acrobat PDF
327K)
(Located at the STC Conference Web
site)
August 2002
Working with Difficult People
Andrea Ames, July 2003
Designing for People: Human Factors for Technical Communicators
Bringin' the 49th STC Conference Home: A Panel Discussion, June 2002
Click the Conferences link to view all session materials made available by the presenters.
Elaine Randolph, April 2002
Usability 101 (Last modified for the STC-Berkeley chapter meeting September 11, 2002)
Usability Bibliography
Finding Opportunity: A Panel Discussion Led by Matthew Stern, March 2002
Finding Opportunity in a Difficult Economy
Tom Webb, October 2001
Creating XML Documents for the Web
William Horton, September 2001
Say It in Pictures -- Visual Literacy for Instructional Designers, UI Developers, Information Architects, and Technical Writers
- HTML
Format
- Go to www.horton.com
- Click "Resources and Links"
- Click "Handouts"
- Click "Say It in Pictures"
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Adobe
Acrobat PDF (PDF 1111K) (Located at www.designingwbt.com)
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Interactive Exercises (PDF 374K)
Bringing the STC Conference Home: A Panel Discussion of OCSTC Attendees, June 2001
Richard Lederer: Conan the Grammarian (the following are reprinted by permission of the author)
- Richard Lederer's booklist (PDF 4K)
- Fifty Rules for Writing Good (PDF 8K)
- Good Grammar and Good Taste (PDF 9K)
- The Ultimate Spelling Quiz (PDF 15K)
Bill Stolgitis, January 2001
The Value of STC Membership
Past Meets Future: A Discussion with Former and Current OCSTC Presidents and Leaders
June 2000
A Panel Discussion featuring 13 OCSTC leaders throughout the chapters' history. The following presentations are available:
- Your Resume is Not Your Tombstone, by Brian McCaleb
Microsoft PowerPoint 98/2000 (PPT 48K)
Adobe
Acrobat PDF (PDF 23K) - Address to the OCSTC Faithful, by Don Pierstorff
Adobe
Acrobat PDF (PDF 11K)
Mark Hanigan, March 2000
The Plug and Play Technical Communicator
Mark Dawson & Mike Russo, February 2000
Web Based Training vs. Computer Based Training: Just What Are They?
Bonni Graham, December 1999
Psst! Wanna Buy Some Doc?
- HTML Format (HTML 21 K) (Located at www.manuallabour.com)
Jim Desmond & Patti Booher, May 1999
Running a Documentation Business
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Internet Resources for Employment Law
and Presentation Bibliography. Adobe Acrobat PDF (7K)
You can also check Jim Desmond's still-popular STC 45th
Annual Conference presentation, How to Use an Employment Service as Your Marketing
Department Adobe Acrobat PDF (26K)
