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A Short Introduction to MadCap Flare
Adobe AIR and Adobe Captivate: Developing Web 2.0 Documentation
Adobe Technical Communication Suite in an XML Workflow
All-Around User Assistance: Delivering Layers of Information Efficiently
Before You Touch the Tool: Techniques for Development of Structured Content
Building Content Models: Constructing with Content
Developing a Content Management Strategy
Digital Alchemy: Turning Unstructured Content To Gold (Or At Least Something Useful)
DITA, Coming to its Senses: Better Communication through Video
Firefox Book Sprint: From Zero to Book in Two Days (Day One)
Firefox Book Sprint: From Zero to Book in Two Days (Day Two)
Flatter, Leaner, Smarter: Open Standards and Your Future
In With Wiki, Out With Structure (Hint: It’s not what you think it means!)
Knowledge Archaeology: Raiders of the Lost Art
Learn How To Use a Wiki At Work
Managing the Move to Structured Content
Migrating to DITA and Component Content Management for Global Customers
Moving from Unstructured Documents to Structured XML: It's Easier Than You Have Been Told
Paths to Success: Networking and Contributing (It's All About Relationships)
Reimagining Writing: Freeing Writing Teams To Deliver More Effective Content
The Content Providers Crystal Ball: What Everybody Missed During the Digital Revolution
The Journey From FrameMaker to XML: A Story About Migration and a Rare Bird
The Sound of Music 2.0: The Making of a Rich M(use)ical Experience
The Structured Content Technology Landscape
Think Simple: A Fresh Perspective on User Assistance
Topic-based Authoring: Getting Your Feet Wet
Use of Structure and Metadata in Localization
Using a Balanced Scorecard to Measure the Value of Content
Using Help Authoring Tools to Create Test-Bed Content Management Systems
Using Options Efficiently in MadCap Flare: Setting Up a Flare Project
Using Shareware / Freeware Tools: Increase Your Productivity and Accuracy
What Gutenberg Can Teach Us about XML
Why Technical Writers Shouldn’t Be “Writers”
Writing Modular Content: Making Content Behave
[Case Study] DITA Cost and Reuse Metrics
[Case Study] Information Quality Management at Cisco Provides Benefits Beyond Improved Quality
Program
Day 1 (March 17, 2009)
Pre-conference Workshops
Before You Touch the Tool: Techniques for Development of Structured Content
Speaker: Rahel Anne Bailie
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Hospitality 1419
Experience level: All levels
Firefox Book Sprint: From Zero to Book in Two Days (Day One)
Speaker: Janet Swisher & Adam Hyde
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Polo Room
Experience level: Advanced
Laptop computer required for this session
APIs and SDKs Workshop
Speaker: Edward Marshall
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Mirage Room
Experience level: Intermediate
Laptop computer required for this session
A Short Introduction to MadCap Flare
Speaker: Neil Perlin
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Rancho Room
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
Building a Search Strategy
Speaker: Seth Earley
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Hospitality 517
Experience level: Intermediate
Topic-based Authoring: Getting Your Feet Wet
Speaker: Linda Urban
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Ambassador 7
Experience level: All levels
Controlled Authoring Workshop: Learn How Standardizing Content Will Improve Quality and Reduce Content Creation and Translation Cost
Speaker: Berry Braster
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Hospitality 1419
Experience level: All levels
Using Options Efficiently in MadCap Flare: Setting Up a Flare Project
Speaker: Neil Perlin
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Rancho Room
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
Moving from Unstructured Documents to Structured XML: It's Easier Than You Have Been Told
Speaker: Thomas Aldous
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Mirage Room
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
Developing a Content Management Strategy
Speaker: Seth Earley
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Hospitality 517
Experience level: Intermediate
Day 2 (March 18, 2009)
Knowledge Archaeology: Raiders of the Lost Art
Speaker: Joe Gollner
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Room: Ambassador 4
Experience level: All levels
Firefox Book Sprint: From Zero to Book in Two Days (Day Two)
Speaker: Janet Swisher & Adam Hyde
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Polo Room
Experience level: Advanced
Laptop computer required for this session
Moving to Structured Content
Speaker: Ann Rockley
Time: 8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Ambassador 4
Experience level: All levels
Adobe AIR and Adobe Captivate: Developing Web 2.0 Documentation
Speaker: RJ Jacquez
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: Ambassador 7
Experience level: All levels
Using Help Authoring Tools to Create Test-Bed Content Management Systems
Speaker: Neil Perlin
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: Ambassador 5
Experience level: All levels
[Case Study] Moving from Silos to a Collective Farm: Developing Epson America's Hosted CMS with DocZone DITA
Speaker: Nancy Thompson & Burt Courtier
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: Ambassador 6
Experience level: All levels
Paths to Success: Networking and Contributing (It's All About Relationships)
Speaker: Linda Urban
Time: 12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Room: Ambassador 7
Experience level: All levels
Structured Authoring and DITA
Speaker: Julio Vazquez
Time: 12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Room: Ambassador 3
Experience level: All levels
Think Simple: A Fresh Perspective on User Assistance
Speaker: Scott Nesbitt & Aaron Davis
Time: 12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Room: Ambassador 5
Experience level: All levels
The Journey From FrameMaker to XML: A Story About Migration and a Rare Bird
Speaker: Lucinda Croft
Time: 12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Room: Ambassador 6
Experience level: All levels
[Case Study] DITA Cost and Reuse Metrics
Speaker: Mark Lewis
Time: 1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
Room: Ambassador 6
Experience level: Intermediate
Digital Alchemy: Turning Unstructured Content To Gold (Or At Least Something Useful)
Speaker:
Time: 1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
Room: Ambassador 7
Experience level: Intermediate
Metadata, Taxonomies, and Information Architecture: Putting the Pieces Together: Faceted Search is Really Navigation or is Guided Navigation Really Search?
