STC Training Program

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STC is pleased to announce that our first Training Program will be held October 20-21, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia, just minutes outside of Washington, DC. We've included the details below. Please help us to promote this program and ensure a successful pilot.

STC's Training Program offers five two-day, comprehensive courses on topics geared to the interests of technical communicators who are seeking to further their skills and marketability. The following courses will be offered:

• Creating and Using Personas to Improve Usability
  Instructor: Whitney Quesenbery
• Focusing on Content: Making Web Sites Work for Users
  Instructors: Ginny Redish and Caroline Jarrett
• Leadership in Information Management: Developing the Business Framework and Implementation Roadmap for Single Sourcing, Content Management, and Knowledge Management
  Instructor: Rosaline Tsai
• The Architecture of Content
  Instructor: Jonathan Price
• XML: From Hand-coding to WYSIWYG Authoring
  Instructor: Neil Perlin

Program attendees will receive two days of instruction from experts in the field, as well as a certificate upon completion of the course. STC members receive a discount on registration fees, which are as follows:

• Member with hotel accommodations*: $1,295
• Nonmember with hotel accommodations*: $1,455

• Member without hotel accommodations: $1,095
• Nonmember without hotel accommodations: $1,255

*Three nights' lodging at the Hyatt Regency

All registration fees include two breakfasts and two luncheons. (Discounts for multiple registrants from one company are available.) Attendance is limited to 60 students per course and enrollment is expected to fill quickly; as a benefit to our members, the first few days of registration will be open to STC members only. We'll announce the specific registration dates as soon as they're available, but we expect registration to open in early May.

A Web site providing more details about STC's Training Program, including course descriptions and registration information, will be available in late April on the STC Web site. Promotional materials will also be distributed at STC's 52nd Annual Conference in Seattle and in Intercom. In the meantime, if you have questions about the program, please contact Buffy Bennett at buffy@stc.org..

Please help us promote STC's Training Program as an affordable, in-depth educational opportunity to STC members and your colleagues. We look forward to a successful first program!