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Mentoring - Networking - AccomplishmentThe LaunchPad Certificate Program

If you're new to the user assistance field, welcome. The WritersUA Conference offers a wealth of information and networking opportunities, but we recognize that it can be intimidating to meet new people and difficult to make the right session selections.

So to make your takeoff as smooth and enjoyable as possible, we're pleased to offer you the opportunity to join our LaunchPad Certificate Program. We've designed this program to assist newcomers in planning their Conference agenda and meeting other colleagues.

There is no extra charge to join the LaunchPad program once you have registered for the Conference.


What You'll Get

The valuable benefits to this program include:

  • A special session on Sunday evening—exclusively for certificate participants—to introduce you to the world of software user assistance.
  • A chance to meet the other attendees new to the conference and software user assistance.
  • LaunchPad Mentors will be on hand to help you plan your session selection strategy and answer your questions.
  • A unique LaunchPad completion certificate and permanent placement on the WritersUA web site as a LaunchPad graduate await those who successfully complete the program.

How It Works

You can sign up for the program when you register. Just check the box on the registration form. However, there is a limit on the number of LaunchPad applicants we will be accepting. Spaces will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Sorry, the LaunchPad Certificate Program is not open to participants in the ProBooster Certificate Program.

LaunchPad CertificateOn the evening of Sunday, March 29, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, you will be required to attend an orientation meeting and introductory session, "Welcome to the World of User Assistance."

You will follow a carefully designed curriculum that introduces you to the most important foundation skills while allowing you time to explore individual interests. You need to attend five of the eleven LaunchPad sessions and then attend any two other sessions of your choice during the course of the Conference.

The sessions you will be attending are open to all Conference attendees. You won't miss out on the chance to interact with hundreds of other Help authors.



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LaunchPad Curriculum

In addition to the LaunchPad Sessions, you are encouraged, but not required, to attend the Conference Opening Session and Closing Session.

REQUIRED:
Welcome to the World of User Assistance

Welinske • Sunday 5:00 - 6:30 pm

PICK FIVE:
User-Centered Design of Context-Sensitive Help
 Ellison • Monday 10:45am - 12:00pm

A Painless Introduction to Structured Authoring
 Gash • Monday 10:45am - 12:00pm

Topic-Based Authoring
 James-Tanny • Monday 3:30 - 4:45pm

Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) and AIR Help
 Prentice • Tuesday 2:45 - 4:00 pm

User Assistance in Web Forms
 Wroblewski • Tuesday 1:00 - 2:15pm

RSS, Blogs, and Podcasts
 Schlenker • Wednesday 8:30 - 9:45am

Better Knowledge-Base Articles for Complex Troubleshooting
 Farkas • Wednesday 10:00 - 11:15am

What If the Reader Can't Read?
 Self • Wednesday 10:00 - 11:15am

Developing More Successful Personas
 Adlin • Wednesday 1:30 - 2:45pm

Career Strategies for Embedded UA
 Bracey, DeLoach, Ellison, and Mueller • Wednesday 1:30 - 2:45pm

Magic and Mental Models: Using Illusion to Simplify Designs
 Spool • Wednesday 3:15 - 4:15pm

Introduction to DITA
 Self • Sunday 1:00 - 4:30pm
Optional Seminar - Supplemental Fee Required

Introduction to Captivate
 Ellison • Sunday 1:00 - 4:30pm
Optional Seminar - Supplemental Fee Required

OPEN ELECTIVE:
Attend any two additional sessions from the conference program as your open electives. A Supplemental Seminar counts as an Open Elective but you must pay the additional Seminar fee.

 

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