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August Meeting: Moving from Tech Writing into Training Development

How easy is it to make the transition from tech writer to trainer or instructional designer?  A panel of former tech writers who have happily morphed into successful training developers will share what they learned when making this transition.

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June Meeting: The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense

June Meeting: The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense

For our June meeting, we’re hosting Arroxane Eber, president of the Lone Star chapter, for an engaging presentation on how to keep cool during difficult moments in the workplace and to use our communication skills to defuse tension.
Note: We will hold our annual business meeting from 6:30-6:45.
Details
Thursday, June 3 (note the event is on a [...]

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Portfolios and Interview Strategies – Four Critical Steps to Acing a Tech Comm Interview

Portfolios and Interview Strategies – Four Critical Steps to Acing a Tech Comm Interview

In today’s job market where there are far more qualified applicants than there are jobs, you need an edge when interviewing. Rather than subjecting an interviewer (and yourself!) to yet another Q-and-A session and hoping you did well enough to get an offer, use your portfolio to take charge of the interview and lead [...]

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