SIGDOC Newsletter
June 2007 :: Volume 8, Number 2
Interesting Items
- 2007 IBM Innovation Awards
- Learning Opportunities from Innodata Isogen
- Usability Links
- ACM TechNews
2007 IBM Innovation Awards
IBM is pleased to announce the 2007 IBM Innovation Awards program, an
international award competition designed to increase the use of open
source and open standards-based tools for academic curricula and research.
Since 2003, IBM has provided Innovation Awards to faculty worldwide
for the purpose of furthering teaching, research, and community building
around key technologies such as Eclipse and Unstructured Information
Management Architecture (UIMA).
Beginning June 13, IBM will accept proposals
for two separate Innovation Award programs -- the Unstructured Information
Management Architecture
(UIMA) Innovation Award and the Real-time Innovation Award. Proposals
will be accepted through August 31, 2007. Cash awards are valued between
$10,000 and $30,000 USD.
To qualify for these awards, the submitter
must be a full-time faculty member at an accredited college or university
which offers Baccalaureate,
Masters or Doctoral programs.
For program details and instructions on how to submit proposals, please
visit the following websites:
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Learning Opportunities from Innodata Isogen
Like all business units, technical writing teams are under increasing
pressure to demonstrate greater value and reduce costs. But is this possible?
Can technical writing teams become a source of competitive advantage
by addressing challenges such as inefficient workflows, inappropriate
technologies and the continuing pressure to cut costs?
You will learn
how in our latest white paper, "Technical Writing:
Reducing Costs Drives Competitive Advantage for Savvy Companies." This
white paper discusses how technical writers can increase their relevancy
and value to the business by establishing more efficient workflows, adopting
innovative sourcing strategies and deploying single-source publishing
technologies.
You are also invited to join in a two-part Webinar series,
which will discuss the tools, technologies and trends that are impacting
technical
communications and how organizations can reduce costs and drive competitive
advantage.
June 28th (9:00 AM Pacific, 12:00 PM Eastern, 17:00 UK, 18:00
Central Europe)
Technical Writing: Reducing Costs Drives Competitive Advantage for Savvy
Companies
Learn how technical writing teams can help organizations reduce costs
and gain a competitive edge by setting up more efficient workflows, adopting
innovative sourcing strategies and deploying new content management and
publishing technologies. Co-presented by Innodata Isogen and the Institute
of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC)
July 10th (11:00AM Pacific,
2:00 PM Eastern, 19:00 UK, 20:00 Central Europe)
Web 2.0: Understanding the Semantic Web and its Impact on Technical Communication
Industry authority Scott Abel will cover how the next phase of Web 2.0,
the Semantic Web, is changing the way our technical communications teams
create, maintain and deliver information. In addition, the Webinar will
also feature a real-world example of how Innodata Isogen’s technical
writing team is helping a major telecommunications manufacturer update
customer documentation.
For more information, visit the
Innodata Isogen web site or call 201-371-2828.
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Usability Links
Link to Mike Hughes' article about the STC conference
http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000197.php
Link to Jared Spool's blog
post
http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/05/16/where-did-technical-writing-go
Link
to the disgruntled usability person's article, also in UXmatters
http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000196.php
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ACM Technews
You can find a nice list of interesting articles at Technews: http://www.acm.org/technews
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