This document provides strategies for career success, including developing relationships, enhancing your value within your company, and creating a career development plan. It discusses the importance of leadership and retaining talent. Specific tips are provided, such as understanding your company's culture, increasing your visibility, getting support from a coach or mentor, and regularly evaluating your progress. Developing emotional intelligence and communication skills is also emphasized. The goal is to help people advance their careers by taking leadership opportunities and continuously learning and developing themselves.
Learning Objective: Examine the methods that minorities can use for achieving financial success
A growing minority population presents opportunities for financial success. Financial success is about changing your perspective on wealth, how you grow it, how you maintain it, and how you preserve it. It first starts with getting vested into helping change the trajectory of your future. Wealth transfer is happening. So what can be done to deliver financial education and financial planning to minorities? How do we position ourselves to be a part of it and benefit from it? This seminar will help you to understand the behavioral pitfalls we fall into as a community; the personal, social, and mental roadblocks to obtaining wealth; and how we are a part of that ride to investing.
At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:
a. Recognize financial fundamentals to building wealth.
b. Identify the factors that lead to lower wealth accumulation among members of underrepresented groups.
c. Identify personal habits and values that can impact a strong financial future.
d. Create an action plan for achieving financial goals.
Tips for technical communication job seekers. Tips and best practices on resumes and interviewing for technical communication job seekers, from the perspective of a veteran hiring manager.
STC’s Ethical Principle for professionalism asserts: “We advance technical communication through our integrity and excellence in performing each task we undertake.” Professionalism, however, does not stop at the front door of the workplace. By virtue of their privileged status in society, professionals have a moral obligation to give back to the public a portion of their time and energy in order to improve the quality of life for all people. This presentation explores the similarities and differences between for-profit and nonprofit worlds in order to uncover opportunities for professional technical communicators to give back. By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to describe the nature of nonprofit organizations; list some characteristics of nonprofit communications; and explain the content, form, and style of the conventional genres of nonprofit communications.
Learning Objective: Examine the elements to constructing superior resumes
Having an efficient and strong resume will greatly improve your chances of landing that dream job and starting your career on the right foot. Creating the perfect resume takes practice and skill. You want to make sure that your resume stands out above the rest without overdoing it. How does one make sure that his or her resume is top notch and bullet proof? This seminar will give you the scoop on creating the standout resume that will get you your next interview. We will discuss tips such as determining what your resume’s purpose is, supporting your strengths, using appropriate keywords, the benefits of proofreading and bullet points, and proper font usage.
At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:
a. Identify the purpose of a solidly effective resume.
b. Discern between good and bad resumes.
c. Analyze the resume factors that recruiters identify to disregard some resumes.
d. Identify the attributes of resumes that get on the interview schedule.
Learning Objective: Examine the methods that minorities can use for achieving financial success
A growing minority population presents opportunities for financial success. Financial success is about changing your perspective on wealth, how you grow it, how you maintain it, and how you preserve it. It first starts with getting vested into helping change the trajectory of your future. Wealth transfer is happening. So what can be done to deliver financial education and financial planning to minorities? How do we position ourselves to be a part of it and benefit from it? This seminar will help you to understand the behavioral pitfalls we fall into as a community; the personal, social, and mental roadblocks to obtaining wealth; and how we are a part of that ride to investing.
At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:
a. Recognize financial fundamentals to building wealth.
b. Identify the factors that lead to lower wealth accumulation among members of underrepresented groups.
c. Identify personal habits and values that can impact a strong financial future.
d. Create an action plan for achieving financial goals.
Tips for technical communication job seekers. Tips and best practices on resumes and interviewing for technical communication job seekers, from the perspective of a veteran hiring manager.
STC’s Ethical Principle for professionalism asserts: “We advance technical communication through our integrity and excellence in performing each task we undertake.” Professionalism, however, does not stop at the front door of the workplace. By virtue of their privileged status in society, professionals have a moral obligation to give back to the public a portion of their time and energy in order to improve the quality of life for all people. This presentation explores the similarities and differences between for-profit and nonprofit worlds in order to uncover opportunities for professional technical communicators to give back. By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to describe the nature of nonprofit organizations; list some characteristics of nonprofit communications; and explain the content, form, and style of the conventional genres of nonprofit communications.
Learning Objective: Examine the elements to constructing superior resumes
Having an efficient and strong resume will greatly improve your chances of landing that dream job and starting your career on the right foot. Creating the perfect resume takes practice and skill. You want to make sure that your resume stands out above the rest without overdoing it. How does one make sure that his or her resume is top notch and bullet proof? This seminar will give you the scoop on creating the standout resume that will get you your next interview. We will discuss tips such as determining what your resume’s purpose is, supporting your strengths, using appropriate keywords, the benefits of proofreading and bullet points, and proper font usage.
At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:
a. Identify the purpose of a solidly effective resume.
b. Discern between good and bad resumes.
c. Analyze the resume factors that recruiters identify to disregard some resumes.
d. Identify the attributes of resumes that get on the interview schedule.
