PCOC 17

[Michele Berkes 615-576-2352 <BERKESM -at- A1 -dot- OSTI -dot- GOV>]

****WARNING--LONG MESSAGE****

PCOC 17 is almost upon us. The response has been tremendous and it's shaping
up to be a great conference. An article about our keynote speaker Jose-Marie
Griffiths and the final program are attached. If you would like to register,
there are still a few openings, but act quickly! In addition, the proceedings
of the conference will be available for purchase after the conference.

I'm looking forward to meeting many of you next week!

Michele Berkes
Manager, PCOC 17
berkesm -at- a1 -dot- osti -dot- gov

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GRIFFITHS TO SPEAK AT PCOC 17

    Jose-Marie Griffiths, president of the American Society for Information
Science and dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at
the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will be the keynote speaker at the
17th Annual Practical Conference on Communication. She will speak on "Changing
Environment, Changing Profession: A Proactive Response for Survival and Growth
of Technical Communicators."
    PCOC 17, sponsored by the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society for
Technical Communication, will be held Thursday and Friday, November 4 and 5,
at Pollard Auditorium in Oak Ridge. The use of Pollard is courtesy of Oak
Ridge Associated Universities.
    Registration will be at 8 a.m. Thursday and the keynote address will be at
9:45. The opening session on Friday will begin at 8 a.m.
    Full conference registration of $100 for STC members and $110 for
nonmembers includes a buffet dinner at the Garden Plaza Hotel and a
performance of "Cliffhanger" at the Oak Ridge Playhouse on Thursday evening
and a luncheon at the Garden Plaza on Friday. Single day tickets are also
available for $80 (member and nonmembers).
    The 4th Annual Contractors and Independent Consultants Conference (CICC),
a post-conference meeting, will also be held November 6 at the Garden Plaza.
There is an additional $40 registration fee for the CICC.
    Griffiths is a Distinguished Professor and Collaborating Scientist in
Information Science, a position jointly sponsored by UT and Martin Marietta
Energy Systems, Inc. She holds a bachelor of science in physics and a
doctorate in information science, both from the University of London in
England.
    She has written more than 150 books, technical reports, and articles and
given more than 275 formal presentations, keynote addresses, and workshops.
Recent projects have included an assessment of scientific and technical
information dissemination in the United States. Her honors include the ASIS
Research Award and several fellowships and distinguished lectureships.
    Topics to be covered at PCOC this year include interactive multimedia,
product development by technical communicators, redefined and expanded roles
for technical writers and editors, virtual reality, online and user
documentation, desktop publishing, proposal writing, consulting skills,
Hypertext, and standard generalized markup language.
    For more information about PCOC and the CICC, contact Michele Berkes, PCOC
manager, 615-576-2352.

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        17th ANNUAL PRACTICAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION
   SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION/EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER
                      OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE
                       NOVEMBER 4-5, 1993
                          FINAL PROGRAM

Thursday, Nov. 4

8:00-8:30     Registration
8:30-8:45     Welcome and Introductions
                Carol M. Barnum
                  STC Region 3 Director-Sponsor
              Business Announcements
                Fred O'Hara
                  PCOC 17 Program Manager
8:45-9:45     Keynote Speech
              "Changing Environment, Changing Profession: A
               Proactive Response for Survival and Growth of
               Technical Communicators"
                 Jose-Marie Griffiths
                   President, American Society for Information
                   Science
9:45-10:00    Break
10:00-11:30   Panel: Professional Roles of Technical
              Communicators
              "When Is a Writer Not a Writer?"
                 Daniel E. Wise
                   Southern Company Services, Birmingham, Ala.
              "If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them: The Technical
               Communicator as Product Developer"
                 Shelly King
                   Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.
              "Redefining the Role of Technical Writers"
                 Lana Mullis-Bly and Diana L. Penning
                   American Computer Professionals, Columbia,
                   S.C.
              Concurrent Workshop
              "Leadership--Do You Have What It Takes?"
                 Carol M. Barnum
                   Southern Technical Institute, Marietta, Ga.
11:30-1:00    Lunch break (on one's own)
1:00-2:30     Panel: Personal Management
              "Relocation--Upheaval or Opportunity?"
                 Beth Hoople
                   Marketing Magic, Jesup, Ga.
              "Working Solo: How to Thrive as the Only Writer in
               Your Office"
                 Lori J. Brown
                   Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga.
              "Research in Disguise--Successful Networking"
                 Beth Hoople
                   Marketing Magic, Jesup, Ga.
              Concurrent Workshop
              "Technical and Management Issues in Implementing
               Online Documentation"
                 George F. Hayhoe
                   Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, S.C.
2:30-3:00     Break
3:00-4:30     Panel: Technical Communication--The Next
              Generation
              "Technical Writing and Editing in Transition"
                 James W. Pearce
                   Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,
                   Tenn.
              "From the ENIAC to Virtual Reality: Is Our
               Technical Communication Keeping up with the Times?
                 Bonnie J. Davis
                   Private Consultant, The Communication Network,
                   Avondale Estates, Ga.
              "Preparing Information for Global Audiences"
                 Barbara K. Russell
                   Private Consultant, Nashville, Tenn.
              Concurrent Workshop
              "Accounting for Noise in Technical Communication"
                 Yu-kwong Chiu, Carol Engle, Jerold Jeansonne,
                   Jefferson D. Miller, Oklahoma State
                   University, Stillwater, Okla., and Charles
                   Kemnitz, Pennsylvania College of Technology,
                   Williamsport, Pa.

