March 21-24 - WritersUA Conference

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Sessions I attended (mostly for my own reference):

Sunday, March 21
6:30 PM
Joe Welinske
Conference Orientation

Monday, March 22
9:00 AM
Joe Welinske
Welcome to the Conference!

9:10 AM
Tony Self, Joe Welinske, Michael Ellison
Let's Look in the Mirror and See What We See

10:30 AM
Rob Houser
Embedded User Assistance: Where Does it Belong?

11:30 AM
Networking Luncheon

2:05 PM
Char James-Tanny
Structures, Semantics, Controls, and More: HTML 5 is Here!

3:25 PM
Scott DeLoach
Strategies for Web-based User Assistance

4:25 PM
Networking Mixer

Tuesday, March 23
8:30 AM
Joshua Tallent
Introduction to eBook Devices and Formats

9:50 AM
Joe Welinske
UA Design and Implementation for iPhone Apps

11:10 AM
Scott Prentice
Building Your Own AIR Help Application - Part One

1:25 PM
Scott Prentice
Building Your Own AIR Help Application - Part Two

Wednesday, March 24
8:30 AM
Kevin Moore
Dealing with Subject Matter Experts in the Design Process

9:50 AM
Michael Hughes
Wireframing Tools and Techniques

Lunch & Peer Showcase
10:50 AM - 1:05 PM

Becky Williams
Using Adobe AIR to Enhance Help with Web 2.0 Features Like Commenting and Favorites

Jan Wright
Minimalist Indexing for Maximum Help – The AutoCAD Index Redesign Project

Gwyneth Casazza
Easing Customers Through the Transition to the Microsoft Office Ribbon Guides Using Interactive Web-based Tools

1:05 PM
Teresa Goertz
Writing for Mobile Devices: An End User Approach

2:25 PM
Matthew Ellison
Turning Search into Find