NEWS @ Keypoint Consultants

NEWS

	Dreamweaver in a Day Class a Success
	Dreamweaver is a tool that people want to put on their resumes. Ann-Marie Grissino, President of Keypoint Consultants, taught the packed-house class for the Society for Technical Communications (STC), Carolina Chapter. Class attendees commented on how much they enjoyed the class and learned a lot.
	Key Contributors at STC’s Conferencse in Dallas, Baltimore, and Las Vegas
	Members of the Carolina Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) figured prominently among the session leaders and presenters at STC's Annual Conferences.
	MadCap Flare Press Releases with Keypoint
	Keypoint was cited in several press releases with MadCap Software, makers of Flare help authoring software.
	International competition judge
	Ann-Marie Grissino of Keypoint Consultants participated as a judge in STC's international competition held in Washington, D.C.
	Speaker at STC Carolina's Program
	Technical Communication in China.

Key Contributors at STC Conferences in Dallas, Baltimore, and Las Vegas:

Members of the Carolina Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) figured prominently among the session leaders and presenters at STC's conferences in Dallas, Baltimore, and Las Vegas.

Ann-Marie Grissino, Keypoint’s President and Founder and Senior STC member, led a session entitled, “Developing and implementing e-learning.” This session provided online course standards, tips, and tricks. Attendees commented that the session was one of the best they had attended.

In Vegas, Grissino's presentation on creating interactive Acrobat forms was standing room only, with over 200 people attending. Conference managers asked Grissino to conduct the session again the next day.

Ann-Marie Grissino also spoke about “Applying Chinese Principles of Honor and Face in Our Roles as Technical Communicators” during a session entitled “Technical and Professional Communication in China.” In this session, 15 technical communicators—who visited China in 2002 as part of the People to People Ambassador Program and met with their Chinese counterparts, including the first meeting of Westerners with the Society of Chinese Technical Communication—shared their experiences.

Dreamweaver in a Day Class Success:

Looking to update your resumé? During this lagging economy, people are beefing up their skills and want to list Dreamweaver MX as one of their skills. Dreamweaver MX, a Macromedia application, enables nonprogrammers to design and author Web pages.

Ann-Marie Grissino, President of Keypoint Consultants, taught Dreamweaver to a packed house. The course provided “excellent information in a well-paced, fun class,” critiqued one attendee. This course was sponsored by the Society for Technical Communications, Carolina Chapter.

MadCap Software teams up with Keypoint:

MapCap Software of California, makers of the Flare help authoring tool, provided several press releases. Madcap cited Keypoint's president, Ann-Marie Grissino, in each of these press releases.

Carolina's STC newsletter also published an article about Keypoint and ChannelAdvisor.

Check out these press releases:

International judge:

Ann-Marie Grissino of Keypoint ConsultantsAnn-Marie Grissino of Keypoint Consultants participated as a judge in STC's international competition held in Washington, D.C.

Speaker at STC Carolina's Program:
Technical Communication in China. Ann-Marie Grissino, President, Keypoint Consultants, presented Applying Chinese Principles of Guanxi and Mianzi in Our Roles as Technical Communicators. In China, relationships are the basis for getting and maintaining work per Grissino. Grissino shared her experiences from a recent trip to China as part of the People to People Ambassador Program where she and other technical communications delegates visited top-rated universities, considered the “Harvard’s of China.” This session provided 10 practical ways of applying Chinese principles of guanxi and mianzi with our work peers and associates.