Friday, Nov. 5

8:00-9:30     Panel: The Technology of Communication
              "Interactive Multimedia--Gee-Whiz Technology or
               Effective Communication Medium?"
                 Douglas S. McDaniel
                   Science Applications International Corp.,
                   Oak Ridge, Tenn.
              "Crafting Interactive Information: The Synthesis of
               SGML, Structured Writing, and Hypertext"
                 Robert G. Hein
                   Reynolds and Reynolds Co., Dayton, Ohio
              "Desktop Publishing with Hybrid Systems"
                 Brian J. Lindgren
                   Computer Technology Research Corp.,
                   Charleston, S.C.
              Concurrent Workshop
              "Let's Get the Research Published: An Author's
               Editor Facilitates Publication of an Author's
               Article in Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals"
                 David L. Armbruster
                   The University of Tennessee, Memphis,
                   Memphis, Tenn.
                 Lottie B. Applewhite
                   Author's Editor, Chapel Hill, N.C.
9:30-10:00    Break
10:00-12:00   Panel: Reports on Special Technical Communication
              Conferences
              * AMA International Congress on Peer-Reviewed
                Publications
                  David L. Armbruster
                    The University of Tennessee, Memphis,
                    Memphis, Tenn.
              * Florida Technical Writing Conference
                  Carol M. Barnum
                    Southern Technical Institute, Marietta, Ga.
              * IEEE International Professional Communication
                Conference
                  George F. Hayhoe
                    Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, S.C.
              * International Technical Communication Seminar &
                Trade Show
                  Bernie Cohen
                    Private Consultant, Nashville, Tenn.
              * Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific
                Communication
                  Russel Hirst
                    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
                    Knoxville, Tenn.
              * STC Region 7 Conference
                  Consuelo K. Wassink
                    HWW Consultants, Anchorage, Alaska (invited)
              * STC Academic/Industry Workshop
                  Jeffrey L. Hibbard
                    IBM Corp., New York
              * Currents
                  Daniel E. Wise
                    Southern Company Services, Birmingham, Ala.
                    (invited)
              Concurrent Workshop
              "`Reading to Learn to Do' Documentation and
               Training"
                 Scott DeLoach
                   Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc., Atlanta,
                   Ga.
                 Rob Houser
                   NCR--An AT&T Company, Duluth, Ga.
12:00-1:30     Luncheon (Garden Plaza)
                 Thank Yous
                   Michele Berkes
                     Manager, PCOC 17
                 STC and You
                   George F. Hayhoe
                     Secretary, STC
1:30-3:00      Panel: Writing and Editing Tools and Techniques
               "Special Problems in Editing Engineering
                Specifications: Maintaining Master Documents"
                  Teresa R. Johnson
                    William B. Thompson Engineers, Inc., Memphis,
                    Tenn.
               "Proposals--Winners and Skinners"
                  Norman Lambert
                    Private Consultant, St. Louis, Mo.
               "Documentation Services Skills"
                  Jeffrey J. Haas
                    Unisys Corp., Norcross, Ga.
               Concurrent Workshop
               "Mixing Technique with Technology"
                  Consuelo K. Wassink
                    Partner, HWW Consultants, Anchorage, Alaska
3:00-3:15      Break
3:15-3:45      Panel: My Most Important Insight
3:45-4:30      Workshop: STC and the Technical Communication
               Profession
               * STC: The Past as Prologue to the Future
                   Jeffrey L. Hibbard
                     Past President, STC
               * STC and the Professional Recognition of
                 Technical Communicators
                   David L. Armbruster
                     Past President, STC
               * STC: Providing for the Needs of Members at the
                 Local Level
                   Carol M. Barnum
                     Director-Sponsor, Region 3, STC
               * STC: Opportunities for Personal Growth
                   George F. Hayhoe
                     Secretary, STC
4:30-4:35      Closing of the Conference
                  Michele Berkes
                    Manager, PCOC 17


