STC TransAlpine Chapter Conference

Celebrating 10 Years
8-10 June 2009 in Vienna, Austria

Highlights:

• Pre-conference hands-on workshops
  • WordPress with leading technical communications blogger and WordPress consultant Tom  Johnson
  • Career Development with Ellis Pratt, Sales and Marketing Director at Cherryleaf Ltd.
• Presentations
  • Using blogging, podcasting, and screencasting (Tom Johnson)
  • Getting your message across with better design and fewer words – two different approaches (Tom Johnson and Katarzyna Kostorz (IBM Software Lab Kraków))
  • The newest insights into what cognitive science can contribute to creating usability (Professor Hanna Risku,  Danube University Krems, Austria)
  • Reader criticism of user documentation – and why the general standard of user documentation fails to improve (consultant David Farbey)
  • Best practices for improving your documentation based on a competitive analysis (Anna Haberko, IBM Software Lab Kraków)

View the conference brochure and learn more about the pre-conference workshops (Monday, June 8); read about the presentations (Tuesday-Wednesday, June 9-10); meet our expert speakers; and deal with practicalities such as conference registration, where to stay, where to eat, and how to participate in the chocolate raffle.

NB: To celebrate our anniversary, the board wants to give extra value to our members. So, this year’s “retro” conference fee is just €20 for TAC members!  AND – subject to availability – we are offering free participation to unemployed STC members (all STC chapters) and students of technical communication.

Prices

Eligibility for discounted prices:
STC/TC =  Members of other STC chapters,Tekom, or Intecom
TAC =  Members of TransAlpine Chapter of the STC
“Special” = unemployed members-in-good-standing of STC (all chapters)
“Special” = full-time students in a technical communications-related field
Write to vienna2009@stc-transalpine.org to learn if you are eligible to register free on EventBrite.

Register for the conference at our Eventbrite site and pay in advance with PayPal or with cash at the door.

You can email vienna2009@stc-transalpine.org for more information and to be put on the conference mailing list.

Conference News (newest on top)

Update 2009-05-26:  The board has decided to give back even more to our community by awarding free entry to the conference and workshops to unemployed STC members in-good-standing and to students of technical communication.

Update 2009-05-26: The fully revised conference brochure has been posted and is ready for download.

Update 2009-05-23: Conference page fully updated.
The updated conference brochure is coming very soon.
All people registered on the conference mailing list will be alerted via email. So, keep an eye on your inboxes!

Update 2009-05-16 – Breaking News! We are delighted to announce that Ellis Pratt, Sales and Marketing Director at Cherryleaf Ltd (http://www.cherryleaf.com) has accepted our invitation to present a workshop on career development. And you can look forward to two new speakers.

Update 2009-05-13 Andrea Ames, scheduled to deliver a pre-conference workshop and two presentations, can unfortunately not participate this year. We are looking forward to her presenting at one of our future conferences.