Administrative Cohort Implementation Case Study 2021Lynn Walder
A current and relevant case study on the successful implementation of the Administrative Cohort Model by Senior Executive Assistant, Kimberly Cotton, at Jack Henry Associates.
Impress Me or You're Dead — 5 Ways Recruiting Is Morphing Into MarketingHuman Capital Media
It’s an ugly truth — in the traditional applicant tracking system-friendly world, recruiters hold the power. Emboldened by technology that allows them to view resumes faster than a grocery store clerk scans a can of vegetables, recruiters typically spend five seconds or less evaluating each resume for a “fit” to the job in question. Could it get less personal?
But wait. Payback, as they say around the neighborhood, is, well, it’s full of retribution. Great candidates are increasingly making quick judgments about recruiters and the companies for which they work, often before a recruiter can pitch the job in question. What’s going on?
Join us for this webcast hosted by Kris Dunn of the award-winning recruiting blog “Fistful of Talent,” and we’ll give you the 411 on:
How social media and third-party sites like Glassdoor are creating transparency related to which companies are “employers of choice” for great talent.
How the best recruiters are starting to think like marketers, proactively nurturing passive candidates and truly building an employment brand.
Why that employment brand matters in today’s world and what branding elements are present in employers that are viewed as authentic by star candidates.
The top five marketing techniques recruiters must know to find and hire top talent.
How the right technology helps you survive the new rules for how great candidates judge and treat recruiters.
Impress them or you’re dead. Recruiters used to have the power, and maybe they still do with average talent. But if you want to land the best talent as a recruiter, you’re also being judged and evaluated by candidates. Join us for this Workforce webcast, and we’ll show you what your company can do to be successful and what you have to do to deliver great talent.
How to prepare for the Non Executive Director Interview Richard Davies
I share practical tips to help you increase your chances of landing and being successful in an interview for a NED or Non Executive Director position. This is also available as a webinar with Q&A on BrightTalk
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14157/369031?utm_campaign=knowledge-feed&utm_source=brighttalk-portal&utm_medium=web
Learner Engagement is back in focus. With the majority of the global corporate workforce still #workingfromhome, several recent surveys indicate that #learnerengagement will be one of the top points to address for corporate L&D team.
While we all agree that Motivation and Practice are the two pillars of Learning Engagement, Learning at the Time of Need and Feedback are two factors that we can ill afford to ignore. Learning engagement also depends largely on the organizational culture, and the transition of L&D from an order taker to playing an active role by being a consultant/advisor is crucial for today's learning endeavors to be successful. Also, the active contribution of line managers and other similar stakeholders in the creation and curation of learning content is also essential.
It is with the aim to discuss and emphasize these factors that we present you with the top 20 quotes from the insightful conversations that Amit Garg - CEO of Upside Learning Solutions, who moderated the podcasts had with learning experts and features:
Dhiren Doshi
Kirk Donaghey
Keith Keating
Guy W Wallace
Phil Reddall
Jennifer Tsang, PCC
Toby Harris
Stefaan van Hooydonk 范汇东
Vince Han
Julie Dirksen
Do you feel like you are the captain of your career, or more like a galley slave—chained to a job that you don’t like, or perhaps one that pays slave wages?
In this webinar professional recruiter, business owner and best-selling author Jack Molisani discusses short-term tactics and long-term strategies for increasing your corporate value—and thus your standard of living.
“My career has had its highs, its lows, and everything in between. I learned from each win and each challenge, and I’ll share my life- and career-changing realizations with you in this entertaining and informative session.
As a mentor once told me: ‘Learn from the success and failures of others—it’s faster than making them yourself!’”
Want to increase your standard of living?
View the slides to this webinar!
SUPPORT FOR ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND ALUMNIIta John
Here's how I support job seekers from job search to offer letters in hand by guiding them on one-on-one toward taking these nine simple actions to job success!
Talent Sourcing and Matching - Artificial Intelligence and Black Box Semantic...Glen Cathey
A deep dive into resume and LinkedIn sourcing and matching solutions claiming to use artificial intelligence, semantic search, and NLP, including how they work, their pros, cons, and limitations, and examples of what sourcers and recruiters can do that even the most advanced automated search and match algorithms can't do. Topics covered include human capital data information retrieval and analysis (HCDIR & A), Boolean and extended Boolean, semantic search, dynamic inference, dark matter resumes and social network profiles, and what I believe to be the ideal resume search and matching solution.
This presentation comprises a total of twenty two slides. Each slide focuses on one of the aspects of Reverse Mentoring PowerPoint Presentation Slides with content extensively researched by our business research team. Our team of PPT designers used the best of professional PowerPoint templates, images, icons and layouts. Also included are impressive, editable data visualization tools like charts, graphs and tables. When you download this presentation by clicking the Download button, you get the presentation in both standard and widescreen format. All slides are fully customizable. Change the colors, font, size, add and remove things as per your need and present before your audience. http://bit.ly/3bXTFPI
Presentation by Smart ERP Solutions covering automating employee onboarding in PeopleSoft HCM, orchestrating all of the steps/activities new-hires need to follow to become a new employee--with no paper.
