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Saturday
, May 6
Camellia 4
8:30am •
CPTC Foundation Exam Prep Class: Day 1
Sunday
, May 7
Annapolis 1-3
12:00pm •
Adobe Workshop
Annapolis 4
8:30am •
Programming Language Storytime: Programming Language Literacy for Technical Communicators
1:00pm •
Collaborating and Contributing in GitHub for Technical Communicators
Baltimore 1
8:30am •
Hard Day's Journey into Technical Editing
Baltimore 2
8:30am •
The 21st-Century Technical Communications Manager
1:00pm •
The Power of the Question: Developing Analytical Skills for TC Success
Baltimore 3
1:00pm •
Modeling the Content Experience: Delivering the Right Content, to the Right Person, in the Right Place, at the Right Time
Baltimore 3-5
8:00am •
Leadership Program
Camellia 3
1:00pm •
Revive and Thrive: Strategies for the Introvert in Today’s Workplace
Camellia 4
8:30am •
CPTC Foundation Exam Prep Class: Day 2
Cherry Blossom
5:30pm •
Opening Keynote
Woodrow Wilson
7:00pm •
Welcome Reception in the Expo Hall
Woodrow Wilson Foyer
7:30am •
Registration Open Sunday
Monday
, May 8
Annapolis 1/2
9:00am •
The Holy Trifecta of Intelligent Technical Content
10:10am •
Workflows: Your Treasure Map to Great Content
1:00pm •
How to Fix the Credibility Problem When Using Responsive Design
2:10pm •
Implementing a Content Strategy Is Like Running 100 Miles: Painful But Possible
4:00pm •
Video Provides the Edge
Annapolis 3/4
9:00am •
Leveraging Cognitive Science to Improve Structured Authoring
10:10am •
A Layman's Crash Course on Analytics in Help Content
1:00pm •
Walk in Your Customer's Shoes: Learn the Art of Journey Mapping
2:10pm •
Six Super Success Hacks
2:10pm •
On Track! Running an Effective Meeting is More than the Agenda
4:00pm •
Engineering Content Champions
Baltimore 1/2
9:00am •
To Manage or Not to Manage: That is the Career Path Question
10:10am •
Avoiding the $36 Comma: Clever Editing Strategies Can Reduce Translation Costs
1:00pm •
How Social Media Can Be Part of Your Set of Technical Communication Skills
2:10pm •
Learning Styles and the Cancer Experience
4:00pm •
Supporting Customer Advocacy with Intelligent Knowledge Management
Baltimore 3
9:00am •
User Experience Strategies for Winning API Documentation
10:10am •
Documentation Support for an IoT Product: A Case Study
2:10pm •
Section 508: Are You Ready for ADA Compliance Standards?
4:00pm •
Proving ROI: Agilely Cutting Costs in Help
Baltimore 4
9:00am •
Gain the Edge by Learning to Read Microexpressions
10:10am •
Picture Perfect! How to Turn Words and Data into Powerful Graphics
1:00pm •
Introverted Entrepreneurship: Leverage Your Strengths to Build A Successful Business
2:10pm •
Meet the Editors
4:00pm •
Work Global, Live Local
Baltimore 5
9:00am •
Breaking Down Silos: Combining Marketing and Technical Content to Deliver a Consistent Customer Experience
10:10am •
Analytics and Tech Doc: The Dawn of a New Era
1:00pm •
Introducing MadCap Central for Cloud-based Content Management
2:10pm •
Customer Centricity at Your Fingertips
4:00pm •
The Heart of MadCap Central: Project and Task Management
Camellia 3
11:30am •
Policies and Procedures SIG
Camellia 4
11:30am •
Accessibility, Agile, and Usability and User Experience SIGs Combined Meeting
Cherry Blossom
5:30pm •
Annual Business Meeting
TBA
11:00am •
Monday Break-Lunch on your own
11:30am •
Technical Editing SIG
1:00pm •
Expo Hall Monday
6:30pm •
Dine Around
Woodrow Wilson
8:00am •
Continental Breakfast
8:00am •
Expo Hall Monday
10:10am •
Lights, Camera, Screen, and Audio: Make Better Videos with the Basics
1:00pm •
A Business Case for Augmented Reality
2:10pm •
Focus on Your Creativity, Not Your Tools
3:00pm •
Refreshment Break
4:00pm •
A Guide to XML Content Conversion and Web-based XML Authoring for SMEs
Woodrow Wilson Foyer
7:30am •
Registration Open Monday
Tuesday
, May 9
Annapolis 1
11:30am •
Instructional Design and Learning SIG
Annapolis 1/2
9:00am •
CANCELLED: Customer Success: It's Not Just a Job, It's a Calling!
