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STC Summit 2017

Jessica Surdin

Baltimore, Maryland Area

https://linkedin.com/in/jessicasurdin/

Entry level technical communicator. I have Technical Writing experience in almost every stage of my life's employment; creating training materials and documents for various restaurants; writing articles for Voices and Examiner.com; editing resumes and research papers for friends; assisting others in learning computer programs like MS Excel and MS Word.

1:00pm EDT

Revive and Thrive: Strategies for the Introvert in Today’s Workplace Camellia 3

5:30pm EDT

Opening Keynote Cherry Blossom

7:00pm EDT

Welcome Reception in the Expo Hall Woodrow Wilson

8:00am EDT

Expo Hall Monday Woodrow Wilson

9:00am EDT

Breaking Down Silos: Combining Marketing and Technical Content to Deliver a Consistent Customer Experience Baltimore 5 Gain the Edge by Learning to Read Microexpressions Baltimore 4

10:10am EDT

A Layman's Crash Course on Analytics in Help Content Annapolis 3/4 Picture Perfect! How to Turn Words and Data into Powerful Graphics Baltimore 4

11:30am EDT

Technical Editing SIG TBA

1:00pm EDT

Walk in Your Customer's Shoes: Learn the Art of Journey Mapping Annapolis 3/4

2:10pm EDT

Implementing a Content Strategy Is Like Running 100 Miles: Painful But Possible Annapolis 1/2 On Track! Running an Effective Meeting is More than the Agenda Annapolis 3/4 Six Super Success Hacks Annapolis 3/4 Learning Styles and the Cancer Experience Baltimore 1/2

4:00pm EDT

Engineering Content Champions Annapolis 3/4 Proving ROI: Agilely Cutting Costs in Help Baltimore 3

6:30pm EDT

Dine Around TBA

7:30am EDT

Registration Open Tuesday Woodrow Wilson Foyer

9:00am EDT

Productivity Hacks for Technical Communicators Annapolis 3/4 Five Cascading Style Sheet Techniques That Every Technical Writer Should Know Baltimore 5 Writing Complete APIs Baltimore 3

10:10am EDT

Getting to Compliant: Responding to Government RFPs for the Technical Communicator Baltimore 4 We Stoop to Conqquer: Adjusting to Mediocrity Baltimore 1/2 We’re Going Mobile! Great! What Does That Mean? Annapolis 1/2

11:30am EDT

Instructional Design and Learning SIG Annapolis 1 Speed Networking Woodrow Wilson

1:00pm EDT

Edits as ESL Teaching: Working with Multi-lingual Writers Baltimore 4 Know Your Client's Language Annapolis 3/4 So You Think You Know What Your Readers Want? Annapolis 3/4

2:10pm EDT

Cut through the Clutter: Using Plain Language to Gain the Cutting Edge Annapolis 1/2 Prototypes of Use: Adapting Content to the Usability Expectations of Different Contexts Annapolis 3/4 Technical Editing for the 21st Century: Reconsidering Competencies in Academic Offerings Baltimore 3

4:00pm EDT

My Android Dreams of Electric Cats: Are You Capturing Your User's Emotive Analytics? Annapolis 3/4 Gamification of Instructional Design Baltimore 4 The Wonderful World of Proposals Baltimore 3

7:00pm EDT

Rough Drafts After Party Cherry Blossom

10:00pm EDT

Karaoke @ Public House TBA

9:00am EDT

How May I Help You? (Why Service is a Smart Way Forward) Baltimore 1/2 Novices AND Experts, Not Novices OR Expert Users Baltimore 3

10:10am EDT

Git for Writers: Making it Easy Baltimore 4 Know Your Audience (Better than They Know Themselves) Annapolis 3/4

11:00am EDT

Closing General Session: Fix My App Cherry Blossom