Administrative Cohort Implementation Case Study 2021Lynn Walder
A current and relevant case study on the successful implementation of the Administrative Cohort Model by Senior Executive Assistant, Kimberly Cotton, at Jack Henry Associates.
Impress Me or You're Dead — 5 Ways Recruiting Is Morphing Into MarketingHuman Capital Media
It’s an ugly truth — in the traditional applicant tracking system-friendly world, recruiters hold the power. Emboldened by technology that allows them to view resumes faster than a grocery store clerk scans a can of vegetables, recruiters typically spend five seconds or less evaluating each resume for a “fit” to the job in question. Could it get less personal?
But wait. Payback, as they say around the neighborhood, is, well, it’s full of retribution. Great candidates are increasingly making quick judgments about recruiters and the companies for which they work, often before a recruiter can pitch the job in question. What’s going on?
Join us for this webcast hosted by Kris Dunn of the award-winning recruiting blog “Fistful of Talent,” and we’ll give you the 411 on:
How social media and third-party sites like Glassdoor are creating transparency related to which companies are “employers of choice” for great talent.
How the best recruiters are starting to think like marketers, proactively nurturing passive candidates and truly building an employment brand.
Why that employment brand matters in today’s world and what branding elements are present in employers that are viewed as authentic by star candidates.
The top five marketing techniques recruiters must know to find and hire top talent.
How the right technology helps you survive the new rules for how great candidates judge and treat recruiters.
Impress them or you’re dead. Recruiters used to have the power, and maybe they still do with average talent. But if you want to land the best talent as a recruiter, you’re also being judged and evaluated by candidates. Join us for this Workforce webcast, and we’ll show you what your company can do to be successful and what you have to do to deliver great talent.
How to prepare for the Non Executive Director Interview Richard Davies
I share practical tips to help you increase your chances of landing and being successful in an interview for a NED or Non Executive Director position. This is also available as a webinar with Q&A on BrightTalk
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14157/369031?utm_campaign=knowledge-feed&utm_source=brighttalk-portal&utm_medium=web
Learner Engagement is back in focus. With the majority of the global corporate workforce still #workingfromhome, several recent surveys indicate that #learnerengagement will be one of the top points to address for corporate L&D team.
While we all agree that Motivation and Practice are the two pillars of Learning Engagement, Learning at the Time of Need and Feedback are two factors that we can ill afford to ignore. Learning engagement also depends largely on the organizational culture, and the transition of L&D from an order taker to playing an active role by being a consultant/advisor is crucial for today's learning endeavors to be successful. Also, the active contribution of line managers and other similar stakeholders in the creation and curation of learning content is also essential.
It is with the aim to discuss and emphasize these factors that we present you with the top 20 quotes from the insightful conversations that Amit Garg - CEO of Upside Learning Solutions, who moderated the podcasts had with learning experts and features:
Dhiren Doshi
Kirk Donaghey
Keith Keating
Guy W Wallace
Phil Reddall
Jennifer Tsang, PCC
Toby Harris
Stefaan van Hooydonk 范汇东
Vince Han
Julie Dirksen
Do you feel like you are the captain of your career, or more like a galley slave—chained to a job that you don’t like, or perhaps one that pays slave wages?
In this webinar professional recruiter, business owner and best-selling author Jack Molisani discusses short-term tactics and long-term strategies for increasing your corporate value—and thus your standard of living.
“My career has had its highs, its lows, and everything in between. I learned from each win and each challenge, and I’ll share my life- and career-changing realizations with you in this entertaining and informative session.
As a mentor once told me: ‘Learn from the success and failures of others—it’s faster than making them yourself!’”
Want to increase your standard of living?
View the slides to this webinar!
SUPPORT FOR ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND ALUMNIIta John
Here's how I support job seekers from job search to offer letters in hand by guiding them on one-on-one toward taking these nine simple actions to job success!
Talent Sourcing and Matching - Artificial Intelligence and Black Box Semantic...Glen Cathey
A deep dive into resume and LinkedIn sourcing and matching solutions claiming to use artificial intelligence, semantic search, and NLP, including how they work, their pros, cons, and limitations, and examples of what sourcers and recruiters can do that even the most advanced automated search and match algorithms can't do. Topics covered include human capital data information retrieval and analysis (HCDIR & A), Boolean and extended Boolean, semantic search, dynamic inference, dark matter resumes and social network profiles, and what I believe to be the ideal resume search and matching solution.
