Illuminations

Volume 3, Issue 4
June 2000

In this issue:

In Support of National Public Radio

STC Annual Conference Report

Tech Writing 101

Web Site Overhaul

In Support of National Public Radio

When we're not diligently working, the Scriptorium staff often listens to WUNC, our local member station of National Public Radio. As great fans of public radio, we're proud that Scriptorium Publishing is now a sponsor of WUNC.

At 91.5 FM, the station is a public service of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and broadcasts informational, educational, and cultural programming 24 hours a day to the communities of central North Carolina. Individual contributions and business sponsorships make up 87% of WUNC's annual budget. For information on becoming an individual or business sponsor, visit www.wunc.citysearch.com/.

STC Annual Conference Report

Sarah O'Keefe recently attended the STC Conference in Orlando, Florida. During her hardship tour at Disney World, Sarah managed to give two presentations. For the Bleeding Edge track, she provided an overview of new electronic publishing and distribution technology and how this may help technical authors interested in self-publishing. You can download the slides for The New Economics of Self-Publishing (PDF, 300K).

With copresenter Alexia Prendergast, Sarah also discussed the business case for single sourcing. This presentation focused on the business reasons (such as cost, quality, and time to market) for implementing a single sourcing environment. You can download the slides for The Business Case for Single Sourcing (PDF, 400K).

Tech Writing 101 registration--going, going, gone!

There are just a few seats left in our June Tech Writing 101 class. A week-long course, Tech Writing 101 gives you the scoop on the many facets of being a technical writer, including writing doc plans and outlines, extracting information from product developers (two words: baked goods!), and working with editors, who indeed can be very nice and helpful people. Students get an introduction to FrameMaker while completing hands-on exercises that will become samples for their writing portfolios.

For information about our courses, see the training web page. To register for courses, go to our registration form. For additional information, contact training@scriptorium.com.

Web Site Overhaul

We've had our web site redesigned so that it loads more quickly and is easier to navigate. Let us know what you think!

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