Notes from 46th International STC Conference
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 16-19, 1999

Dan Voss
Communications Department
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida
Lockheed Martin Corporation

This site contains notes taken from the technical sesssions at the 46th Annual International Conference of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 16-19, 1999. Below is a hot-linked table of contents. Additional links to other sites and materials are provided within the notes from the various sessions. In some cases, handouts are available only in hard-copy form. To get copies, contact Dan Voss via e-mail.

For downloadable files of presentations from the conference, check out the Conference Web site.

Keynote Address

• Keynote Address: Presentations by STC Exemplars, Lottie B. Applewhite, Virginia A. Book, Ernest D. Mazzatenta, Thomas E. Pearsall.

Web-Related Sessions

• "What Web Authors and Designers Should Know about Search Engines", Gay Marie Logsdon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
• "Optimizing Graphics for the WWW -- GIF, JPG", Amey L. Celoria, Amy Designs, Inc., Indialantic, FL.
• "SGML or XML: Which is Right for You?", Lori DeFurio, Adobe Systems, Inc.
• "Global Transitions", Jaap van der Meer, ALPNET, Inc., Montreal, QC; JoAnn Hackos, Comtech Services, Inc., Denver, CO; and Deborah Rosenquist, Dell Computer Corporation, Austin, TX.
• "When Worlds Collide", Jared M. Spool, Interface Engineering, Inc., North Andover, MA.

Writing and Editing

• "The Distinction Between Writers and Editors", Karen Bachmann, The Research Connection, Inc., Tampa, FL.
• "Expand Your Income by Writing for Magazines", Beth Agnew, Insystems Technologies, Inc., Markham, ON.

Ethics and Technical Communication

• "Ethics in Action: A 'No Talk' Workshop", Lori Allen, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Dan Voss, Lockheed Martin Electronics & Missiles, Orlando, FL.
• "Dilbert™ Goes Corporate: How to Navigate the Thorny Thickets of Corporate America Without Selling Your Soul: Featuring Lockheed Martin Corporation's Acclaimed 'The Ethics Challenge'", a Workshop Conducted by Dan Voss, Lockheed Martin Electronics & Missiles, Orlando, FL.
• "Making Ethical Choices on the Job," Notes from a Networking Luncheon, Moderated by Dan Voss, Lockheed Martin Electronics & Missiles, Orlando, FL.

Special Feature!

• "Twenty-Three New Ideas from the 46th Annual STC Conference", Brought to You by W.C. Wiese, Lockheed Martin Electronics & Missiles, Orlando, FL.