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Shlomo Perets presents a series of low-priced FrameMaker web-based seminars.

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Save the date! The Rochester chapter of the Society for Technical Communication and the spectrum 2009 organizing committee cordially invite you and your chapter members to spectrum 2009.

This year’s conference will be held Monday and Tuesday, April 6 & 7, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rochester, NY. spectrum 2009 will be the Rochester chapter’s 50th annual conference, and we plan to celebrate 50 fabulous years in style. We are working to make spectrum 2009 a regional conference, and we would love your contributions and participation to make that happen.

We are currently seeking speakers, topics, and ideas for this year’s conference. Have you seen a great presentation lately? Is there a topic you’d love to hear more about, or a speaker you’d like to see? If so, contact Amy Friend, Programs Committee Chair, at amy [dot] friend [at] carestreamhealth [dot] com and let her know. The Call for Papers will be coming shortly from the Programs Committee, so let your members know we’ll be looking for their expertise at spectrum 2009. We are also seeking sponsors, vendors, exhibitors, and advertisers who would be interested in showcasing their products and/or services to a wide variety of technical communicators. Their information will be listed in conference materials such as the printed program, and on the chapter’s website. If any of your chapter members would be interested in the visibility that this conference offers, please have them contact us.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at spectrumconference [at] gmail [dot] com.

This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal.

After more than a year in the making, a new Montreal-based online arts magazine — Rover Arts — is up and running. The magazine boasts a full week of coverage ranging from books to film, tv, stage and music.

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This one-day workshop with renowned Canadian singer-songwriter Connie Kaldor will look at some basic principles of song writing and use them to work on songs that are in progress. Sometimes we all need a little creative shot in the arm or a different perspective to help a song reach its potential. This is a chance to see how songwriter Connie Kaldor tackles the process of writing a song. It is an opportunity to stimulate ideas, and of course to take advantage of her experience to help you work on your songs. You will work with rhythm, melody and lyrics. She will work to give you some ideas on how to finish something that is almost there, develop songs that are not quite working and hopefully stimulate you to create more. No matter what style of music you compose, song writing is a process, and this is a chance to look at that process with someone who has been writing for many years. New songwriters and long-time songwriters are welcome.

Come to the workshop with something that you would like to work on in a small-group context. If you have lyrics, please bring three copies of those lyrics. If you accompany yourself on an instrument, bring it along. We will have a keyboard on site.

Connie Kaldor is a Juno-winning singer/songwriter with nine albums. Billboard Magazine called her “one of Canada’s most significant contemporary folk performers,” and the Boston Globe wrote that she is a “masterful performer, wildly funny one moment, deeply personal the next.” For more information, see http://www.conniekaldor.com.

SONG-WRITING TONIC

Saturday, October 4, 2008, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
1200 Atwater Ave., Suite 3
Workshop leader: Connie Kaldor
Workshop fee: $75

For information, or to register: 514-933-0878 or workshops [at] qwf [dot] org

This event is not sponsored by STC-Montreal.

Hear ye, hear ye!

PWAC Quebec is calling on all freelance writers, editors, translators and any other Montreal-area wordsmiths to assemble for some schmoozing (and boozing) at the Irish Embassy Pub (1234 Bishop Street, between René Lévesque and St. Catherine), on Wednesday, September 17 at 7 p.m.

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Develop your writing with the mentorship of an acclaimed professional writer and feedback from your peers.

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Concordia University instructor and writer Elizabeth Johnston will be giving a one-day basic screenwriting seminar this September. You’ll come away with the tools to transform that great idea into a screenplay. During the day, we cover the gamut — character, dialogue, setting, structure, and more. Plus, you’ll receive a folder chock full of useful handouts.

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Front Runner Training is hosting Shlomo Perets in Montreal to deliver his highly sought-after FrameMaker to Acrobat Advanced Techniques workshop.

Bring your laptops, bring your files, bring your questions!

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DITA Boot Camp is an in-depth five-day workshop presented by JoAnn Hackos in Quebec City, September 29–October 3, 2008.

STC members are entitled to a 10% discount on the registration fee.

In the DITA Boot Camp program you’ll get the core values of:

• Structured Authoring
• Information Modeling
• Minimalism
• Business process change
• DITA details and implementation

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Elizabeth Johnston (http://explore-the-possibilities.com/) is giving an introductory creative writing course through Concordia’s Continuing Education Department.

This course is designed for students who wish to explore the genre of fiction. Readings may be required to further the understanding of the elements of fiction. Assignments will be examined and discussed
by the class.

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The Quebec Writers’ Federation presents the last “Writers Out Loud” of the season.

JULIAN SHER and WILLIAM MARSDEN

• Thursday May 29, 2008, 7:30pm
• Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library: 5851 Cavendish Blvd., Côte Saint-Luc
• Presented by the QWF in collaboration with the Eleanor London Library

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Have you been asked to work at home? Would you like to work at home more efficiently? How can you begin to work at home?

Join a panel of remote workers to discuss the tools they use, a work/life balance, telecommuting technologies, and our experiences with telecommuting.

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The next Quebec Writers’ Federation Schmoozapalooza! invites you to help choose the best poem or short story by a Quebec English-language writer!

Six short but stellar works of literature will be championed by two panels of well-known writers, and your voice can be heard, too!

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CBC Radio One and the Quebec Writer’s Federation are pleased to announce that Joel Yanofsky has won the top prize in the 2007 Quebec Writing Competition, with his piece “What You Need.” We’re also celebrating the launch of a new book of winning stories from the last three years of the competition: In Other Words (Vehicule Press).

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April 30th, 2008, 6:30 pm
Java U, Westmount, 4914 Sherbrooke St. West, Westmount

Four topics in one evening:

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The Vermont Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication is pleased to present How to Respond to a Request for Proposal (RFP) Part Two on April 8, 2008.

How to Respond to a Request for Proposal (RFP) Part 2 covers taking the proposal from capture planning to proposal development.

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The Vermont Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication is pleased to present Tips for Editing Videos and Creating Podcasts on March 11, 2008.

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Your role as a technical communicator is destined to change. Are you ready?

From March 27-29, the Toronto chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) is presenting a three-day hands-on workshop series on Preparing for the Content Management Tipping Point. Several of the best-known industry experts and luminaries will lead us through half-day sessions on information design, architecture, and technologies needed for managing technical content.

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