10:10am •
We’re Going Mobile! Great! What Does That Mean?
1:00pm •
Generating Web Service API Documentation Automatically from the Source Code
2:10pm •
Cut through the Clutter: Using Plain Language to Gain the Cutting Edge
4:00pm •
Collaboration, Communication, and Credibility: Building Stronger Content Teams
Annapolis 3/4
9:00am •
Productivity Hacks for Technical Communicators
10:10am •
Hello World! RIP Traditional Content Strategies and Methodologies
1:00pm •
Know Your Client's Language
1:00pm •
So You Think You Know What Your Readers Want?
2:10pm •
Prototypes of Use: Adapting Content to the Usability Expectations of Different Contexts
4:00pm •
My Android Dreams of Electric Cats: Are You Capturing Your User's Emotive Analytics?
4:00pm •
Art of Writing in Agile
Baltimore 1/2
9:00am •
Everyone's an Editor
10:10am •
We Stoop to Conqquer: Adjusting to Mediocrity
1:00pm •
Case Study: Finding Your Documentation Utopia in an Agile Environment
2:10pm •
Leveraging Structured Authoring: DITA Techniques When All You Have are Unstructured Tools
4:00pm •
Tactics, Taxes, and Trust: Lessons from the Freelancing Front
Baltimore 3
9:00am •
Writing Complete APIs
10:10am •
Accessibility Made Easy: Automating and Optimizing Accessible Outputs from DITA XML
1:00pm •
Creating a Free Intranet using Drupal
2:10pm •
Technical Editing for the 21st Century: Reconsidering Competencies in Academic Offerings
4:00pm •
The Wonderful World of Proposals
Baltimore 4
9:00am •
A Tech Writer, A Map, and an App
10:10am •
Getting to Compliant: Responding to Government RFPs for the Technical Communicator
1:00pm •
Edits as ESL Teaching: Working with Multi-lingual Writers
2:10pm •
Is DITA Right for You? Scenarios for Considering a Move to DITA
4:00pm •
Gamification of Instructional Design
Baltimore 5
9:00am •
Five Cascading Style Sheet Techniques That Every Technical Writer Should Know
10:10am •
Ditch the Rose-Colored Glasses: A Look at the Costs, Risks, and Benefits of Moving to XML
1:00pm •
Content As-a-Service: A Structured Program for Extending Your Business Value and Amazing More Customers
2:10pm •
Aligning Your Technical Communication Content with Brand Initiatives and Making Marketing Pay for It
4:00pm •
Give Readers the Power of Choice
Camellia 3
11:30am •
API and Lone Writer SIGs Combined Meeting
Camellia 4
11:30am •
Consulting and Independent Contracting SIG
Cherry Blossom
5:30pm •
Honors Reception
7:00pm •
Rough Drafts After Party
TBA
10:00pm •
Karaoke @ Public House
Woodrow Wilson
8:00am •
Continental Breakfast
8:00am •
Expo Hall Tuesday
10:10am •
DITA Isn't for Everyone. SmartDocs Is. SmartDocs Transforms Word into a Complete Content Management Solution
11:00am •
Tuesday Break
11:30am •
Speed Networking
1:00pm •
Increase Productivity While Championing Creativity
2:10pm •
Advance Your Career through Self-Publishing
3:00pm •
Exhibitor Raffle Drawings & Refreshment Break
Woodrow Wilson Foyer
7:30am •
Registration Open Tuesday
Wednesday
, May 10
Annapolis 3/4
9:00am •
Improve Content Quality with One Process Change
10:10am •
Know Your Audience (Better than They Know Themselves)
Baltimore 1/2
9:00am •
Follow the Yellow Brick Road: A Leadership Journey to the Emerald City
9:00am •
How May I Help You? (Why Service is a Smart Way Forward)
10:10am •
Creating User Documentation in an Agile World
Baltimore 3
9:00am •
Novices AND Experts, Not Novices OR Expert Users
10:10am •
Disrupt Your Ownself: Streamlined Publishing through the Cloud with HTML5
Baltimore 4
9:00am •
Regular Expressions for Tech Writers
10:10am •
Git for Writers: Making it Easy
Baltimore 5
9:00am •
PDF and HTML5 Make Content Truly Omnichannel
10:10am •
The Art of Personal Branding: How to Tell the “You” Story and Gain New Customers
Cherry Blossom
11:00am •
Closing General Session: Fix My App
Gaylord National Resort
1:30pm •
Board of Directors Meeting: Public Portion
Woodrow Wilson
8:00am •
Continental Breakfast
Woodrow Wilson Foyer
7:30am •
Registration Open Wednesday
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