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Targeted Learning
Emerging Skills Technology Update Design Strategies Tool Techniques Content Development Open Standards Special Interest

Emerging Skills

The Wikibooks Paradigm for Collaborative Content CreationAndrew Whitworth
The Potential of Web 2.0 for User AssistanceScott Boggan
Integrating Different Types of User Assistance with On-Demand SoftwareAndrea Leszek
Friend or Foe? The Role of Web 2.0 in User AssistanceSarah O'Keefe
Guiding Principles of Googley DesignJon Wiley
Using Web 2.0 to Distribute Key KnowledgeJames Keller
Making Business Blogging Work with Your UA Jeanie DuMont
An Essential Toolkit for Information ArchitectsBogo Vatovec
Web 2.0 in a Corporate Environment: Roles and Tasks of a Technical CommunicatorBogo Vatovec
Hands-on Double Session: Designing Best-in-Class Embedded User AssistanceScott DeLoach
Supplemental Seminar: Introduction to DITATony Self

Technology Update

Flare - Hot Tips and Cool TricksScott DeLoach
Creating Help with DITA - a Development ForumTony Self
Key Issues in Help Authoring Tool SelectionChar James-Tanny / Panel Discussion
Developing Help for the MacMatt Neuburg
Supporting Windows Mobile DevicesChris De Herrera
Guided Help: A Revolution for Software Help and Support?Matthew Ellison
Automated Reference Documentation Using Microsoft SandcastleDavid Wright
Creating Auto-line Numbered Code Blocks with CSS and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005Frank Palinkas
Vendor Technical Presentation: Introducing Adobe Technical Communication SuiteRJ Jacquez

Design Strategies

Emulating Vista Help with RoboHelp and FlareRob Houser
Analyzing Your Audience, Constructing Personas and Conducting Internal DialogsDave Farkas and Jean Farkas
Task Support Clusters: A Micro-architecture for User AssistanceMichael Hughes
Using Visual Hierarchy to Convey InformationLuke Wroblewski
Case Studies: Portable Usability Testing with MoraeAlan Choi, Sarah Leritz-Higgins, Tim Saludo
From Use Cases to Help Design, Development, and TestingJill Kerr
The Psychology of User-"ology": Knowing Your AudienceLeah Camp
Health Models for Procedural TroubleshootingDaniel Brown
SuperFlow Interactive Flow ChartsDoug Eby
Techniques for Reviewing a User InterfaceRhonda Bracey

Tool Techniques

Become Robo-Like Efficient with RoboHelp 7Kevin Siegel
Effective Guidelines for Captivate MoviesDavid Locke
Moving an Enterprise Organization to Madcap FlareJenny Quimpo
Case Study: Supporting a Software "Appliance" with Flare's WebHelp and DotHet HelpMara Dolan
Using DocBook for Context-sensitive HelpTony DaSilva
Sharing the Point: Custom Help for Custom SharePoint ApplicationsJennifer Abbingsole
Creating and Using a "Template" Project in RoboHelpDiana Beebe
The Outer Limits: Transcending the Technical Boundaries of RoboHelpGreg Hinshaw
Hands-on Double Session: Developing Interactive eLearning with CaptivateRob Houser
Hands-on Double Session: Automating the Word Authoring EnvironmentPaul Mueller
Vendor Technical Presentation: Advanced Single-Sourcing With MadCap FlareMike Hamilton
Vendor Technical Presentation: Advanced Print Publishing With MadCap FlareMike Hamilton
Vendor Technical Presentation: Authoring With Consistency in Large MadCap Flare ProjectsMike Hamilton

Content Development

Beyond Step by Step: The Architecture of Procedural Content in Online User AssistanceCheri Lockett Zubak
Effective Interviewing of Subject Matter ExpertsRich Maggiani
Making Your Help Dynamically Match User-Customized MenusMelanie Allen
Using Content Tagging for Intelligent SearchDavid Shannon
Integrating Taxonomies and XMLDarin Stewart
Collaborative Editing of Online HelpGeoff Hart / Char James-Tanny
Achieving Business Value by Integrating Tasks, Topics and ContentDuane Degler
Developing Reusable Content with AuthorItCheri Lockett Zubak
Improving the Speed and Accuracy of a Publication WorkflowGeoff Hart
APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty MarketEd Marshall
Supplemental Seminar: Writing User Assistance that Improves PerformanceRob Houser

Open Standards

Migrating your User Assistance to the DITA ArchitectureAlan Houser
Customizing DITA Output - Web-based XHTML and PDFPam Noreault
Rapid Prototyping Techniques for Developing User AssistanceAlan Houser
How to Run a Successful DITA Pilot User Assistance ProjectMark Wallis
Introduction to XSL TransformsDave Gash
Cascading Style Sheets: Image Maps Using BackgroundsDave Gash
Cascading Style Sheets: Creating Table "Styles"Matthew Ellison
Single-sourcing with DITA in Support of a Web-based ApplicationSteven Anderson
Customization Options to Maximize Content Reuse with DITADebra Bissantz

Special Interest

Opening Session: Searching for the Origins of LanguageChristine Kenneally
True Separation of Content, Structure, Format, and BehaviorDave Gash
Welcome to the World of User AssistanceJoe Welinske
The Difference between E-Learning and User Assistance TechnologySaul Carliner
Closing Session: User Assistance Trends: Key Future DirectionsPanel Discussion
Supplemental Seminar: 18 Tips for Designing E-learningSaul Carliner

 
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