Items tagged "NEOSTC"

The Meter is Running: Setting Consulting Rates for Independence (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Presented by Christopher Juillet, PLC

• Are you a consultant?
• Have you been asked to do a special project for someone [on the side]?
• Have you thought about dabbling in another area of interest outside of your work?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this meeting is for you! Setting consulting rates is always tricky. How much to charge, and why? There are many ways to establish a consulting rate–most of them neglect basic business principles. In this session, Christopher will show why those rate schemes often yield rates much lower than appropriate and how to establish a consulting rate you and your clients can live with.

Consultants and Independent Contractors SIG meeting

Topic: What value/services do you want from your SIG? Networking and ideas about consulting services. Meet in the Holiday Inn bar. RSVP to Lori Klepfer.

See NEOSTC for directions and registration.

Posted in Calendar | Cleveland, OH, USA | Local meeting | STC
Tags: Consultant | NEOSTC | OH | Rates | USA
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Crucial Conversations (Cleveland, OH, USA)

NEOSTC is holding an event on workplace relationships. More information is available at www.neostc.org.

Posted in Calendar | Cleveland, OH, USA | Locales
Tags: NEOSTC | workplace
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Creating a Controlled Vocabulary (Cleveland, OH, USA)

NEOSTC is holding their monthly seminar, the topic for this month is ‘Creating a Controlled Vocabulary’

Further details are forthcoming at http://www.neostc.org.

Posted in Calendar | Cleveland, OH, USA | Local meeting
Tags: NEOSTC
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Software Saturday: Developing for XML/DITA (Cleveland, OH, USA)

The Northeast Ohio Society for Technical Communication is holding an educational session on XML/DITA. Summary is below, or click here for detailed information

Software Saturday: Developing for XML/DITA

Presented by: Bernard Aschwanden

XML-based Darwin Information Type Architecture (DITA) content can be developed to work with various software tools including Adobe FrameMaker, JustSystems XMetaL Author, and other tools. However, to develop this content, changes must be made to your workflow.

This training session provides guidance to develop content for export to XML that is consistent with DITA-compliant XML. Learn the basics of XML and DITA and how software tools can work seamlessly with content.
Learning Objectives:

* After taking this class you will be able to:
* Describe how XML applies to day-to-day writing
* Create content that is compliant with the XML standards
* Build an XML and FrameMaker workflow
* Share content between software tools with minimal additional effort

Key Take-Aways:

* Access to sample files to learn more about DITA on your own time
* Detailed overview of the most commonly used DITA elements
* Extensive slides with background information for all writers
* ROI information for presentation to management

Intended Audience: Users planning to migrate to either structured authoring and/or DITA.

Skill Level: All (any basic knowledge of HTML is helpful, and knowledge of Framemaker is helpful)

$75 for members, students, or unemployed

$100 for nonmembers

Posted in Calendar | Cleveland, OH, USA | Training
Tags: NEOSTC | XML
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