STC Summit 2017

The shortage of qualified engineers combined with the increasing complexity of products and higher demands on information provision are creating complex challenges. In the near future, numerous industries are likely to see service costs soar, margins shrink, service quality plummet, and customer satisfaction decline. This presentation will demonstrate how augmented reality (AR), in combination with intelligent information structures, offer a cost effective and practical solution to this problem. Benefits of an AR approach for technical communications are well documented and have been measured and published in recent studies.

Is your organization looking to implement structured content solutions using XML DITA? Do you need to understand how to convert your existing content to XML DITA from source formats including FrameMaker and Word? Are you worried that collecting and reviewing contributions from subject matter experts may suddenly become a difficult problem to manage?

Join us for a combined demonstration of the Migrate cloud XML content conversion service and AuthorBridge, a new low-cost, web-based authoring tool that has been developed for use by SMEs with no knowledge of XML. AuthorBridge provides authors with a Word-like interface, along with a guided and fluid authoring experience, free from the usual constraints of traditional XML authoring tools.

With Migrate, you will learn how to make a simple DITA structure, configure basic conversion rules and witness a real-time conversion to DITA. We will then review the DITA output in AuthorBridge and learn how to edit and review existing DITA topics and to quickly create new ones without requiring any knowledge of DITA or XML.

This is a Summit+ Theater session. 

Microsoft Word letting you down? 36Software is pleased to present SmartDocs – the only completely collaborative content reuse and management solution for your MS Word content. Optimize what your company already has and relies on. Get more than you ever thought possible out of Word and SharePoint with SmartDocs as your solution. Don’t leave anybody out – SmartDocs is for everyone, no matter where they work.

DITA isn't for everyone; SmartDocs is. SmartDocs is just a fraction of the cost, training, and set-up time to XML or DITA-based CMS solutions. Proven. And, unlike other solutions, SmartDocs is scalable and affordable for teams of 5 to 5000. Join Lisa Pietrangeli and Bryan Lynn to experience everything that SmartDocs can do, without ever leaving your Word environment. Bring your questions and Word content challenges. SmartDocs will solve them!

There’s a tension between creativity and productivity--between fostering a creative work environment and an efficient one.  This session will discuss approaches and practices to help a creative champion lead a team or organization using visual communication. It will also show practical examples of how creative visuals can save you time and help you reclaim your work day.

Writing a book gives you an opportunity to provide tangible value. It can establish your brand and increase your professional standing. Information professionals are uniquely positioned to take advantage of self-publishing because we already know how to transform source material to online and print materials and because we have editors, designers, and talented peer reviewers in our networks. While self-publishing is easier than ever, reaching your audience and making money from your book is harder for self-publishers; we must master marketing and distribution so the audience can find our book.

https://www.slideshare.net/lizfraley/advance-your-career-through-selfpublishing 

This is a Summit+ Theater session.