This presentation comprises a total of twenty two slides. Each slide focuses on one of the aspects of Reverse Mentoring PowerPoint Presentation Slides with content extensively researched by our business research team. Our team of PPT designers used the best of professional PowerPoint templates, images, icons and layouts. Also included are impressive, editable data visualization tools like charts, graphs and tables. When you download this presentation by clicking the Download button, you get the presentation in both standard and widescreen format. All slides are fully customizable. Change the colors, font, size, add and remove things as per your need and present before your audience. http://bit.ly/3bXTFPI
Presentation by Smart ERP Solutions covering automating employee onboarding in PeopleSoft HCM, orchestrating all of the steps/activities new-hires need to follow to become a new employee--with no paper.
In October 2016, Theodora Landgren of A2Z Global gave a presentation to the STC-PMC about best practices and common issues regarding global translation, localization, and cultural consideration practices with corporate clients. It's not just about words, but images, colors, and other UX considerations as well! She detailed various processes and answered questions at the live presentation.
Leadership Accelerator: Unleashing Potential in Younger Employees.pptxDennis Van Aelst
We recognize that our young professionals possess immense talent, fresh perspectives, and boundless energy. We believe in their potential to become the next generation of exceptional leaders. That's why we have developed this transformative program designed specifically to harness and amplify their abilities.
The presentation was made during the Community Service Public Relations Council's annual Spectrum Conference on May 20, 2014.
Program Description: Are you new to a leadership position? Do you aspire to take on a leadership role in your organization?
Do you want to be a better leader or improve your leadership skills? We will provide a “buffet” of
leadership elements to help you improve your capacity to lead. View the selections and sample small
portions on communicating, resolving conflict, project planning and management, goal setting, and
listening. You might have more of an appetite for some offerings and less for others, but there will be
something to satisfy everyone’s hunger for successfully leading themselves, a team, or organization.
Engaging the Future: Why Investing in Emerging Leaders Matterslawsbrandon
With baby boomers nearing retirement and a shortage of Gen X employees to fill leadership roles, it’s never been more important to invest in developing new talent. In this webinar, our VP of People Development & Culture, Suzi Alligood, will discuss the top skillsets that will be critical for you to develop and nurture in your emerging Gen Y and Gen Z leaders.
Is your organization prepared for your leadership readiness gaps? According to Forbes Magazine, (11/17), only 25% of organizations have leaders ready to meet tomorrow’s business challenges.
There are 7 strategic decisions HR can make to properly build and deploy an effective leadership development program.
HR has a unique opportunity to engage as an important strategic partner for the business by insisting on a more formalized approach to leadership development. And, there's programs that work and programs that don't!
At the end of this webinar, participants will identify:
- The 7 Strategic Decisions to Walk Through for an Effective Leadership Readiness Program
- How to Build and Make the Case for Leadership Development within your Organization
- How to Design your Approach - including how to select participants and what components will be the best fit for your organizational goals
- Key Methods for Tracking Results and Measuring the ROI
Talent Pipeline Optimisation: Ensuring Your Talented People Realise Their Po...The HR Observer
The purpose of this session is to help participants understand how to build in the appropriate processes and development initiatives to ensure that their organisations’ most talented people make the biggest positive impact in the organisation that they can. Participants will walk away from the session having been introduced to cutting edge ways to accurately identify potential and with the full understanding of what talented people need to be exposed to in order to reach their potential. They will also leave with a clear view of what kills potential in people and a kick-start of how to change the talent landscape in their organisation.
Bill Lawry, Managing Consultant, Nurturing Winners International
Designed for executive directors in the position for less than three years, and for EDD staff on track to become executive
directors, this workshop provided participants with insights into becoming an effective RDO leader.
Succession Planning and the Development of Your High Potentials | Webinar 08....BizLibrary
In this webinar we will discuss emerging thought leadership on the organizational and employee perspective on succession planning. We'll provide practical suggestions for development your own high potential employees.
Managing projects effectively has become essential in every organisation large or small. The uncertainties of the world business economy, rapidly changing technology, and the intensifying focus on sustainability has driven many organisations to develop specific methods for managing projects and to seek highly qualified and competent people to manage those projects. These driving factors require today’s project managers to accept and adapt to change, lead diverse teams, act as ambassadors for their organisations and deal with a multitude of challenging project stakeholders.
It is clear that Project managers are placed in a unique position. They must balance their roles as leader and manager, interface with multiple types of stakeholders, are often the "face" of their organisation to its customers, and must deal with a seemingly unending stream of challenges to be successful. These challenges and the ability to address them require the project manager to maintain awareness of personal brand of and the impact it will have on project assignments, career opportunity, and the willingness of project teams to work for and support the project manager. As the profession of project management evolves and the demand for competent and value driven project managers increases, personal brand and reputation have become major factors in the criteria used to select and assign people to project leadership positions.
Indispensable Factors
The project manager must develop skills and competencies in several areas to be considered for an assign. In addition there are 4 major factors a project manager must address and continue to develop:
Accomplishability: your ability to achieve and deliver valued results.
