Title: Government Proposal Writing for Small Businesses

Location: Clark State Greene Center, 3775 Pentagon Boulevard, Beavercreek, OH 45431 – just west of The Mall at Fairfield Crossing, directly across I-675 from the Fairborn water tower

Description:

This four-hour course will provide step-by-step instructions to read solicitations and write proposals to sell to the federal government. The facilitator will be Meredith Threatt, the Director of the Southwest Central Ohio Procurement Technical Assistance Center.   Ms. Threatt is the popular instructor who presented “Selling to the Government” and “Registering to Sell to the Government” at Clark State – Greene Center last year. Participants will:

• Learn how to break down a federal solicitation into manageable pieces.
• Learn to build an effective proposal.
• Discuss real world examples.
• Receive answers to their pressing contract questions

Class Date: Friday, September 10, 2010;  Time: 8 AM to NOON;  Breakfast provided

Cost: $49 per participant, $35 for each additional participant from the same organization

To Register: Please contact Gary Kuhn, (937) 429-8923, corporatetraining@clarkstate.edu.

Other Upcoming Clark State Corporate Solutions Events:

• September 22 – Whole-Brain Decision Making
• October 22 – Power Networking
• November 9 – FAST/BREAK Luncheon – Strategic Planning

Title: Twitter, Facebook and MySpace Demystified
Location: Roush’s Restaurant, 305 West Main Street, Fairborn, OH
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010
Time: 7:00-9:30 am
Cost: $10 – Member of any Clark or Greene County Chamber of Commerce, $20 – Non-members
To register contact Gary Kuhn (937) 328- 7972, (937) 429- 8923 or corporatetraining@clarkstate.edu.

Tools like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are components of Web 2.0, letting us easily create Web content. How do we leverage them for increased business?

In this entertaining, fast-paced session, you’ll discover:

• A form of marketing that ALWAYS works
• The differences among these social networking sites
• The correct use of these tools in marketing to your potential clients
• How to get your current clients to sell for you – at no cost

Title: Blogging Workshop
Location: Sinclair Community College, Ponitz Center, Building 12, Rm 12-374
Date: Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Time: 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Cost: $99.00

To register or learn more about the workshop go to http://workforce.sinclair.edu or call (937) 512-5741.

Description: Learn how to drive web traffic, build content, link to other social media sites and target specific audiences

Title: Sailing Solo: A Lone Writer’s Journey Continued
Location: webinar
URL: Click here for registration or more information

Date:Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM EDT
Cost: STC Members $79; Nonmembers $149; Student Members $29

Description: Sailing Solo presents one person’s experience with being a lone writer. This presentation discusses some of the challenges other lone writers have met and conquered, and resources for the lone writer. A lot of the tips and tricks for handling the workload are provided so you can build on those tricks and make them work in your environment.

Title: Personality and Writing Style: Playing to Your Strengths
Location: webinar
URL: Click here for registration or more information

Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Time:1:00 – 2:00 PM EDT
Cost: STC Members $79; Nonmembers $149; Student Members $29

In this webinar, we’ll explore how different dimensions of personality affect the way we write. For example, extroverts may prefer to discuss the content with the subject matter experts (SMEs) before they begin writing; introverts, on the other hand, may prefer to organize the material and write as much as they can, then meet with the SMEs to fill in the gaps. By writing according to our personality preferences, we can optimize our efficiency. We can also learn to incorporate our non-preferred functions to round out our work for a more polished final product.

Title: Customizing Your Content with DITA Conditional Text
Location: webinar
URL: Click here to for registration or more information.
Description: Learn How To Set Up and Use Conditional Text with XMetaL
Start Time: 2:00 PM ET
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010
Cost: Free

With XMetaL and DITA, you can create documents customized for various audiences, products, and platforms from a single set of source files. XMetaL includes a sophisticated and easy-to-use set of features for applying consistent tags to conditionalize content, for color-coding conditional text in authoring views, and for generating customized output. In this webinar, we’ll take a close look at how to set up and use conditional text in DITA with XMetaL.

Title: Learn About Single Sourcing and Find Out If It\’s Right for You
Location: Webinar
URL:  Click here
Description: Is single sourcing right for you? What resources do you need? How do you select the right tools? Get answers to these and other important questions about single sourcing.
Start Time: 11:00 AM EDT
Date: 2010-06-15
End Time: 12:00 PM EDT

Title: Introducing Doc-To-Help
Location: Webinar
URL: Click here
Description: Join Doc-To-Help expert Brad Keller and get a first-hand look at the tool that makes creating documentation fast and easy.
Start Time: 3:00 PM EDT
Date: 2010-06-16
End Time: 4:00 PM EDT

Relax. Read some books. Bask in the sun. Or walk in the rain.

Enjoy the lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer while they last.

Sometime in August, start checking back here for info about the first STC-SWO meeting of the 2010-2011 year.  You won’t want to miss it!

See you in September!

If your boss said to you, “I want you to lie about the problems with this product,” would you do it?

What if your boss said, “I want you to bury the information about the problems?”

Or, “I want you to tone it down some.  Otherwise, our client will throw a fit.”

Or what if your boss simply edits out what you conscientiously put in?

Do you have ready responses for those nuanced differences?  Do your responses depend on how desperately you need that job?

Tough decisions in a tough job market.  But don’t throw up your hands, and don’t put on a blindfold as you navigate the minefield. DO come to the STC-SWO meeting on May 19 where you’ll hear how these sorts of minefields are more common than you might think—and how to avoid them where possible and defuse them where necessary.

In addition, at our May meeting, volunteers who have contributed time and expertise to SWO over the past year will be recognized. Our speaker is John Bryan, vice provost of the University of Cincinnati, associate professor of English at UC, and long time editor of the STC Intercom column, Ethics Case.

After working for ten years as a professional writer, communications director, and marketing manager for engineering consulting firms in Denver and Missouri, Bryan came to UC in 1989. Since then he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in professional writing. In 1995, he became associate dean of the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences. In 1997, he became dean of UC’s University College. He returned to the English Department in 2004 and now also serves as UC’s vice provost.

Date:  Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Agenda:

• Networking: 5:30 p.m.
• Dinner: 6:00 p.m.
• Program: 6:45 p.m.

Menu: A variety of sandwiches, salads, and beverages
Cost:

• Members: $15
• Non-members: $25 (in advance via PayPal only)
• Students: $12
• Program only: $5 for members and students; $15 for non-members

Click here for instructions about Pay Pal payments.
No shows will be billed.

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 17, 2010, by noon. To register, send an email to program@stc-swo.org.
Please include your name, email address, membership status (member, non-member, or student), and how you will pay (cash, check, or Pay Pal).

Non-members must pay in advance via Pay Pal. All no shows will be billed.

Location:
Indiana Wesleyan Dayton Education Center

Directions  from Interstate 75 (North or South):

1. Take Exit 50A (Dryden Road) and turn right at the end of the exit ramp.
2. Go to the first traffic signal and turn right onto Springboro West (NOT Springboro Pike).
3. Indiana Wesleyan University is the 2nd building on the left (3-story tan brick).
4. Come to the reception area on the 3rd floor to find our exact location in the building.