2. Welcome!
Thank you for being part of an incredible program
Your knowledge, experience, and willingness to
share brings attendees from around the world
We hope you have a rewarding experience at the
Summit and we hope you will join us again
If you need anything, please contact Chris Hester
(@chris_oh)
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3. Today’s Agenda
Program committee
Registration
Event information online
Your session
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4. STC Summit 2014 Program Committee
Lloyd Tucker, Director, Education & Meetings
Chris Hester, Conference Chair
Paul Mueller, Program Chair
Track Managers
Pam Brewer: Content Strategy & Design, Academic
Research
Matt Sullivan: Content Development & Delivery
Karen Bachman: User Experience, Usability, & Accessibility
Jowell Lydon: People & Project Management, Business
Management & Consulting, Professional Development
Marta Rauch: Mobile Content Design & Development
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5. STC Summit 2014 Registration
Be sure to register & reserve hotel ASAP
Most speaker badges and tickets mailed
International and late registrants pick up packets at the
registration desk (third floor of Convention Center)
Pick up speaker ribbons in registration area
Visit the education (program information) booth on
the first floor if you need anything
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6. Take Advantage of Lanyrd
Full program
Open to everyone
Uses Twitter/LinkedIn account or Lanyrd acct
Serves multiple conferences/events
Attendee/Speaker lists
Send intro message, flag who you want to meet
Send Chris your ID if missing from session
Other events (receptions, TweetUp, banquet,
closing lunch, informal gatherings, …)
iPhone app & HTML5 site
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7. Your Session: When and Where
Pre-conference sessions will be in the Hyatt
Summit sessions will be in the West Building of the
Phoenix Convention Center
Check the program on lanyrd.com/cmztc
No sessions have been changed since notification (unless
we contacted you)
Attendees use Lanyrd to plan their Summit calendars
(track/attend)
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8. Your Session: Audience
STC audience and expectations
Various backgrounds, jobs, & experience levels
May leave to find another session
SUMMIT@aClick lets them get content later
SurveyMonkey for reviews/feedback
Include your Twitter handle, #stc14, and the
session name (or topic) on each slide
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9. Your Session: Equipment
All rooms (except progressions) have laptop,
projector, microphones, screen
Use STC laptop (preferred), or use yours if needed
for demo
If you use your equipment, need to provide
standard video connectors/adapters
Most rooms have internet for speaker,
WIFI for attendees in many areas
Capturing content (SUMMIT@aClick)
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10. Your Session: Capturing Session
SUMMIT@aClick provides great value to
attendees… many positive comments
STC vendor on site… different from A/V
Important we know if you are using the STC laptop
or your laptop (email)
Audio record & either copy your slides or “screen
capture” your presentation
Please help us make this go smoothly
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11. Your Session: Sharing Your Slides
Slideshare.net to make slides available
Create your own slideshare.net account
Add STC Summit logo to your title slide
(http://summit.stc.org/wpcontent/uploads/2014/03/2014SummitLogo.png)
TAGS: STC14, STC Summit 2014,
techcomm, and technical communication
Post Slideshare URL to your slides on Lanyrd (add
“coverage” to your session)
Add URLs for handouts, blog posts, and more to
your session coverage
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12. Your Session: Other Formats
Progressions (not recorded)
20 min presentation & discussion (2 times)
6-8 presenters at round tables
Attendees select 2 topics to attend
Various topics (not one SIG area; some combos)
Lightning talks (recorded)
20 slides (auto-advancing – 15 sec) in 5 minutes
2 sessions; 7 presenters in each session
Fun, various topics, presenters need to practice
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13. Your Session: Other Formats
Spotlights
New format
Speakers share a powerful message or story
Held in larger rooms (accommodating up to 300 people)
Three 20-minute talks happening at the same time, in
different rooms
15-minute break between talks so attendees can switch
rooms if desired
No Q&A
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14. Your Session: PowerPoint Tips
Use the STC laptop and PowerPoint for your
session if possible
Use standard fonts
Avoid complex colors that could degrade when
moving from one computer to another
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15. Your Session: Other Tips
Be prepared… practice aloud in advance… your
evaluations will reflect it
Get to the room early
Volunteer, program committee, and A/V help will
be on hand
Most sessions are 45 minutes, 30 min breaks
Start on time; end on time (including Q&A)
Repeat questions for all to hear…especially
important for recorded sessions
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16. Find Us Online
summit.stc.org (main information)
lanyrd.com/2014/society-for-technicalcommunication (or lanyrd.com/cmztc)
@STC_Summit
#stc14
Chris Hester: @chris_oh
Paul Mueller: @Paul_Useraid
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