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Attention NorthBay Members:If any of you are planning to attend, or even thinking of attending, the STC Technical Communication Summit in Atlanta in early May (conference.stc.org/), the NorthBay Chapter may be able to help. It is important to ensure that the conference is as well-attended as possible.We would like to help one or more of our current members who need help most, but we will consider

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Saturday, January 17, 2009Join the Berkeley Chapter for the January 2009 Chapter Party and Touchstone AwardsHere is a great opportunity to visit our sister chapter while seeing the winning entries from the Northern California Technical Documentation Competition (AKA "Touchstone").Registration is required. For details go to www.stc-berkeley.org.

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“Introduction to Developer Documentation,” the Bitzone introductory documenting Java APIs course, begins October 6, 2008.Session dates are Monday, October 6, 2008, through Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Note that this session is the last one scheduled. Register early to ensure a space in the training.About the CourseIntroduction to Developer Documentation is an introductory course in documenting

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This is the March 2008 Hands-on Workshop sponsored by the STC Berkeley Chapter and presented by Stuart Culshaw. If you're looking for an easy-to-learn and simple-to-use content management tool for an upcoming personal or professional project, or if you're just curious to find out more about the technology behind the success of Wikipedia, this workshop will introduce you to wiki's basic principles

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Writing Boot Camp Workshop presented by Leah Guren, STC Director at LargeMonday, January 14, 2008 at the Hilton Oakland Airport, Oakland, CA. Open to all STC members and non-members.Reserve Early -- Discount Ends Monday, January 7!! Come to the Workshop and sharpen your writing skills!

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Another session of Bitzone's introductory documenting Java APIs course, "Getting Started in Developer Documentation" begins this month.Session 4 dates are Monday, September 24, 2007, through Wednesday, November 14, 2007.For information or to register, see the Training page of the Bitzone website at:http://www.bitzone.com/training.htmlNote that the course is limited to 12 participants. Please

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If you're interested in judging in the 2007-08 Technical Communication Competition serving Northern California, click here for more information!

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The Berkeley, East Bay, North Bay, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley chapters are co-sponsoring a technical communication competition. A substantial portion of the proceeds will benefit the STC Kenneth Gordon Scholarship. The Gordon Scholarship committee is managing the competition.The competition serves Northern California, but we accept entries from elsewhere. If you have a local competition,

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By Patrick LufkinThe Dr. Kenneth M. Gordon Memorial Scholarship has announced that Ayelet Prizant and Shiria Behiri have each been awarded a Gordon Scholarship in the amount of $750. Both are students in San Francisco State University's Technical and Professional Writing Program.Sponsored by the combined STC chapters of Northern California, Gordon scholarships are awarded at the beginning of each

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See below for more info. :)

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The STC Board is meeting this August in Berkeley. With the fourteen voting board members will be the STC Executive Director, other staff from the main office, and other members in special roles who support special work of the board. The last time that the board met in this area was about eight years ago, so you can see that this is a special occasion.Here is an excellent opportunity for chapter

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The STC Board of Directors is making a multi-day visit to the Bay Area. The Board meeting on Saturday, August 18th, at the Doubletree Hotel in Berkeley is open to all members. Afterward (starting at 5 PM), the Board will make a presentation to interested members and answer questions. Then we can all eat, drink, and mingle. Here's your chance to find out what's happening with STC and share your

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Roundtable discussions and hands-on workshops will address the interrelationship of people, process, and technology in successful content management implementations. In addition, an industry panel will discuss trends in content management and a "birds of a feather" luncheon will provide networking opportunities.Event HighlightsThe Content Management Professionals (CM Pros) Spring 2007 Summit, "

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Upcoming Adaptive Path WorkshopAdaptive Path’s Dan Saffer is offering his new workshop on interaction design in Adaptive Path’s San Francisco office next Wednesday, September 20th. If any of your STC members would like to attend, they can use the 15% discount code I’ve included below.Thanks,Patricia Marchettifor Adaptive Path363 Brannan StreetSan Francisco, CA 9410715% discount available when

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The imperative in technical publications is always "Do more with less." Re-use your content, manage it centrally, make it tool-neutral, tune it for specific audiences, and distribute it simultaneously in multiple formats and foreign languages, all while reducing production, translation, and maintenance costs. It used to be an impossible dream.Wake up! By implementing structured authoring with

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STC North Bay Survey Results Thanks to all who participated in our recent survey, including Scott Prentice of Leximation (www.leximation.com) -- the lucky winner of a $40 gift certificate to Border's Books & Music. Click here to view the results. Some interesting points are: Many more people thought that there were "not enough" presentations for a variety of topics than

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Vasont Systems and Joann Hackos present "Minimalism - A Process for Content Transformation"Emigsville, PA, May 30, 2006 — Vasont Systems, a leading provider of content management software and data services, is excited to announce a joint webinar with Dr. JoAnn Hackos, entitled, "Minimalism – A Process for Content Transformation." Speakers will include Dr. Hackos and Vasont Systems’ Senior Sales

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Vasont Systems’ webinar explores how content management can affect the customer experienceEmigsville, PA, February 21, 2006 — Vasont Systems, a leading provider of content management software and data services, is proud to present Ann Rockley, President of The Rockley Group, Inc., as a guest speaker for the next installment of the Vasont Webinar Series, “Customer-Centric Content Management”.

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Next Chapter Meeting - East Bay STC Chapter in Northern California: "'Policies & Procedures Communication 101'"

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September 7, 2005 Gordon Scholarship Winners Announced By Patrick Lufkin The Dr. Kenneth M. Gordon Memorial Scholarship has announced that Lauren de Bruyn of Oakland and Leah Scampoli of San Francisco have each been awarded a Gordon Scholarship. De Bruyn received $1000 and Scampoli $750. Both are students in San Francisco State University’s Technical and Professional Writing Program. Sponsored

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Title: Becoming the Solution: Not the Problem - The Technical Communicator as a Change Leader Speaker: Lance Gelein Date: September 8, 2005 Location: Crow Canyon Country Club in San Ramon (For details, visit www.ebstc.org)

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> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:15:38 -0700 > From: Richard Mateosian > Subject: Local technical communication competition > > ANNOUNCEMENT > The Berkeley chapter of STC is sponsoring a technical communication > competition to benefit the STC Kenneth Gordon Scholarship fund. The > competition will accept entries in all categories from throughout the > Bay area and any other nearby area that

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Important information follows these job listings. Please read it. Company: Kodak EasyShare Gallery Location: Emeryville, CA Position: User Interface Writer (reporting to Director of User Experience) Status: Full-Time Employee Salary: Unspecified JOB DESCRIPTION As a User Interface Writer, you will work with different cross-functional focus teams that are charged with building great products

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Important information follows these job listings. Please read it. Company: SFSU, Technical & Professional Writing Program Position: Instructor of Desktop Publishing for Professional Writers Starts: Aug. 30th (through Dec. 13th) Salary: Approx $4363 for the semester (plus the intangible benefits of sharing your expertise!) DESCRIPTION The course is an introduction to design principles and

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Important information follows these job listings. Please read it. Company: GetActive Location: Berkeley, CA. Position: Technical Writer Status: Full time Salary: Commensurate with experience SUMMARY GetActive is seeking an experienced Technical Writer to compose and manage the online help documentation for client administrators who use the GetActive Suite. The candidate will work with the

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