Notes from 47th International STC Conference
Orlando, Florida, May 21-24, 2000

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 47th Annual International Conference of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) in Orlando, Florida, May 21-24, 2000. 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.

Links to other Web sites expected to be valid at least until September 1, 2000.

Keynote Address

• "The Knowledge Revolution", Thomas M. Koulopoulos.

Web-Related Sessions

• "Web Development 101: A Technical Writer's Guide to Web Development Processes and Materials", Jessica E. Larcom, Sara Carver, and Michael E. Starr, Compuware Corporation.
• "Heuristics for Communication Effectiveness in Web Design", Judith A. Ramey, the University of Washington.
• "The Next Step: From an Information-Driven Site to a Customer-Driven E-Commerce Web Site", Amey Celoria, IN Web Ideas.

Electronic Publishing and Documentation

• "All About Single Sourcing", Ann Rockley, The Rockley Group, in partnership with SingleSource Associates.
• "Measuring the Quality of Technical Publications", JoAnn T. Hackos, Comtech Services, Inc.; Julie A. Bradbury, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.; and Constance E. Lamansky, Cadence Design Systems.

Digital Image Capture

• "Digital Imaging: from Camera to Cropping", Diane Knerr, Centromine; Michael Starr, Compuware; and Brenda McGuire, Battelle.

Integrated Strategic Communication

• "Integrated Strategic Communication: More than the Sum of Its Parts", Cindy Holloway, Andrea Lawrence, Bill Paskert, Dan Voss, and W.C. Wiese, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control-Orlando.

Educational Outreach

• "Designing Distance Education for Florida High School Students", Debra Chamberlin and Kate Brown, The Florida High School.
• "Outreach Opportunities: Education for the Community and Professional Development for the Members", Gail Lippincott, RGL Solutions; Dan Voss, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control-Orlando; Dan Jones, University of Central Florida; Jon Kessler, Computing System Innovations; Betty Montgomery, Montgomery County Public Schools; Dana Chisnell, Tec-Ed, Inc.; Susan Moran, Columbus State Community College; Jason Overturf and Sarah Flenar, Cedarville College; Russel Hirst, University of Tennessee; Marty Goodwin, president, Orlando Chapter; Judith Herr, Science Applications Inc., Livermore, California.

Special Needs in Technical Communication

• "A Report from STC's Special Needs Committee", Judith N. Skinner, manager; Mark Hanigan, Fabien Vais, Andrew Malcolm, and Dan Voss.

Special Feature

• "Twenty-Five New Ideas from the 47th Annual STC Conference", Brought to You by W.C. Wiese, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, FL.

Comments or suggestions regarding the 47th International STC Conference notes? Please e-mail Dan Voss at daniel.w.voss@lmco.com.