Washlines XVIII: Chicago, My Kind of Town!
Mini-Conference Program
Tuesday, August 21, 6:30-9:00 p.m., Winter Park Civic Center
R1 = Rotation 1 (7:25-7:50) R2 = Rotation 2 (7:50-8:15) R3 = Rotation 3 (8:15-8:40)
C = Closed O = Open
S = Special rotation at Tan venue: community awards, conference photos, chapter history. Black venue is dark.
M = Special rotation at Red venue: student mentoring programs. Purple venue is dark.
| Venue Theme |
Host |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Topics and Original Presenter(s) |
Color |
Chicago
Symphony
Orchestra |
Karen Lane |
O |
S |
O |
- “Surfing the Perfect Storm” (Tristan Bishop)
- “Using YouTube Videos to Enhance Traditional Documentation” (Fer O’Neil & Ben
Johnson)
- “Goodbye, Arial and Verdana. Hello, Web Fonts! ” (Michael Opsteegh)
- “A Pleasure Doing Business” (Stephen Anderson)
|
Black |
| The “Chicago Dog” |
Debra Johnson |
C |
O |
O |
- “Content Strategy and Management” (Karen McGrane and Jeff Eaton)
|
Green |
The Field
Museum of Natural
History |
W.C. Wiese |
O |
S |
O |
- Certification Update
- “Plain Language for the Technical Writer” (Bruce Poropat)
- “Publishing in a New Media Landscape” (Liz Pohland)
- “What Should Technical Communicators Do When Products Just Work?” (Ellis Pratt)
|
Tan |
| “Chicago Firsts” |
Alicia Kerns |
C |
O |
O |
- “How Personality Type Affects Negotiating Style and Tone ” (Mary Knepper, Chance Longo)
- “Virtual vs. Local Teams – Communication Success and Failure” (Kathleen Moore)
|
Black and yellow |
| “All that Jazz” |
Bethany Bowles |
O |
O |
M |
- “Adapting Ourselves to Adaptive Content” (Karen McGrane)
- “Why Technical Editors are Still Relevant” (panel of six presenters)
- “Pattern Recognition for Technical Communicators” (Kai Weber)
|
Purple |
| “Just Blew in from the Windy City” |
Sarah Baca |
O |
O |
C |
- “Bullet-Proofing Your Career Online” (Ben Woelk, Hannah Morgan)
- “How Writers Can Thrive in an Agile Software Environment” (Gavin Austin)
- “Greatly Exceeds Expectations” (Karen Mulholland)
- “Excellence: No Drama” (Karen Mulholland)
|
Light blue |
The Night
Chicago Died |
Dan
“Capone” Voss |
O |
O |
M |
- “Global English Skills” (John R. Kohl)
- “Publishing in a New Media Landscape” (Liz Pohland)
|
Red
|
| Total |
7 Presenters, 7 Venues |
5/2* |
6/1* |
5/2* |
22 Mini-Presentations |
Rainbow |
* Rotation 1 = 5 venues open, 2 “dark.” Rotation 2 = 6 open, 1 dark. Rotation 3 = 5 open, 2 dark.
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