Value/cost: the value delivered perception relative to the cost.
Supply/Demand: the market dynamics of your position, skills, etc.
Likeability: how others perceive you.
This presentation addresses the importance of the professional project manager in today’s business environment and the need for the project manager to continually enhance existing skills, adapt to a changing environment, and become a “go to” person in the organisation. Emphasis is placed on understanding the business needs of an organisation, clearly and visibly creating value from a client and supplier view point, and continually developing and managing personal brand.
More and more CEOS are retaining executive coaches. Unfortunately, there are still too many who do not. My proven approach to coaching CEOS is described in this PDF presentation.
Module 2 session 2 importance of statement of intentJohn Pisapia
This session of the strategic leadership workshop describes the theory and components of a statement of intent. it describes the difference between visions and aspirations, core values and principles, cascade planning and flexible planning
When faced with an opportunity to take on a stretch assignment, new role, or promotion, what’s your reaction? Be Leaderly surveyed more than 1,500 professionals to find out what it takes to say “yes” with confidence. In this webinar, learn what we discovered—and how you can prepare to step up to your next big career opportunity.
Guest speakers:
Shuchi Sharma, Global Vice President and Leader of Gender Intelligence at SAP and Robert F. Solomon Jr., Director of Culture and Engagement, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
5 Keys to Social Leadership Development - Webinar 04.23.14BizLibrary
What does leadership even look like today? What are the opportunities for learning and development in our more collaborative and social workplaces? And how can we adapt, move forward and develop leaders well-equipped to thrive in this fast changing world?
www.bizlibrary.com/webinars
From Peer to Leader: How to Develop Your First-Time ManagersBizLibrary
The transition from individual contributor to manager can be a daunting task. A survey by CEB, now Gartner, revealed that more than 50% of new managers fail. Balancing new responsibilities while learning how to lead former peers is a common challenge that most first-time managers struggle to overcome.
During this webinar, Learning & Development Manager Libby Mullen will discuss this challenge and five others that new managers face. She’ll explain why management training is a crucial element to success as your newly promoted managers transition to roles that require new, and frequently unfamiliar, skills and competencies.
Key takeaways:
Identify key strengths and improve weaknesses of first-time managers
Improve the relationship of new managers and their employees through emotional intelligence development and coaching techniques
Create a training plan that builds confidence and increases productivity for your new managers
From Multimedia to Social Media to Augmented and Virtual Reality: Changing Technologies and their Use in Technical Communication presented by Jeremy Merritt on 24 April 2019
Content creation has always been about understanding your audience. But what if your audience belongs to a constantly evolving demographic, largely driven by impressions and gratifications? In this session, take a look at how the circuitary of "seeking" and "liking", and impulse control is impacting the always-connected generation. Discover what it takes to give people the content that deeply excites their brain and influences their behavior. The session is based on a content-experiment conducted by Pooja Vijay Kumar on around 3000 millennials across Asia for one year.
Session Takeaways:
1. Meet the evasive beast called Gratification
2. Discover the 5 rules of thumb in learning to write with your user’s needs and expectations experience in mind.
3. Learn how to develop archetypes and construct personas for your content
As a student of Design Strategy and an advocate of Content Experience, Pooja Vijay Kumar serves the academic community at California College of the Arts, San Francisco. Previously, Pooja spent a great part of her career at Oracle, where she championed the content strategy for enterprise applications. Pooja has delivered sessions at the Write the Docs meetup in the Bay Area, and spoken on minimalism and conversational UIs at the Big Design Conference, Texas; STC India Chapter regional conferences; and has conducted workshops and learning sessions for young women on pursuing offbeat content design careers through initiatives led by ITU, United Nations. In the past year, Pooja served as the Editor-in- Chief at a global nonprofit, where she drove the content strategy of web and print experiences for communication leaders and was recognized for bringing about an 80% boost to ROI through content. Pooja takes deep interest in understanding audience engagement. When she’s not writing or speaking at an event, Pooja can be found running a marathon, baking a tray of cup cakes, or photographing street food.
Hate networking? Me too. This session offers practical tips for how introverts (and extraverts, too) can change the game of networking to make it more effective for us, and maybe even enjoyable. Build partnerships, connect with opportunities, and achieve vast riches and legendary glory.* We’ll cover how to get started, networking strategies, and techniques for creating genuine connections versus just making “small talk.”
* Your mileage may vary.
Brian Winter is an experienced do-er and leader of all kinds of business communication. He’s done project leadership / project management, technical writing, websites, social media, multimedia and e-Learning, brochures, newsletters, white papers, proposal management, and video production (script-to-screen writing, producing, directing, editing). “Other duties as assigned” include leading a task force for sustainability, developing strategy and programs to spark and reward innovation, UI design and usability, requirements analysis, process improvement, and being an embarrassment to his daughter.
What is “Doing Nothing”? It’s staying with the status quo…not making a change. It’s commonly known as “Saving Money” or even “Free”. But is the cost of doing nothing really free?
