Subject:TECHWR-L Premium Jobs, Events, and Announcements From:TECHWR-L Listowner <lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com> To:archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com Date:Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:00:03 -0700 (MST)
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* JOB: TECH WRITER II/III (NEW)
* ANNOUNCE: Free tickets to DITA 2006 conference
* ANNOUNCE: MadCap Software Supports TECHWR-L as a
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* SITE UPDATE: New Article "Who's Afraid of April 15th?" (NEW)
* ANNOUNCE: XML and Adobe FrameMaker Specialized Workshops
Charleston, SC USA
* ANNOUNCE: WritersUA Update
* WEBINAR: How to Build a Business Case for
Content Management
* ANNOUNCE: Major Study of White Paper Writers Released
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Are you a highly productive technical writer who consistently outperforms your peers in both production and quality, or are you an experienced design or service engineer with proven writing abilities?
Do you have at least four years of experience developing service manuals or at least four years of machine systems design or product support experience with a manufacturer in one of the following industries: heavy equipment, automotive, trucking, industrial engines, aerospace, ship building?
Do you want to have more control over your own salary?
Do you want to live in an area with outstanding cultural and outdoor recreational opportunities?
Are you willing to travel domestically and internationally?
If you can answer yes to all of these questions, please read on.
Seatech Publications, Inc., is a production-oriented, technical documentation company. We are searching for full-time, permanent employees who can be immediately productive in our organization. The positions will either be located at our main office in Poulsbo, Washington (http://www.poulsbochamber.com), or, for the right candidate, at a branch office in the Twin Cities (http://www.exploreminnesota.com/twin_cities_metro_region.html).
Qualified candidates will have the following:
* Proven experience developing training manuals, system operation
manuals, and/or testing and adjusting manuals for equipment
containing electronically controlled hydraulic systems (machine
design or product support experience can be substituted for
writing experience)
* Ability to read electrical and hydraulic schematics
* Ability to interpret engineering prints
* Proficiency with technical illustration software
* Experience using structured FrameMaker to develop technical
manuals (a plus)
* Experience delivering military training courses (a plus).
If your qualifications match our needs, please forward your resume and
a writing sample to: jobs -at- seatechpubs -dot- com -dot-
For more info on SiberSafe, CMS of choice for techdoc teams, see also: www.siberlogic.com/sibersafe/ and www.siberlogic.com/framemaker/.
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ANNOUNCE: MadCap Software Supports TECHWR-L as a Silver Sponsor
Join us in thanking MadCap Software (http://www.madcapsoftware.com/techwhirl) for joining TECHWR-L as a Silver Annual Sponsor! As a sponsor, MadCap provides support for the community, the TECHWR-L mailing list, and the TECHWR-L Web site.
Founded by former core members of the RoboHelp team at eHelp Corporation, MadCap Software developed MadCap Flare(TM) (http://www.madcapsoftware.com/products/flare.asp), a new XML-based authoring tool that empowers technical writers and Help authors to harness the power of XML without requiring any knowledge of XML programming. The patent-pending visual editor lets authors write like they would in Microsoft(R) Word(TM), and Flare(TM) maintains the content in pure XML for the ultimate in single-source flexibility.
Features include:
* Import Microsoft(R) Word(TM), HTML, and RoboHelp(R) projects
* Generate cross-browser, cross-platform Help, Vista (Longhorn)
Help(TM) (when released by Microsoft), Microsoft(R) HTML Help(TM)
(.chm), and printed documentation
* Enjoy advanced features such as command line compiling and the
visual browse sequence editor
* Includes Unicode support, conditional tags, variables, and more
ANNOUNCE: XML and Adobe FrameMaker Specialized Workshops
Charleston, SC USA
Bright Path Solutions, the premier Adobe Certified training company, based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina is on tour and plans to be in the Charleston area the week of April 3-7, 2006. The week will be divided into three (3) separate training sessions:
1st: Monday & Tuesday, April 3 & 4:
Adobe FrameMaker Basics
Special "Low Country" Pricing: $600.00! (Regular Price: $760.00)
3rd: Friday, April 7: FrameMaker XML/SGML Round Trip
Special "Low Country" Pricing: $325.00! (Regular Price: $420.00)
***SPECIAL***
Each student can sign up for one or more of the individual training sessions. However...Sign up for the entire 5 days of training for $1,500.00 per student! (This represents a savings of over 33% based on the regular price per student)!
Contact for this Special Training:
David Dilts
Service Sales Manager
BRIGHT PATH SOLUTIONS
Phone: 1.919.633.8559
Mailto:davidd -at- travelthepath -dot- com
Article: Review of Cladonia Exchanger XML Editor
This article by Tony Self is a review of the Exchanger XML Editor. The
issues brought up in the article are relevant to a variety of XML editors. http://www.winwriters.com/articles/exchanger/index.html
Survey: The WritersUA 2006 Salary Survey is Concluding
This week is your last opportunity to contribute to the WritersUA User
Assistance Salary Survey The results and analysis of this survey will be
made publicly available. Your participation is the key to a survey that
helps us all. http://www.writersua.com/surveys/salary06/
Registration Continues for WritersUA Conference
The 14th Annual WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance is
approaching. The conference will be held in Palm Springs April 9-12. The
conference focus, as always, is on user assistance Design, Tools,
Technologies, and Content Development. Over 60 informative sessions will be
presented by 45 expert speakers. The participants have just been announced
for the Peer Showcase component of the conference. http://www.writersua.com/ohc06/index.html
WEBINAR: How to Build a Business Case for Content Management
Presented by: Bret Freeman, Senior Sales Engineer for Vasont Systems
February 15, 2006, 1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT
Developing a plan for your content management initiative is essential to achieving success. Besides being a persuasive document to show your management team that content management is a solid investment, it also forces your team and your chosen vendor to lay out all the details necessary to meet your content management goals.
While the exact format and content of your plan will vary, there are some basic points that you should address. In this presentation, Bret Freeman will guide you through an example of a business plan.
Attendees will learn:
* How to develop an executive summary;
* How to compile a detailed plan, including a project
description, logistics, and financial aspects;
* What supporting documents should accompany the business plan.
Who should attend:
* Writers
* Editors
* Managers
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
Bret Freeman, Senior Sales Engineer, Vasont Systems
As Senior Sales Engineer for Vasont Systems, Bret Freeman is responsible for technical support for the sales and marketing staff. In this role, he consults with prospective clients and demonstrates Vasont�s technical features and capabilities, and frequently delivers presentations for Vasont�s Webinar Series, industry conferences, and media events. He has extensive knowledge in content management strategies and complex multilingual outputs. Bret has more than ten years of experience in the information management and publishing industry.
ANNOUNCE: Major Study of White Paper Writers Released
Learn tips and strategies for formatting, writing and pricing white papers.
The results of the industry's first major study of white paper writers are revealed in a new report entitled "White Paper Writer Industry Survey." See http://www.whitepapersource.com/cmd.php?af=343295
If you are a freelance writer, the report will help you understand how much to charge when writing a white paper, the time it takes to produce one and the standards you should follow.
If you are an in-house writer, the report will help you understand white paper formatting, the time commitment and industry standards, thereby increasing the quality of your work.
Recommended by best-selling authors Robert W. Bly (author of The Copywriter's Handbook) and Peter Bowerman (author of The Well-Fed Writer), more than 8,000 writers and marketing professionals own a copy of the report.
The graphic-rich, 42-page report surveyed more than 575 white paper writers. The comprehensive study reveals the key processes involved in writing white papers, why white papers are produced, how they are distributed and the differences between independent and in-house writers.
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