Speaking Engagements
Cheryl Landes, the owner of Tabby Cat Communications, offers workshops and presentations on writing, editing, and indexing for technical and non-technical audiences. She is also a guest speaker at colleges and universities, where she shares her experiences as a writer with students in liberal arts and technical communication programs.
Contact Cheryl for more information about her workshops and presentations, or to schedule an appearance.
2012
January 18 – “Working with Contract Agencies,” Society for Technical Communication (STC) New England Chapter meeting in Burlington, MA
January 31 – “What is the future of indexing for technical documentation?" - a free webinar sponsored by Adobe
February 7 – “Indexing Across Communications,” a webinar sponsored by the STC-Lone Star Chapter
February 16 – “Indexing for Multiple Outputs” (all-day workshop) and "The Future of Indexing" (evening presentation), both sponsored by the STC-New York Metro Chapter. Both events will also be broadcast via webinar.
February 22 – “Is search the solution for findability?” at the Intelligent Content Conference in Palm Springs, CA
March 7 – “Going Green as a Technical Communicator,” a webinar sponsored by STC
March 16 (tentative) – “Working with Contract Agencies,” a webinar sponsored by the STC Consulting and Independent Contracting Special Interest Group (CIC SIG)
April 21 – “What Constitutes a Passing Mention?” - a joint presentation with Judi Gibbs at the American Society for Indexing (ASI) conference in San Diego, CA
April 23 – “Going Green as a Technical Communicator" and "Indexing for Multiple Ouputs" at the Spectrum conference in Rochester, NY
May 20-23 – Coordinating the "Index Evaluation Workshop" at the STC Summit in Rosemont, IL
May 31-June 1 – “What is the future of indexing?" at the Indexing Society of Canada (ISC) conference in Ottawa
2011
February 16 – “From Seeds to Harvest: Tending Your Networking Garden,” webinar sponsored by the STC-Southwest Ohio Chapter
March 26 – “Experience an Index Usability Test,” (conducting a usability test on two indexes for Five Steps to MadCap Flare), STC-Philadelphia Metro Conference, Willow Grove, PA
April 20 – “Indexing in the Age of eDoc and Mobile Devices? Absolutely!” - a joint meeting of the STC-Boston Chapter and the New England Chapter of ASI (NEASI) in Burlington, MA
April 29 – “Indexing Online Help in MadCap Flare” and “Marketing Your Business Through Social Networking,” ASI conference in Providence, RI
April 30 – “Embedded Indexing in Adobe FrameMaker,” ASI conference in Providence, RI
May 16 – “Figuring Out What to Learn,” for the Instructional Design and Learning Special Interest Group's (IDL SIG's) progression at the STC Summit in Sacramento, CA.
May 17 – “Experience an Index Usability Test,” Project Showcase at the STC Summit in Sacramento. Also coordinated the "Index Evaluation Workshop" and presented "Working with Contract Agencies" for the CIC SIG's progression.
June 11 – “What does technical indexing really mean?” - sponsored by the Golden Gate ASI Chapter in Berkeley, CA
September 8 – “Best Practices for Indexing Online Help,” webinar sponsored by MadCap Software. (Click the link to view the recording. Registration is required, but there's no cost to view the webinar.)
September 30 – “Is search the solution for findability?” - Scott Abel of The Content Wrangler interviews me for a webinar sponsored by MindTouch. (Click the MindTouch link to view the recording.)
November 16 – Participating in a panel discussion about new opporunities for technical communicators led by Ed Marshall at the monthly STC-New England Chapter meeting in Burlington, MA.
2010
March 10 – “From Seeds to Harvest: Tending Your Networking Garden,” teleconference sponsored by STC's CIC SIG
March 16 – “Working with Contract Agencies,” STC international webinar
March 27 – “Working with Contract Agencies,” Marketing Conference for Creative Freelancers in Kenmore, WA
April 17 – “Experience an Index Usability Test,” NEASI spring conference in Chelmsford, MA
May 4 – “From Seeds to Harvest: Tending Your Networking Garden” and “Figuring Out What to Learn,” STC Summit, Dallas
October 9 – “Using PDFs in Indexing,” Mid- and South Atlantic Chapter of ASI meeting in Dumfries, VA
Cheryl's presentations: 2009 and earlier (PDF, 25.9 KB)