Appearances

Here is a list of places I will be appearing at in 2012. I will update this list as I book additional appearances.

About Lin Laurie, M. ED.

Lin has an extensive background as a technical writer and instructional designer with over 30 years of experience documenting software. She has a degree in Educational Technology from University of Washington and has worked with Joe Welinske for many years on his WritersUA conferences as a moderator and speaker. She has spoken at local STC meetings many times over the last 15 years and even taught a professional development course locally on RoboHelp several years ago. She is a contributing writer in two highly popular technical books: “Developing Online Help for Windows,” by Boggan, Farkas, and Welinske and also in “HTML in Action,” by Bruce Morris. She’s also the author of several non-technical books including “Adventures with Ambien and Other Stories” and “Death of Dirty Angels.” Her latest book, “Body and Soul – The Story of Life and Death,” is due out in June.

Meeting Information	Description	Cost
Society of Technical Communications:   Elijah’s La Jolla — 8861 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037	Digital Inspiration with Snagit v10 Become a Snagit power user! You may have been using Snagit for years without being aware of its power. Learn to create something better than your grandmother’s screenshots; give your graphics real visual impact.  Join us to learn how to capture anything with Snagit. Some of the topics we’ll cover include:  Organizing your screen captures using its auto-storing and tagging features. Creating stunning graphics with borders, edges, and other effects with a single hot key. Resizing graphics and framing with one click. Using markup tools to draw attention to details or to hide sensitive information. Using video capture to create quick screen videos. Door Prizes! Win a copy of Snagit 10 for our door prize! We will also be giving away t-shirts and some free software. TechSmith has been generous in donating giveaways for attendees at this event.For more information and to register to attend: http://www.stc-sd.org/events-meetings/meeting_information.htm.	$30 – Open to the public
June 14th – Riverwalk Golf Course in Mission Valley, 7:30 am	Speaking at the business networking meeting at Riverwalk Golf Course. This is a closed meeting and only open to members.	N/A