If you have content challenges, such as:
- quality issues from copying and pasting content;
- scattered content that’s hard to find;
- multiple versions with no idea which one is the most current one;
- missed deadlines;
- long cycle times;
- content coordination nightmares for translating content;
- high translation costs;
- more work than your staff can handle;
- outdated or unsupported systems;
- content in many different formats;
- inefficient review processes;
- content insecurit ;
-project management and tracking issues;
join this session to find out how much “Doing Nothing” may be costing you and what you can do to make a positive impact on your content and processes.
Suzanne Mescan , Vasont Systems’ President, has worked in all aspects of the information management and publishing industry for more than 30 years, including content management, editorial, art and design, project management, prepress production, printing and binding. Suzanne has authored numerous articles about content management for industry publications and has delivered presentations for the CM Strategies/DITA North America, Intelligent Content, AIIM, and LavaCon conferences, as well as in industry-related group meetings and webinars. She was also a contributing author for the book, Virtual Collaborative Writing in the Workplace: Computer-Mediated Communication Technologies and Processes by Beth L. Hewett and Charlotte Robidoux (Eds.).
By now, you have heard how important structured content is. But, maybe you poked around with something like DITA and were baffled by the complexity. Or, maybe you still aren’t sure what XSLT stands for. This workshop will take participants back to the basics, to provide a foundation for higher-level concepts that have taken hold of our industry. Topics will include:
- What XML looks like, what it does, and how to create it.
- How to define a structure model, including whether to use a - DTD, Schema, etc.
- What XSLT looks like, what it does, and how to make it work.
- What DITA and DocBook really are and whether one is right for you.
Russell Ward is an experienced technical writer and structured technologies developer. He has spent many years working with structured content to maximize efficiency in the techcomm environment, both as an employee and as an independent consultant. He is also an experienced trainer and speaks periodically at conferences and other peer events.
The prevalence of virtual-based teams have increased significantly within recent decades as a result of expanding corporate globalization. This rapid growth has exacerbated communication issues within the global virtual team setting. Issues related to poor work-life balance due to variance in work time zones, poor dissemination of team decisions and discussions, and insufficient use of collaborative tools, are common issues within the global diverse virtual team. Challenges exist even in virtual teams that are based in a single region, as differences in functional backgrounds and departmental cultures create challenges which are difficult to address within their virtual setting. Although interdependent constructs appear to be straight-forward and clear, the challenges teams face in accomplishing a shared goal is complex. Research in the area of team dynamics has provided support and guidance on improving interpersonal relationships, communications, and planning; thereby, enhancing team efficiencies. This presentation will review emotional intelligence (EI) and how it relates to the current team efficacy research. The related attributes and challenges at the individual, team, leadership, and organizational level will be reviewed with a focus on enabling the virtual-based team to succeed.
With over 16 years of experience as a virtual team member, Christine Loch brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the science of team dynamics. She is currently completing her PhD in organizational leadership at Northeastern University, Boston MA, with a research focus on team dynamics in the virtual-setting. As a past presenter at the national Drug Information Association Conference, and several times a presenter at the national Oncology Nursing Society Congress, Christine brings an engaging presence on this captivating topic, which will leave the audience with at least one new pearl of wisdom to try out on their own virtual-based teams at home.
The past decade has seen seismic shifts in how we create and consume content. Think Company’s Principal and Senior Experience Designer David Dylan Thomas illuminates 7 key aspects of those shifts and how they enable previously under-served voices to be heard. We’ll learn how emerging business models make it both more AND less problematic for content creators to make a living. We’ll learn which stories can be told that could never be told before and how mass participation births new art forms. Examples from the worlds of film, television, music, social, transmedia, and areas we don’t really have a word for yet will help content creators, strategists, and those who build platforms for them understand how to prepare for and profit from the future. We’ll also discuss the following questions: How has the lowered cost of technology been good and bad for creators? How can new business models completely change the game for diversity in content creation? Why do you need to learn everything you can right now about participatory culture?
David Dylan Thomas has developed digital strategies for major clients in entertainment, healthcare, publishing, finance, and retail. A senior experience designer at Think Company, he serves as programmer for Content Strategy Philly, founder of Content Camp, a content strategy instructor at Girl Develop It, and previously consulted at the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy. He is the creator, director, and co-producer of Developing Philly, a web series about the rise of the Philadelphia tech community. He is the creator and host of the Cognitive Bias Podcast and has given standing-room-only presentations at TEDNYC, SXSW Interactive, and the Wharton Web Conference on content strategy and emerging content trends.
Speaker: Marilyn Woelk
Presentation Description
How do you create marketing materials for technical products or services while considering the normal technical communications mantra to avoid the soft, flashy advertising approach? If you work in a job where the marketing team and the technical communicators are often at odds or where most marketing materials are viewed as "not intended for technical audiences," then join us to talk about how the "Technical Communicator and Marketer Can Be Friends," or in some cases, how one person can take on both communication roles. We will discuss cases scenarios and your questions about how technical information can be wrapped in "marketing packages" such business case documents, sales materials, newsletters, and websites. We will also discuss how to write technical marketing pieces that don't scare technical audiences.
