Upcoming Meetings
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Attending meetings is a great way to learn new things
and connect with technical writes 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.
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Speaker |
Topic |
September 7 |
Jerry Franklin,
Technical Writer, Bricsnet
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In The Sheer Audacity!,
Jerry will present a brief overview of podcasting
in the corporate world, and provide a few examples of how podcasts
are being used to deliver technical infor-mation. Jerry will spend
most of the presentation providing an overview and high-level tutorial
on Audacity, the free audio editing software that has enabled
many people both with and without technical backgrounds to produce
their own podcasts.
Jerry Franklin is the lone technical
writer at Bricsnet, a small private software company in San Francisco,
where he also writes some of the marketing materials. Prior to that
Jerry worked at ZANTAZ, in Pleasanton, and at PeopleSoft where he
managed content for www.peoplesoft.com before transi- tioning into
technical writing. Jerry became involved with podcasting when he
began helping his wife build her business as a certified dog trainer.
Their podcast, The Good Dog Show, may be found at http://www.dogworks.libsyn.com.
Jerry belongs to the STC, the IEEE Professional Communication Society,
and the ACM SIGDOC. He lives in Alameda with his wife and, of course,
two dogs.
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October 5 |
Ron Christensen,
Senior Group Manager,
Oracle Corporation
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Succeeding in the Software
Industry. For a technical communicator, the
task of writing user documentation for software can be enormous.
And how
do you succeed? A critical component of your success depends on
how well you can work with the cross-functional players of a software
development team. By understanding the roles of the players on this
team, how the technical communication function fits into the overall
product life cycle, and what software developers and project leads
expect, you dramatically increase
your odds of success. I’m sure many technical communicators
can give
you tips, but watch this presentation
to learn what the development team is looking for, and expecting
from, YOU, the technical communicator. Get a developer’s viewpoint
on what you
can do to add maximum value to the software team and how you can
stand out as one of those exceptional tech-nical writers.
Ron Christensen, has over 20 years
of experience designing and building market leading software that
allow companies to better manage their processes for such companies
as ASK, Hyperion,and Oracle. He has managed cross-functional teams
including development, QA, and documentation, and is currently a
Senior Group Manager overseeing all aspects of development for the
PeopleSoft Planning and Budgeting application at Oracle.
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