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New Date for Phoenix Chapter's Intermediate Flash Class 

The Phoenix Chapter's workshop, Intermediate Micromedia Flash, initially scheduled for March 26, has been rescheduled for May 21, 2005. Cost is $125 for members of STC or the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD); $75 for student members of either organization; or $150 for non-members.

Workshop Time and Place:
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Scottsdale Community College
Building CM, Room 473
9000 E. Chaparral Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85256

For a map of the campus and parking information, visit http://www.sc.maricopa,edu/sccmap/.

To register by mail or online via PayPal, follow the instructions at:
 http://stc-phoenix.com/Events/flashintermediate05may.htm

Registration and payment are due by May 18, 2005.
 

STC's 2005 Training Program

The Society has announced a two-day Training Program, to be held October 20-21, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA. Registrants can select one of five in-depth programs:

• The Architecture of Content, presented by Jonathan Price. This workshop will help technical communicators recognize patterns in their content and formalize those patterns as hierarchies of objects to get the full benefit of content management.

• Leadership in Information Management: Developing the Business Framework and Implementation Roadmap for Single Sourcing, Content Management, and Knowledge Management, presented by Benhong Rosaline (Roz) Tsai. This course will help managers and experienced professionals provide strategic leadership in their organizations to meet the needs of information management.

• Creating and Using Personas to Improve Usability, presented by Whitney Quesenbery. This tutorial will cover the process of planning, researching, creating, and using personas.

• Focusing on Content: Making Web Sites Work for Users, presented by Janice (Ginny) Redish and Caroline Jarrett. This highly interactive workshop will help you develop Web documents that enable users to get what they need, when they need it, in just the right amount.

• XML: From Hand-coding to WYSIWYG Authoring, presented by Neil Perlin. This course will help managers and developers decide whether they need XML, find the right XML authoring tool, and use Macromedia RoboHelp to generate XML.

Registration for the program will begin in May, so watch this page for further details. To guarantee a room and discounted advance registration rates, would-be participants are advised to register for any workshop by September 21, 2005.

New Series of STC Remote Seminars

The STC has extended its series of remote Web/telephone seminars to continue throughout the summer, continuing through September 2005.

Cost for all seminars is $99 for STC members or $149 for non-members. The fee charged is for one phone connection and one computer connection. Registration deadline is 24 hours before each seminar.

The following table lists the new seminars scheduled. For additional details, visit stc.webex.com.

Annual STC Conference

On May 8-11, 2005, the Society will hold its 52nd Annual Conference in Seattle. Visit the conference Web site at www.stc.org/conference.asp.

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