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You’ll leave this presentation with a solid understanding of options for going mobile and how your work may have to change to stay on the cutting edge of technical communication.
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Docs aren’t siloed in GitHub — they live with the code, follow the same workflow as the code, and are reviewed with the code, which is especially useful in an Agile environment, where docs are part of the “definition of done.”
GitHub includes version control, issue tracking, notifications, diffs, status dashboards, documentation, and social features. All of these features are useful when developing and managing documentation in a GitHub project. Technical communicators have other opportunities to contribute in GitHub, including commenting on, reviewing, and merging proposed changes and managing the wiki community.
In this session, we’ll learn about these features, GitHub terminology, and about documentation workflows in GitHub.
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Recognize appropriate uses of each modality.
Learn how to overcome the Critical Thinking monopoly.
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6. OBJECTIVES
Identify strategies for enhancing your value within your
company
Learn how to establish and enhance relationships
Develop a plan for developing and ensuring success in
your career
8. The Leadership Imperative
“The thing that wakes me up in the middle of
the night is not what may happen to the
economy or what our competitors may do
next…
…what wakes me up is worrying about whether
we have the leadership capability and talent.”
6
CEO of a Right Client Company
9. Right Management Survey of Executives
Top three business challenges for tomorrow
Generating profitable growth
Retaining the right people
Hiring the right people
Customer retention
Innovation
10. The War for Talent
Top talent doesn’t leave companies, they leave leaders
Number one turnover factor is the person’s manager
For Generation Y: the number one factor is: are they
being developed?
11. 0
2
4
6
8
10
0 5 10
Financial Impact of Leadership
Fortune’s Global “Most Admired” 2004 Top 50 vs. Bottom 50
Long-Term Investment
QualityofManagement
13. What does it mean for you
You have a substantial
opportunity.
14. Take Leadership, Right Now
Discussion:
How can you take more leadership in your organization?
What can you learn from others about seizing leadership
opportunities?
What do you need to know and do to position yourself?
15. Enhancing Effectiveness
Understand your Company and the Leadership Profile
Know the strengths and weaknesses of your profile
Increase your repertoire of skills so you can tap into other
preferences when situations require
Know when to call on outside resources for help
Create a Plan- and Focus on the Essentials
16. The Plan: Tips for Success
1 . Tips when new on the job
2. Develop your EQ and interpersonal skills
3. Enhance your Visibility
4. Develop a Career Plan
5. Increase your Organizational Awareness
6. Get Support
7. Evaluate your progress regularly
17. The Reality with New Leaders
1) Tips for coming into a new job
Research Shows That 40% Of All New
Leaders (Internal And External Hires) Fail To
Meet The Expectations Of Management
18. What contributes to the failure?
Turn to your neighbor and identify 4 or 5 reasons you
believe contribute to this statistic?
19. Frequently Cited Factors as to why New Leaders Fail
•Being unclear or confused over key expectations,
agreements and ways of working to support superiors
•Failure to identify stakeholders and build key
partnerships/Visibility
•Failure to learn the job, company and business quickly
enough
•Failure to mesh with the existing culture or build the
new culture quickly enough --Significant interpersonal
differences with others
•Overuse of existing professional competencies
•Lack of professional growth in skill areas where there
are gaps
21. Key Elements of a Comprehensive Plan for Success
•Transition communication plan
•Appointment Charter which identifies the Key Few
Objectives
•Establishing Credibility – Professional Persona
•Stakeholder Analysis and Enhancing Visibility
•Building self Awareness: Analysis of strengths and areas
for development and competencies needed for new role
•Learning the organization’s culture and business systems
•Assessing One’s Competencies and Developing Skills
22. Transition Communication Plan
Working plan for introducing the New Leader to the
organization or to the new assignment
Why the individual was selected for the assignment
The mandate being inherited
The challenges the organization is asking the
individual to undertake
23. Develop Your Brand
So tell me a little about yourself…
•Verbal Overview
•30–60 Second Commercial
•Background, Strengths,
Accomplishments
and Future Objectives
25. 2) Enhancing your interpersonal skills- Develop your
EQ
Using MBTI or an EQ assessment as a tool to
enhance your interpersonal skills and
communication
26. M B
T I
Use MBTI as a TOOL: What Is the MBTI?
•Not a “test”
•Self report
•Highly validated instrument
•Based on work of Carl Jung
•Values all types
•Describes rather than prescribes
•Describes preferences, not skills or abilities
•All preferences are equally important
27. How do you gain energy?
Extraversion Introversion
Four Preferences
Sensing
iNtuition
How do you take in information?
How do you decide?
