Upcoming Events
Upcoming events in the STC include chapter meetings, workshops, webinars, and other events that are geared towards professional development.
Chapter meetings are held monthly on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:00-8:15 PM. The meeting begins with a light buffet, followed by networking and a presentation by an industry leader. There are no meetings June, July, August, and December.
The Art of the Show: Storytelling Lessons from Walt Disney
Kyle Warnick - Group Marketing Manager/Microsoft
Date: February 21, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location:
Aquent
1109 North 36 Street
Seattle, WA 98103-8957
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Whether the medium is architecture, animation, live-action films, theme parks, stage plays, costumes, or restaurants—one thing is certain, Walt Disney and his Imagineers know how to immerse us in a show and tell amazing stories. We've all been touched by these stories in one form or another. In this presentation, Kyle Warnick, Group Marketing Manager at Microsoft and self-professed Disney-geek, explores how Disney's use of story (and backstory), setting the stage, the importance of details, character, and the effects of color and sound can apply to our jobs and teach us how to be better communicators.
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Storytelling Workshop
Kyle Warnick - Group Marketing Manager/Microsoft
Date: March 3, 2012
Time: 9: 00 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Digipen
Location:
Digipen Institute of Technology
9931 Willows Road NE
Redmond, WA 98052
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We love to tell stories. We love to hear stories. It's in our DNA. If you're trying to inspire, persuade or convince people to believe in your message, storytelling is one of the oldest and most effective tools you can ever use.
But it isn't always easy. Good stories need to be well-crafted.
This session will increase your ability to tell compelling stories that share complex information and encourage action in a clear, convincing, and brief way.
During this 3-hour workshop, Kyle Warnick (storyteller and Group Marketing Manager at Microsoft), will share with you how to craft a good story, the role of delivery and presentation, and how business leaders and marketers can use stories to deepen customer connections and generate interest in products, programs and services. This will be a "hands-on, roll-up your sleeves and get work done" session. You'll start with your own story/communications issue and then refine it throughout our time, using a unique framework that mines storytelling gold from master communicators like Walt Disney, Martin Luther King, Jr., George Lucas, and companies like Google and Nike. We'll even throw in a few surprising inspirations from a chef, a comic book artist, and a circus showman. These individuals and organizations all have used storytelling to capture our imaginations (and in some cases, our wallets), build loyalty, and create phenomenal emotional connections. If they can do it, so can you.
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Structural Editing
Leah Guren - Owner - Cow TC
Date: March 20, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. at Microsoft
Location:
Microsoft Redmond Main Campus
Building 34, Palouse Room (Cafe, Room 1001)
3720 159th Ave NE
Redmond, WA 98052
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Stuck in an editing rut? Can't seem to find a solution to bloated, wordy text? Maybe you need to shake up the structure!
Learning to look at information in terms of visual structure is a great way to break out of the rut. To do so, you need to understand how the information is actually used, and what its organization really looks like. In this workshop, you will:
- Understand the role of structure in user perception of information.
- Learn to analyze the role and purpose of any given piece of information.
- Become familiar the common organization schemes.
- Practice applying structure to information.
The workshop is appropriate for all levels of writers with at least minimal experience in technical communication.
Leah Guren is the owner/operator of Cow TC. She has been active in the field of technical communication since 1980 as a writer, manager, and consultant. She now devotes her time to consulting and teaching courses and seminars in technical communication, primarily in Israel and Europe. Her clients include some of the top high tech companies internationally, including Intel, IBM, and Microsoft. Leah is an internationally-recognized speaker in the field of technical communication and is an STC Associate Fellow.
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STC Webinars for 2012
STC Puget Sound is also hosting monthly webinars.
Please visit the Educational Opportunities Page for more information and a listing of all upcoming webinars.
Events from Other Organizations
Association for Women in Computing (AWC)
NW Science Writers (Northwest Science Writers)
Northwest Independent Editors Guild
Puget Sound PRSA (Public Relations Society of America)
Puget Sound SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction - serves Northwest User Experience Professionals)
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