UPDATE: This webinar was a huge success! See the recording and slides on our Free recordings of IDL SIG webinars for members page. (requires password. Contact programs@stcidlsig.org if you did not yet receive your password.)
Join us for “Lightning Talks” webinar with Kit Brown-Hoekstra, Viqui Dill, Jamye Sagan, Mellissa Ruryk and Robert Hershenow.
10:30 am Pacific / 11:30 am Mountain / 12:30 pm Central / 1:30 pm Eastern
Thursday, August 18, 2016
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About the webinar
Lightning talks are fast and fun. Each speaker has 5 minutes to present the topic using a 20 slide PowerPoint set to automatically advance the slides at 15 second intervals. The atmosphere is light-hearted and fast-paced as each speaker tries to bring some valuable edutainment your way.
The webinar will be recorded so feel free to watch with us online and then rewatch at your leisure. No need to take notes. If you cannot attend, sign up anyway so that you will get a link to the recording.
Intended Audience
All Audiences. The content will be introductory (e.g., > “101 level”)
About the Speakers:
Kit Brown-Hoekstra — Everything I Needed to Know about Leadership, I Learned from Star Trek
A light-hearted look at what makes a good leader. From Kirk to Janeway, the Star Trek captains explored new worlds, developed their teams, and survived life-threatening situations, sometimes with sheer luck, sometimes with wit and charm, and sometimes with a clear head. Even their flaws teach us.
Viqui Dill — You stink at email
Your emails are getting ignored for a reason: you stink at it. Most of us get hundreds of messages a day. Why would anybody ever want to read that wall of text under your boring subject line?
Jamye Sagan — A Loopy Yarn: Knitting and Technical Communication
Although knitting and technical communication seem like two disparate disciplines, they share several things in common–from knowing one’s audience to paying attention to finishing details. This presentation will highlight these commonalities, from project conception to the finished deliverable, and help you think about how your own favorite hobbies relate to technical communication.
Mellissa Ruryk — Chinglish/Engrish/Spangrish
We who grew up speaking English as a first language know how exasperating it can be with all the “rules” for spelling that seem to be ignored as many times as they are applied; homonyms; and the kind of trouble you can get into by missing out just one letter (think “pubic” instead if “public”). Consider and sympathize, then, with people who don’t grow up learning the twists and idiosyncrasies of this amalgam of thousands of years of British imperialism. Join us as Mellissa Ruryk shares some amusing samples of signs gone wrong around the world with Engrish, Chinglish, Spanglish and… Mangle-ish?
Robert Hershenow — What Do You Think?
What’s going on inside your head? A lot more than you might think! Our conscious thought processes are only part of what our brains are up to at any moment. Find out what else is happening when you are asleep or awake, when you’re happy or stressed, and how you can make the most of all that brain power.
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