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Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2003
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Community Resources
Local Partner Organizations
Members from these groups attend WVC meetings at STC member rates, and STC members attend their meetings at member rates.
American Society for Training and Development (Cascadia Chapter)
The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) is a national organization dedicated to the professional development of those in the training and organization development field. The Cascadia Chapter serves Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our strategic direction is to be the premier resource for training and development in our area.
| July 16, 2003 | Portland Program: Trainers in Transition
Aly Anliker, Leslie Brunker, Ed Ferrigan, Bruce Hagen |
| July 21, 2003 | eLearning SIG: Web Usability |
| Sep 9, 2003 | What the Heck is Facilitation?
Leslie Brunker |
For more information on these seminars or to register, visit http://www.astdcascadia.org/programs/calendar_of_events01.htm.
Computer-Human Interaction Forum of Oregon
CHIFOO provides a local forum for exchanging practical and theoretical ideas about Computer-Human interaction, and is the local chapter of SIGCHI, the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction. The ACM is the Association for Computing Machinery, the national professional society for computing and information processing.
| July 2, 2003 | A Problem in Air Traffic Management: Operation
of unpiloted air vehicles (UAVs) in populated airspaces Jack P. Dwyer, PhD, Associate Fellow, Boeing, Huntington Beach, CA |
| August 6 , 2003 | Stephen Hawking and Me: Accessibility, practicality
and standards DL Byron, Textura Design, Seattle WA |
| Sept. 3, 2003 | Developing Training for Users in Heavy Industry Chuck Leber, Performance Improvement for Industry, Inc., Vancouver, WA |
For more information on these seminars or to register, visit http://www.acm.org/chapters/chifoo/programs.html.
Internet Professionals Northwest
IPN is a nonprofit trade association dedicated to promoting the interests of professionals engaged in providing Internet services, products, and technologies of all kinds. We serve individuals and companies with information sharing, training, personal and business networking, and other benefits.
| July 18, 2003 | WebVisions http://www.webvisionsevent.com/home/home.php |
| Aug 12, 2003 | No Events This Month |
| Sept. 9, 2003 | Designing Security Into Your Site… |
For more information on these seminars or to register, visit http://www.ipn.org/programs/programs.asp.
Software Association of Oregon
Formed in 1989, the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) fosters an environment that fuels the explosive growth of Oregon’s software industry. Members enjoy exceptional networking and educational opportunities, critical workforce development programs, and valuable company benefits. Whether you are a start-up software developer, established industry leader, or a provider of services to the industry, your company will benefit from an SAO membership.
| July 8, 2003 | OSCAMP – Open Source in Oregon |
| July 11 , 2003 | O’Reilly Open Source Conference |
| July 18, 2003 | WebVisions http://www.webvisionsevent.com/home/home.php |
| July 27, 2003 | SuperQuest03 Teacher Training Institute |
For more information, visit http://www.sao.org/about/Default.htm.
To find out more about these organizations and others that are technical communication related, check out our local STC Web site at http://www.stcwvc.org/links/links_orgs.htm.
