Re: Technical Communication Conference 2009 - Deadline for proposal expanded: 29 October 2008

Brigit van Loggem,

Thanks for the feedback.  I will do my best to improve our communication.

José

2008/10/21 Brigit van Loggem <[email protected]>

>  Hello José,
>
> At 08:50 21-10-2008, you wrote:
>
> This is my second attempt to call your attention to this conference. [...]
>
>
> The conference sounds very very interesting indeed!
>
> To reach more people, may I suggest the STC contact the other members of
> INTECOM? I represent one such society, STIC, in the Netherlands, and I know
> for a fact that STC never contacted us; so I expect none of the other
> societies for TC was contacted.
>
> It's too late now to publish your call for papers on our website and expect
> any return. But if anyone from STC asks me some time in 2009 I'll be only
> too happy to advertise the event, and include it in our newsletter. I am
> certain the same goes for all the other societies that are a member of
> INTECOM. After all, that's what INTECOM is for.
>
> Best,
> -Brigit van Loggem (STIC secretary)
>
> Sorry, for my insistence, but I believed that this is a good opportunity to
> expand the influence of information designers (with background on graphic
> and cinematographic language) on the field of technical communication.
>
> José
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As the current manager of the "Applying Theory and Research to Practice"<http://www.softconference.com/subs/stc/2009/TrackDefinitions.htm>track, I would like to invite information designers to send a proposal for
> the Technical Communication Summit 2009.
> This Summit will be held 3-6 May at the Hyatt Regency Downtown, Atlanta,
> Georgia, USA. The pre-conference sessions will be held on 2-3 May 2009 and
> Leadership Day will be 3 May 2009.
>
> Among other (click here to see the complete list)<http://www.softconference.com/subs/stc/2009/TrackDefinitions.htm>,
> we invite innovative proposals in the following areas:
>
>    - Collaborations between academia and industry, including projects
>    sponsored by the STC
>    - The effectivenes of textual, graphic and cinematographic
>    representations of technical information
>    - Discussion of best practices for measurement and evaluation
>    - Projects about the practice and tools of professional technical
>    communication
>    - Applications of existing and-or new theories
>    - Quantitative or qualitative exploratory investigations that clear the
>    ground for later theoretical work
>    - History of innovation on technical communication
>    - Instructional design practices and related products
>    - Tools and techniques for on-line collaboration and teaching
>    - Descriptions and studies of innovative academic and industrial
>    training programs, including face-to-face, distance, and media-based
>    innovations
>
> The STC has officially issued the online Call for Proposals and you may
> submit more than one proposal, but each must be submitted separately.
> Proposals may be submitted and updated online until 10:00 AM (GMT -5),
> Monday, 27 October 2008.
>
> Should you have questions about your proposal content or format, contact a Track
> Manager. <http://www.softconference.com/subs/stc/2009/ProgCommittee.htm>
> For all other inquiries regarding the Call or the system in general, please
> contact Lloyd Tucker <[email protected]>, Director of Education &
> Membership, STC.
>
> For the most complete submission information, please visit the Summit Call
> for Proposals website: http://www.softconference.com/subs/stc/2009/.
>
> See you there.
>
> José
>
> --
> José Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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-- 
José Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
Conference 2009, Atlanta)

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