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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
STC Southwestern Ontario Chapter Event
Hobgoblins, Salad Forks, and Hard and Fast Rules: An English Usage Guide for Writers and Editors
Presented by Alan Yoshioka, PhD (University of Waterloo alumnus, Chair of the Toronto Branch of the Editors' Association of Canada)
When is it okay to boldly split an infinitive? To use a sentence fragment? Even if you were lucky enough to be taught much grammar in school, you might not know which rules are still considered current and which have gone the way of the rotary phone. Sometimes there are several correct ways to make a point, and the choice between them is just a matter of emphasis, while at other times the main concern is to maintain internal consistency within a document. Then there are usages that are unsuitable for a given context and audience.
Learn to distinguish matters of editorial taste from rules that should really be followed all the time. Also get tips for dealing tactfully with team members when there’s a usage point on which they’re dead certain, and dead wrong. Come with questions about the rules you’re anxious about—or about which you’re anxious.
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Time: Presentation begins at 7:00 p.m. / Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for networking
Where: Room DC1304 at the Davis Centre, University of Waterloo
Cost: Free
View details.
Presented by Alan Yoshioka, PhD (University of Waterloo alumnus, Chair of the Toronto Branch of the Editors' Association of Canada)
When is it okay to boldly split an infinitive? To use a sentence fragment? Even if you were lucky enough to be taught much grammar in school, you might not know which rules are still considered current and which have gone the way of the rotary phone. Sometimes there are several correct ways to make a point, and the choice between them is just a matter of emphasis, while at other times the main concern is to maintain internal consistency within a document. Then there are usages that are unsuitable for a given context and audience.
Learn to distinguish matters of editorial taste from rules that should really be followed all the time. Also get tips for dealing tactfully with team members when there’s a usage point on which they’re dead certain, and dead wrong. Come with questions about the rules you’re anxious about—or about which you’re anxious.
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Time: Presentation begins at 7:00 p.m. / Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for networking
Where: Room DC1304 at the Davis Centre, University of Waterloo
Cost: Free
View details.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
STC/Seneca Breakfast Social - Sat., Sept 26
This month's STC/Seneca Breakfast Social will be at the Muddy Duck Restaurant in Mississauga. The event is open to both STC members and non-members.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 to stctoronto.membership@gmail.com
Details:
Location: Muddy Duck Restaurant - 2200 Dundas Street East, Mississauga (near the Kipling
Subway TTC) - Tel: 905.275.9430
Date and Time: 10am - 12pm on Saturday, September 26th, 2009
View location on Google Maps.
View the restaurant buffet menu.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 to stctoronto.membership@gmail.
Details:
Location: Muddy Duck Restaurant - 2200 Dundas Street East, Mississauga (near the Kipling
Subway TTC) - Tel: 905.275.9430
Date and Time: 10am - 12pm on Saturday, September 26th, 2009
View location on Google Maps.
View the restaurant buffet menu.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Career Day and Resume Workshop
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 8:00am - 4:30pm
STC Toronto hosts this event to provide opportunities for professional development, create a sense of community, promote technical communication and technical communicators, and communicate professional opportunities to its members. (Download the flyer with details from our Community Docs page.)
- Registration and Welcome 8am – 9am
- Self Directed Development 9am – 10 Start Career Day with questions about how we make ourselves into technical communicators (or information developers, content strategists, and so on.) To what extent do we make it happen ourselves? To what extent does it just happen? And to what extent do others make it happen? And if we are in charge of our own development, what can we do about it?
- Personal Branding 10:15am – 11:30 It’s obvious that we live in a world inundated by corporate and product branding. But what is personal branding? What does it mean? Do you know what it can do for you? Have you invested time to define your own brand? Personal branding is a way of communicating your core values to the world and serves as a guide to your professional behaviour.
- Job Hunting Secrets That Might Surprise You 1pm – 2 For years I resisted speaking about resumes, thinking everything that could be said has already been covered. After seeing candidate after candidate rejected based on what they had—or didn’t have—in a resume, I realized it’s time to step up and share what I have observed over the years: Job hunting secrets that might surprise you.
- WORKSHOP: What Makes an Excellent Résumé 2:15pm – 4:30 What puts your resume to the top of search engines or in front of HR managers? What sets you apart? This seemingly simple document is really a marketing tool that capitalizes on usability, technology, and psychology to be truly effective. Participate in an interactive workshop to build a winning résumé to identify you as the best of the best. Bring along and update your current resume or create one during this interactive session.
FrontRunner FrameMaker User Network
Join the next F.U.N. (FrameMaker User Network) meeting at FrontRunner.
Date: Thursday, September 24th, 2009, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Place: Front Runner Training Conference Room, 21 St. Clair Ave E.
Topics:
Tim Grantham will discuss DITA and FrameMaker 9. Tim Grantham is an award-winning writer, instructional designer, and technical trainer, and an active member of the OASIS DITA Enterprise Business Documents Sub-committee.
Mark James from Adobe Systems Canada will provide a high level overview of Adobe Acrobat 9 3-D and it's use of Multi-media and be on hand to answer any product questions you may have.
This is an excellent opportunity to network with other FrameMaker users in your area. There's also a chance to win door prizes, but you must be there to win!
Refreshments will be served.
See the website for details or to register.
Date: Thursday, September 24th, 2009, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Place: Front Runner Training Conference Room, 21 St. Clair Ave E.
Topics:
Tim Grantham will discuss DITA and FrameMaker 9. Tim Grantham is an award-winning writer, instructional designer, and technical trainer, and an active member of the OASIS DITA Enterprise Business Documents Sub-committee.
Mark James from Adobe Systems Canada will provide a high level overview of Adobe Acrobat 9 3-D and it's use of Multi-media and be on hand to answer any product questions you may have.
This is an excellent opportunity to network with other FrameMaker users in your area. There's also a chance to win door prizes, but you must be there to win!
Refreshments will be served.
See the website for details or to register.
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