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STC Summit 2016

Casey Coughlin

Simpson Strong-Tie
Content Developer
San Francisco Bay Area

I am a training content developer for a structural manufacturing company. I work closely with our structural engineers to educate those in the industry about our products. I completed a copyediting certification last year to enhance my technical communication skills and I am looking to network with other professional writers.

5:30pm PDT

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

8:30am PDT

Influence the User Experience Beyond Creating Content Platinum 2 Doc is Dead! How Walkthroughs Changed Salesforce's Content Strategy Platinum 3 Your Secret Weapon: The Documentation Handbook Platinum 4

9:45am PDT

Editors and SMEs: Building Productive Working Relationships Grand E Using Checklists for More Efficient Editing Grand E

11:00am PDT

Speed Networking Marquis Ballroom

1:00pm PDT

From Fred Flintstone to George Jetson: Creating Tension in Training Increases Adoption Platinum 1

2:15pm PDT

Applying Minimalist Writing Principles to Improve User's Guides: Readers and Writers Win Grand E Getting Creative with Technical Communications Grand E Simultaneous Product and Information Development Grand E

3:45pm PDT

How Professional Communicators Add Value Grand E Understanding and Answering a Request for Proposal Grand E

8:30am PDT

Reinvent Yourself Through Career Change Platinum 4 Use Usability Testing and Enhance your Documentation with Feedback Platinum 1 Self-Publishing for Print and eBook Distribution Platinum 3

9:45am PDT

Use Your Content to Create Killer Courseware Platinum 3 Effectively Using PDF as Source Grand C/D Getting to the Core of Web Content Development Platinum 1 Cut to the Core with Simplified Technical English Platinum 4

11:00am PDT

Speed Networking Marquis Ballroom

1:00pm PDT

15 Ways to Animate Your Content with GIFs Expo Theater

2:15pm PDT

Seek and You Will Find: Taxonomy & Delivery Grand A/B

3:45pm PDT

Closing the Deal: Getting that Freelance Project Platinum 3

8:30am PDT

Tech Comm Throwdown: 2 Experts Enter, 1 Winner Leaves Platinum 2/3 Power to the People: Targeted Content through Dynamic Filters Grand C/D

9:45am PDT

A Loopy Yarn: Knitting and Technical Communication 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