Archive for December 2006

January 4 Meeting: Mike Hamilton from Madcap Flare

Dec 20th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: Meetings

The January chapter meeting will feature Mike Hamilton from Madcap software giving a demo of Flare and other products in the Madcap Software package.
As you probably know, Flare is looked upon by some as the replacement for RoboHelp (although this is a controversial point). Last year when it seemed RoboHelp was in its demise, most [...]



Dec 15 Chapter Meeting, Monday 6:30 p.m. with Susan Burton

Dec 17th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: Meetings

Susan Burton, the executive director of the STC, will be speaking to our chapter on Monday night, 6:30 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Express as usual.
Susan actually flew into Tampa today and I picked her up at the airport. She has a lot of experience managing associations, so this will be an excellent opportunity for [...]



Content Management Strategies/DITA North America Conference 2007

Dec 15th, 2006 | By Lovonya Thomas | Category: Meetings

March 26-28, 2006 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, Ma
For 2007, find two unique conferences side-by-side to meet the needs of organizations looking for cost effective ways to create and manage content and increase the value of information for customers.
Content Management Strategies, in its 9th season, remains the premier conference if you are managing [...]



Upcoming Burton Event Survey Results

Dec 14th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: Surveys

Click the image to see a graph of the results.



Suncoast Chapter Report

Dec 14th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: News

What’s going on in the chapter? What are our accomplishments, plans, and issues? Our region director, Jeff Staples, just asked me for them, so here they are. They are compiled on this PowerPoint. If you have anything to add (or dispute), please let me know. Thanks,



Cleaning Up the Chapter Listserv

Dec 9th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: News

Recently I asked Charles, our listserv manager, to compare the emails in our current member database with the emails contained in our chapter listserv. Would you believe that about 90 email addresses in the member database did not match or were absent from the chapter listserv? Considering that we only have about 150 members in [...]



December Intercom Available

Dec 9th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: News

From the STC:
The December issue of Intercom has been posted to www.stc.org/intercom



Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research

Dec 7th, 2006 | By Tom Johnson | Category: News

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