Speaker: Seth Earley
Time: 1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
Room: Ambassador 3
Experience level: Intermediate
All-Around User Assistance: Delivering Layers of Information Efficiently
Speaker:
Time: 1:45 PM - 2:34 PM
Room: Ambassador 5
Experience level: All levels
Using a Balanced Scorecard to Measure the Value of Content
Speaker: Joan Lasselle
Time: 3:15 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Ambassador 7
Experience level: All levels
Use of Structure and Metadata in Localization
Speaker: Douglas Pearson
Time: 3:15 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Ambassador 6
Experience level: Intermediate
Managing the Move to Structured Content
Speaker:
Time: 3:15 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Ambassador 5
Experience level: All levels
Globalizing a CMS-based Website from the Ground Up: How to Design, Develop and Deploy a Website for an International Audience
Speaker: Maxwell Hoffmann
Time: 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Ambassador 4
Experience level: All levels
Day 3 (March 19, 2009)
In With Wiki, Out With Structure (Hint: It’s not what you think it means!)
Speaker: Stewart Mader
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Ambassador 4
Experience level: All levels
The Content Providers Crystal Ball: What Everybody Missed During the Digital Revolution
Speaker: David Esrati
Time: 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Ambassador 4
Experience level: All levels
Using Shareware / Freeware Tools: Increase Your Productivity and Accuracy
Speaker: Ed Marshall
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Ambassador 5
Experience level: All levels
The Structured Content Technology Landscape
Speaker: Ann Rockley
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Ambassador 7
Experience level: All levels
DITA, Coming to its Senses: Better Communication through Video
Speaker: Sean Healy
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Room: Ambassador 7
Experience level: Intermediate
[Case Study] Information Quality Management at Cisco Provides Benefits Beyond Improved Quality
Speaker: Kent Taylor
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Room: Ambassador 6
Experience level: All levels
Flatter, Leaner, Smarter: Open Standards and Your Future
Speaker: Mary McRae
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Room: Ambassador 3
Experience level: All levels
Making Content Intelligent
Speaker: Ann Rockley
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Room: Ambassador 5
Experience level: All levels
Reimagining Writing: Freeing Writing Teams To Deliver More Effective Content
Speaker: Lisa Calhoun
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: Ambassador 6
Experience level: Advanced
Why Technical Writers Shouldn’t Be “Writers”
Speaker: Alan Porter
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: Ambassador 3
Experience level: All levels
The Sound of Music 2.0: The Making of a Rich M(use)ical Experience
Speaker: Rahel Anne Bailie
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: Ambassador 7
Experience level: All levels
Migrating to DITA and Component Content Management for Global Customers
Speaker: Chip Gettinger
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: Ambassador 5
Experience level: Intermediate
What Gutenberg Can Teach Us about XML
Speaker:
Time: 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Ambassador 4
Experience level: All levels
Day 4 (March 20, 2009)
Post-conference Workshops
Maximizing Use of Author-it
Speaker: Kendra Carter
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Polo Room
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
Writing Modular Content: Making Content Behave
Speaker: Pamela Kostur
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Ambassador 5
Experience level: All levels
Adobe Technical Communication Suite in an XML Workflow
Speaker: Thomas Aldous
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Ambassador 7
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
WordPress Workshop - The Fastest Way To a Community on the Internet: It's Free, It's Powerful and It May Be Too Good To Be True
Speaker: David Esrati
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Ambassador 6
Experience level: All levels
Learn How To Use a Wiki At Work
Speaker: Stewart Mader
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Ambassador 3
Experience level: All levels
Laptop computer required for this session
Building Content Models: Constructing with Content
Speaker: Pamela Kostur
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Ambassador 5
Experience level: All levels