Thinking Feeling
How do you live
your life?Judging Perceiving
28. E/I
Extraversion
External focus
“Talks to think”
Interact with people,
environment
Action, discover the world
Variety
Has to “experience life to
understand it”
Introversion
Internal focus
“Thinks to talk”
Contemplate ideas,
implications
Reflection, discover self
Concentration
Has to “understand life
to experience it”
29. S/N
Sensing
“Here and Now” - Realistic,
Practical
Focus on:
Facts
Tangible data
Details
Reality
Status Quo
Structure
Work through to see result
iNtuition
Future - Pattern,
Relationship, Theory
Focus on:
Concepts
Abstractions
Big picture
Possibilities
Innovation
Starts with the end,
works back
30. T/F
Thinking
Objective—Cause & Effect
Decisions based on:
Logical analysis
Rationality
Principles
Build theories and models
Intellectual criticism
“What’s fair?”
Feeling
Subjective—Person centered
values
Decisions based on:
Impact on people
Values and needs
Likes and dislikes
Create harmony, tell story
Sympathetic to others’ views
“What’s right?”
31. J/P
Judgment
Control life
Plan, Organize, Act
Want to:
Fix the world
Follow through
Come to resolution
Create order and
predictability
Perception
Understand life
Flexible, Spontaneous
Want to:
Experience the world
Initiate
Leave options open
Adapt, preserve flexibility
and spontaneity
32. Enhancing Effectiveness- Tips
Improve productivity and harmony of working
relationships
Consider others’ profiles – Platinum not Golden Rule
Present information in a way that is useful to them
Appreciate the contributions of other types
33. Enhancing Communication (S/N)
For S’s
Use facts
Describe how this idea has
been successful in the past
Have all the details worked
out
Demonstrate the idea’s
practicality
Reduce risks
For N’s
Demonstrate confidence and
enthusiasm
Describe the challenges
Emphasize the future and ultimate
benefits
Describe connections with other
ideas and plans
36. List your Accomplishments Every Year
Knowing and expressing what you do well will help you:
Build self-confidence, a key to success
Identify which assignments will fit you best
Communicate more effectively
Demonstrate your contributions to the organization
37. 5) Increase your Organizational Awareness
•Be knowledgeable of your organization’s Culture and
Values and Leadership Profile
•How is your organization changing? Which areas are
expanding or contracting? What does the future hold,
what’s the strategy?
•What does your organization need from its employees?
What are the critical factors for success? Who are the
organizational role models?
38. Leader of the Future Profile
1)Research: Inspiring Leadership, Strategic Thinking,
Collaboration, Influencing Skills, Agility, Coaching and
Developing
2) GE Jeff Immelt: Big Thinker, Globalist, Effective Listener,
Developer of People
3) 2019 (Cancalosi) Cultural Agility, collaborator, Legendary
builder of people and teams, external focus, generationally
savvy, multiple horizons, innovation champion, inspirational
communicator
39. Leader of the Future Profile
•Credibility – integrity, honesty, competence, reliability, visibility
•Courage – candor, risk taking, decisiveness
•Agility – flexible, fast, adaptive, thrives on change
•Vision – sets direction, communicates, provides focus
•Global Perspective – big picture, values diversity
•Collaborative – engaging, team player, problem-solver, open communicator, welcoming
input
•Coach – develops others, creates a development culture
•Execution Excellence – gets it done, makes it happen, follows through
41. Implications for YOU:
1. Leverage your Knowledge
Let people know, engage colleagues/boss
Share learning, be enthusiastic
2. Be an agile learner
Look for new learnings, data you can apply quickly
3. Take initiative and add value
Find ways to insert new perspectives
Be proactive and entrepreneurial, volunteer
4. Build your leadership brand
Determine what reputation you want and make it happen
5. Get a coach and mentor ---Be a coach and mentor
42. Get a Coach
“Coaching is the process of equipping people
with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities
they need to develop themselves and become
more effective.”
― Peterson & Hicks, 1996
43. 43
Engagement and Change Management
Establishing Bench strength
Focus on Retention and Engagement
High Potentials
Mid Level
Identifying hot shots
Leadership Talent
One on One Coaching
Focus on Strategy Execution,
Managing Globally, Executive
Presence, Strategic thinking,
talent development, preparing
for C level roles.
Create a plan for sponsorship, buy
in and strategic alignment at the
top. Provide strategic advisor coach.
Identify through assessment,
which leaders can play pivotal
roles in the future and put them
on an accelerated track with
strategic coaching. Provide
coaching for development tied
to assessment.Focus on
Leadership Skills. Combine with
Business Acumen, Managing
Virtually, Team Alignment,
Interpersonal Skills
Use assessments to
identify the future
“hot shots” who can
be Prime Movers.
Give them coaching
for emerging
leaders.Combine
with action learning
and group coaching
Targeted coaching to
address retention
and career transition
to help people
prepare for their
future.
Who gets coaching?
Leadership