ABOUT PCOC 17
     The Practical Conference on Communication (PCOC), sponsored
annually by the Society for Technical Communication/East
Tennessee Chapter (STC/ETC), features presentations and workshops
by editors, writers, designers, managers, and educators on a
broad range of topics specifically directed toward practical
application. The 1993 conference will be at Oak Ridge Associated
Universities in Pollard Auditorium and associated meeting rooms.
As the preliminary program reveals, the 17th annual meeting
should be especially exciting. We hope you agree--and that you
plan to join us this year for PCOC 17.

EARLY CHECK-IN AND RECEPTION
    The East Tennessee Chapter will host a Wednesday reception at
the Garden Plaza Hotel. Drop in anytime between 7 and 9 p.m. and
enjoy an informal evening with fellow communicators.

REGISTRATION BENEFITS
    In addition to presentations and workshops, the PCOC 17
registration fee also includes a complimentary copy of the
conference proceedings and refreshments at each scheduled break.
Full (two-day) registration also includes an invitation to the
Friday luncheon at the Garden Plaza Hotel as well as to the
Thursday buffet dinner at the hotel; dinner will be followed by
an evening at the Oak Ridge Playhouse to enjoy James Yaffe's
"Cliffhanger." (According to "The Atlanta Constitution," this
ingeniously plotted mystery set in a small college town somewhere
in the Rockies is "an old-fashioned thriller-chiller with some
heart, heartbreak and hearty laughs.") Thursday-only registration
includes an invitation to the dinner (and theater); Friday-only,
to the luncheon.
    A few openings are still available for PCOC 17, but
registration is limited to 200 persons--so register soon!

QUESTIONS?
     Need further information? Have special requirements for the
meeting? Wondering if space is still available? Contact
     Michele Berkes
     Manager, PCOC 17
     phone:  615-576-2352
     E-mail: berkesm -at- a1 -dot- osti -dot- gov (that's a "one" not an "ell")

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS' MEETING
     You may also wish to attend the 4th Annual Consulting and
Independent Contracting Conference (CICC), sponsored by the
Consulting and Independent Contracting Professional Interest
Committee (C&IC PIC) of STC. The November 6 meeting will include
such topics as

     * Is Consulting for You?
     * Setting Rates
     * Money Flow
     * Business Image
     * Marketing

     To register, check the CICC "Contractors' Meeting" boxes
when you fill out the PCOC registration form, and include the $40
fee with your PCOC registration. For further information, contact
     Tallin (Ensley) Francis
     CICC Program Manager
     P.O. Box 1912
     High Springs, FL 32643-1912

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Registration Form

Name
Company
Phone
Postal Address
E-mail Address

Check appropriate registration option:
___ $100 full conference (STC)
___ $110 full conference (non-STC)
___ $ 80 Nov. 4 one-day (STC and non-STC)
___ $ 80 Nov. 5 one-day (STC and non-STC)
___ $  0 student registration (guest prices for meals)

Check attendance option(s) below:
___ Thursday dinner and theater
___ Friday luncheon, Garden Plaza
___ CICC (Contractors' Meeting), November 6

Indicate total amount submitted:

$___ Guest lunches (___ @$20)
$___ Guest dinners/theater tickets (___ @$25)
$ 40 CICC (Contractors' Meeting) registration
$___ Total amount of enclosed check [i.e., fee(s) for
registration(s) plus for guest attendance at social events]

Full conference registration includes a buffet dinner and play on
Thursday and luncheon on Friday. One-day registration includes
either the dinner and theater (for Thursday registrants) or
luncheon (for Friday registrants). Students are welcome at no
charge, but they must register and pay guest prices for meals.

                  MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO PCOC 17

                      SEND REGISTRATION TO
                        PCOC 17 Registrar
               Society for Technical Communication
                     East Tennessee Chapter
                          P.O. Box 5556
                       Oak Ridge, TN 37831