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STC Summit 2016

Amanda Lewanski

Booz Allen Hamilton
San Antonio, TX

Technical communication in a knowledge industry, where communicators are dispersed, embedded, and doing different things.
And good fantasy fiction writing. :)

5:30pm PDT

Opening Keynote: The New Vanguard for Business: Connectivity, Design, and the Internet of ThingsLIMITED Platinum Ballroom

7:00pm PDT

Welcome Reception and Expo Hall Grand Opening Marquis Ballroom

7:30am PDT

Expo Hall Marquis Ballroom

8:30am PDT

Metrics that Matter: Making the Business Case that Documentation has Value Grand C/D Meet the Editors Grand E Your Secret Weapon: The Documentation Handbook Platinum 4

9:45am PDT

Editors and SMEs: Building Productive Working Relationships Grand E Improving the Review Cycle: Concurrent Editing Grand E The Editor as Collaborator: Communication Makes the Difference Grand E Using Checklists for More Efficient Editing Grand E 44 Tips for Making Better Videos! Platinum 1

11:00am PDT

Speed Networking Marquis Ballroom

1:00pm PDT

From Fred Flintstone to George Jetson: Creating Tension in Training Increases Adoption Platinum 1 Big Data for Beginners: Tools and Methods Platinum 4 Saving Institutional Knowledge Before Baby Boomers Retire Grand E

2:15pm PDT

Using Word to Automate and Create Your Own Tools Platinum 2 Getting Creative with Technical Communications Grand E Risk Communication and Miscommunication with Electronic Media Grand E Simultaneous Product and Information Development Grand E

3:45pm PDT

How Professional Communicators Add Value Grand E Lessons My Cat Taught Me About Instructional Design Grand E Improve Voiceovers with the Sound of Help Platinum 2

5:00pm PDT

Annual Business Meeting Grand Ballroom

7:30am PDT

Expo Hall Marquis Ballroom

8:30am PDT

Reinvent Yourself Through Career Change Platinum 4 Self-Publishing for Print and eBook Distribution Platinum 3

9:45am PDT

On the Primrose Path to Successful Leadership Platinum 2 Effectively Using PDF as Source Grand C/D Cut to the Core with Simplified Technical English Platinum 4

11:00am PDT

Speed Networking Marquis Ballroom

1:00pm PDT

Customer Experience (CX)--Come Join the Party Platinum 1 The Attention-Comprehension Gap: An Integrated Approach to Usability Testing and Design Grand C/D TC Body of Knowledge, Certification, and Content Contribution Grand E

2:15pm PDT

Don't Edit--Teach: Strategies for Mentoring Writers Platinum 4 Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC): What You Need to Know Expo Theater

3:45pm PDT

A Practitioner's Guide to Teaching Tech Comm Grand C/D

5:00pm PDT

Honors Reception Grand Ballroom

8:00pm PDT

OCSTC Chapter Bowling Event Garden Walk's Bowlmor

8:30am PDT

Have a Tech Comm Question? Ask the Experts! Platinum 4 Tech Comm Throwdown: 2 Experts Enter, 1 Winner Leaves Platinum 2/3

9:45am PDT

Summit Unsession Platinum 4 A Loopy Yarn: Knitting and Technical Communication Platinum 2/3 Be Your Own Best Self ... Editor Platinum 2/3 Everything I Needed to Know about Leadership, I Learned from Star Trek Platinum 2/3 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Video Technical Documentation Platinum 2/3 Where’s the Comma People? Platinum 2/3 You Stink at Email: Why Write? Nobody Reads Platinum 2/3

11:00am PDT

Closing Keynote: Publish or Perish: How to Win the Hearts, Minds, and Wallets of Next Generation Consumers with Content Marketing Grand Ballroom