Upcoming Meetings
Judy Herr, Richard Wallis, and Patrick
Lufkin all won door prizes at the March meeting.
Susan Moxley talks with presenter, Elaine Winters,
after the March meeting. |
Attending meetings is a great way to learn new things
and connect with technical writers around the East Bay.
East Bay programs are usually held at Crow Canyon Country Club in San
Ramon. For details on meeting location and reservations, see the meetings
page on the chapter web site.
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| May 6 |
Linda Urban,
UC Berkeley Extension
|
Information Architecture for Technical Communicators
How is being an information architect different from being a technical
communicator?
In May, Linda Urban will answer this question, define IA jargo,n
and describe techniques and approaches from information architecture
that you can apply to your technical information projects.
Linda is an award-winning technical writer, help author, and instructor.
She has more than 20 years of experience in designing and developing
technical information, including online help, user guides, reference
information, and training. She also works with writers and teams
to improve the quality of their documentation, focusing on both
usefulness and usability. Among the courses that she teaches at
UC Berkeley Extension are Information Architecture, Usability, and
Online Documentation.
Information Architecture was the number 3 topic of interest
from our recent membership survey. |
| June 3 |
Beau Cain,
Past President, Silicon Valley Chapter
|
Changing of the Guard
Out with the old, in with the new, ring-a-ding- ding.
Yes, it’s that time again—so join us for a fun-packed
evening where you will hear Beau highlight the Society’s past
year's accomplishments and coming year's plans, meet your new leaders,
honor our volunteers, and PARTY, PARTY, PARTY. 
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