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WINWRITERS CONFERENCE UPDATE AND CALL FOR SPEAKERS
Subject:WINWRITERS CONFERENCE UPDATE AND CALL FOR SPEAKERS From:"Weisner Associates Inc." <info -at- WEISNER -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:03:20 -0500
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WINWRITERS CONFERENCE UPDATE
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The eighth annual WinWriters Online Help Conference is scheduled
for March 5-9, 2000. Bookmark the Conference Web page to keep
up with all the developments: http://www.winwriters.com/ohc.htm .
As in the past, the conference will feature the latest information on
Microsoft's WinHelp/HTML Help, Sun's JavaHelp, and every other
acronym relevant to the Help community. All of this presented by
the most experienced and talented speakers, including Microsoft
MVPs. We expect to see over 1,300 of our Help authoring
colleagues join us for this first Help event of the new millenium.
A NEW VENUE
After seven great years in Seattle, the WinWriters Online Help
Conference is moving to the Town and Country Resort
(http://www.towncountry.com/) in sunny San Diego. The entire 40
acre complex is dedicated to the conference. The resort offers
great conference facilities with loads of elbow room. It also has four
pools, tennis courts, and a golf course. The Mission Valley location
is convenient to the major San Diego attractions.
NEW ORGANIZING TEAM
Another exciting new development is the addition of five noted Help
experts to the conference organization team. CHERI LOCKETT
ZUBAK of Work Write, BEN WEISNER of Weisner Associates,
FRANK ELLEY of Behind the Curtain, MARY DEATON of
KNOWware, and SCOTT BOGGAN of HelpCraft are taking
an active role in evaluating your proposals and developing the
curriculum. The complete details are on the Conference Web site: http://www.winwriters.com/ohc/pr_assoc.htm
CALL FOR SPEAKERS
The Call for Speakers is posted. If you are interested in
participating as a speaker, you can find all the details at: http://www.winwriters.com/ohc/callspkr.htm
Or contact a member of the organizing team:
Cheri Lockett Zubak <mailto:workwrite -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net -dot- com> - HTML Help,
embedded Help, performance support, authoring tools
Frank Elley <mailto:theman -at- behindthecurtain -dot- com> - Visual design, Web
skills, general content development
Ben Weisner <mailto:benw -at- weisner -dot- com> - Java technologies, Web-based user
assistance, cross-browser/cross-platform deployment, large-scale enterprise
support
Scott Boggan <mailto:scottb -at- helpcraft -dot- com> - HTML Help, Web technologies,
emerging technologies
Joe Welinske <mailto:jw -at- winwriters -dot- com> - Project management,
academic/research, indexing and editing, gee whiz stuff
Mary Deaton <mailto:m_deaton -at- kware -dot- com> - Personnel and project management,
business development issues for independent contractors, and intellectual
property and copyright issues
The due date for proposals is August 1.
GET ON THE CONFERENCE MAILING LIST
Session descriptions and a brochure will be available in late
September. If you or your colleagues wish to be placed on the
conference mailing list, visit the online request form: http://www.winwriters.com/ohc/info.htm
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Weisner Associates Inc.
