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1:00pm EDT

10 Keys to Successful Leadership 2140Adriane Hunt How May I Help You? Benefits of Focusing on Services Instead of Products 2140Todd DeLuca Moments in Quiet Leadership 2140Joe Gollner Using your Volunteering Experience to Boost your Career 2140Johanne Lavallée What Type of Leader Are YOU? 2140Cindy Currie

5:30pm EDT

Speaker Reception and Chapter Recognition Bistro 252

7:45am EDT

Registration Rochester Institute of Technology (Louise Slaughter Hall - 078)

8:00am EDT

Breakfast 2240/30/20/10

8:45am EDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks 2240/30/20/10Frances Nardia • Ben Woelk

9:00am EDT

The Brave New World of Technical Communication 2240/30/20/10Joe Gollner

10:00am EDT

Helping Mali Kids Gain STEM Knowledge and Work in Open Source AGILE? Welcome to Technical Writers without Borders! 2120Johanne Lavallée All for One and One for All: Leading Successful Teams through Thick and Thin 2140Cindy Currie Structured Writing for Content Quality 2130Mark Baker A Case Study: Converting Page-Based Documentation to Topic-Based Content 2240Hendrik van Edig Advance Your Career through Self-Publishing 2240Elizabeth Fraley CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS--Back 2 School: This Old Dog CAN Learn New Tricks! 2240John Freiberger News You Can Use: An Investigation into How to Make It in Tech Comm 2240Meghan Palumbo

11:00am EDT

Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA) with Technology; An Ongoing Case Study of Business Communication Students 2120Chyna T. Trible Engineering Content: The Discipline of Designing Future-Ready Content 2240Joe Gollner Let Me Do It! Advantages of Offering "Do it Yourself" Communication 2130Todd DeLuca Right Mind: Initiating Change Management from Within 2140Kim Chmielewicz

12:00pm EDT

Lunch and Sponsor Presentations 2240/30/20/10

1:00pm EDT

Networking and Vendor Exhibits 2240/30/20/10

1:30pm EDT

The Intersection of ASD and TC: Employees on the Autism Spectrum 2130Janine Rowe CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS--Emerging Technologies 101: A Primer 2120John Freiberger The Art of Personal Branding: How to Tell the "You" Story and Gain New Customers 2140Elizabeth Fraley Filling the Gaps: Why Every Communication is Important 2240Kim Chmielewicz Integrating UX: How Tech Comm Can Engage with Usability to Ensure Success 2240Michael Van der Gaag Telling Your Techcomm Story 2240Wendy Ross What Are Technical Writers Really Doing These Days? 2240Adriane Hunt

2:30pm EDT

Plan, Create, Publish: A Live Walkthrough of a Micro-Documentation Project 2130Bernard Aschwanden • Christopher Ward The Tech Writer’s Advantage in Content Marketing 2140Carrie Fick Using STC to Build Your Resume: Publishing and Certifying 2240Liz Pohland We’re Going Mobile! Great! Wait… What Does That Mean? 2120Neil Perlin

3:30pm EDT

Refreshment Break 2240/30/20/10

4:00pm EDT

How to Become Better Technical Communicators: Lessons on Tech Comm from Unlikely Experts 2240/30/20/10Tiffani Wheeler Downing Ninja Talk 2240/30/20/10Chuck Campbell Ninja Talk 2240/30/20/10Ben Woelk Slay your Career: Career Management Tips Courtesy of Beyoncé 2240/30/20/10Janine Rowe The 7 Essential Principles of Writing, Speaking, and Designing Messages 2240/30/20/10Chyna T. Trible Turning Ideas Into Reality Through the Power of Grants 2240/30/20/10Margit Brazda Poirier

5:00pm EDT

Giveaways 2240/30/20/10

5:30pm EDT

Closing Remarks 2240/30/20/10Frances Nardia • Ben Woelk

6:30pm EDT

Spectrum After-Party Bar Louie

8:30am EDT

How to Attract Opportunities to You 2140Elizabeth Fraley • Janice Summers Single Sourcing to the Max with MadCap Flare 2130Neil Perlin

12:30pm EDT

Introduction to Grant Writing: How to Find and Get Grants for Your Program 2140Margit Brazda Poirier Using Office365 for Collaboration and Creation of Technical Documentation 2130Lee Drake • Kathryn Hutton