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.
2010
May 15 – “Embedded Indexing in FrameMaker,” American Society for Indexing (ASI) conference, Minneapolis
May 14 – “Revitalizing Your Chapter Members” and “Educating Authors about Indexing,” ASI conference, Minneapolis
April 21 – “Authors Night,” STC-Boston Chapter meeting, Burlington, MA
April 17 – “Experience an Index Usability Test,” New England Chapter of the American Society for Indexing (NEASI) spring conference in Chelmsford, MA
March 27 – “Working with Contract Agencies,” Marketing Conference for Creative Freelancers in Kenmore, WA
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March 16 – “Working with Contract Agencies,” STC Webinar
March 10 – “From Seeds to Harvest: Tending Your Networking Garden,” teleconference sponsored by STC’s Consulting and Contracting Special Interest Group
2009
November 11 – “Tending Your Networking Garden,” STC-Northern New England Chapter meeting, Nashua, NH
September 19 – “Using PDFs in Indexing,” NEASI fall conference, Lexington, MA
September 16 – Share experiences as an entrant and judge in the annual technical communication competitions, joint STC, Boston and Northern New England Chapter meeting, Burlington, MA
September 14 – “Working with Contract Agencies,” STC-Boston Consulting and Independent Contract Special Interest Group, Chelmsford, MA
April 23-25 – Spoke on the
following topics at the ASI annual conference in Portland,
OR:
• How to use PDFs in Indexing (half-day workshop)
• Index Usability Testing (90-minute session)
• Knotty Bits – Acronyms (45-minute session)
• Knotty Bits – Punctuation (45-minute session)
March 28 – "Avoiding Resume Pitfalls" and "Working
with Contract Agencies," Society for Technical Communication, Philadelphia
Metro Chapter (STC-PMC) conference, Malvern, PA
2008
October 4 - "Index Comparison Project," NEASI fall meeting, Sturbridge, MA
August 23 - Panel moderator for "Using PDFs in Indexing," Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Society for Indexing (PNW/ASI) fall meeting, Kenmore, WA
June 2 - "Index Usability Studies," Indexing Society of Canada (ISC) annual conference, Vancouver, BC
May 3 - "Self-publishing," ASI annual conference, Denver
May 2 - "Index Comparison Project, Part 3," ASI annual conference, Denver
February 27 - "How can entering the annual competitions and judging benefit you?" Keynote speech at the annual STC-Boston Chapter awards banquet, Burlington, MA
2007
October 22 - Shared experiences as a technical writer/indexer with advanced writing class at Washington State University, Vancouver campus
April 21 - Moderator for "Productivity: The Pros Speak Out" panel and co-presenter of "What's this process we call index editing?" with Sherry Smith, PNW/ASI spring meeting, Richland, WA
April 20 - Co-presenter of "What Skills are Needed to be a Successful Freelance Indexer?" workshop with Sherry Smith for the Washington Library Association, Richland, WA
2006
December 13 - "Index Comparison Projects," joint meeting with NEASI and the STC-Boston Chapter, Burlington, MA
November 14 - Shared experiences as an indexer with the students and advisor at Ooligan Press, Portland State University, Portland, OR
November 6 - Shared experiences as a technical writer/indexer with beginning technical writing class at Washington State University, Vancouver campus
October 25 - "Figuring Out What to Learn," a facilitated discussion with the STC-Boston Consulting and Independent Contracting Special Interest Group, Burlington, MA
October 18 - "Indexing in a Nutshell," STC-Philadelphia Metro Chapter, Wilmington, DE
September 27 - "Best Practices in Indexing," Freightliner, Portland, OR
June 16 - "An Index Comparison Project, Part 2: The Effects of Indexers'
Diverse Backgrounds on Creating an Index from an Essay Collection," ASI
conference, Toronto