Do you know about the STC (beta) site for finding speakers? It’s at http://findaspeaker.stc.org/. Despite the current discussion about STC’s financial crisis, this is an excellent initiative that deserves support. The site definitely needs data, and only you can help provide that data. Add your name – or share with the people who should be [...]
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HCI fans might like a good excuse for a trip to the northern corner of our SIG world: Sweden. Uppsala, Sweden to be precise. That is where INTERACT 2009, the 12th IFIP conference on Human-Computer interaction (HCI), takes place from the 24th to the 28th of August. The conference theme is research and practice: The [...]
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STC needs your help – now! We have a financial crisis, not unlike the crisis that faces many associations like our own, but that is not a comforting fact. We need your input, thoughts, reflections to help STC resolve its situation one way or another. People are already blogging about this issue. Tom Johnson wrote [...]
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We’re delighted to announce the launch of a brand new online community for the STC Europe SIG. If you are a SIG member you should have received an email invitation. (If you are a SIG member and you haven’t received an invitation, please get in touch with me.) You will be able to use the [...]
Unfortunately, the STC UK and Ireland chapter has been forced to cancel their planned conference on Accessibility, which was mentioned in an earlier posting. The UK and Ireland Chapter hope to hold this event at some future date.
Accessibility in Technical Communication and the Workplace – conference in Cambridge, UK, 13-14 June
Come to Cambridge the weekend of June 13 and 14 for a conference that addresses an important skill set for technical communicators: accessibility. This skill set may be just what you need to tackle an important market sector – your colleagues and customers with disabilities. This conference looks at issues specifically related to hearing and [...]
Claudia Basso from TAC reminds us: The STC TransAlpine Chapter (TAC) is holding its annual conference – and 10th anniversary celebration in Vienna, 8-10 June 2009. Updated information about workshops, conference topics, speakers, directions, prices are now available. Do not miss the opportunity to join this memorable event which features world-known speakers, like Tom Johnson [...]
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Human Factors International announces their next workshop in London called From Batteries to Blogging: A user experience-based technology journey into today’s mobile phones. Lively, round-table discussions will focus on: High level technology Input hardware User experience Applications and websites The workshop will be moderated by Scott Weiss, CUA and Executive Director at HFI in London. [...]
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This week in London, E-Access Bulletin’s fifth annual conference and exhibition on access to the internet, IT, and other technologies by people with disabilities is taking place. April 23, to be exact. E-Access ’09: Technology For All is about access to all technologies by people with disabilities. As Dan Jellinek, Conference Chair, writes, If you [...]
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The 2009 STC Technical Summit in Atlanta, Georgia is less than 3 weeks away. You can still get the Early Bird Rates, and the conference hotel, the Hyatt Regency, has reduced their hotel rates. Why not register today? For planning your trip, read the conference accessibility information; it benefits everyone, not just those with special [...]
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