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Postponed)
Best Practices in Indexing
Presented by Cheryl Landes, Technical Writer
at Phoenix Controls Corporation in Acton, MA November 13, 2007
Beacon Hill at Vanderhaven Farm, Clubhouse
4300 Winder Drive,Bridgewater, NJ 08807
For those of us who write and index our own work, indexes always
seem to be an afterthought. Tight deadlines and schedule slips
often sacrifice index quality. Is there a solution? While chances
are high that we won't be able to relax the documentation schedules,
we can improve our indexes by understanding the factors involved
in creating a quality index.
Cheryl Landes, who has indexed technical documentation for more
than 15 years, will provide some simple guidelines on how to create
quality indexes every time. She calls these guidelines her "best
practices of indexing."
Cheryl Landes has written and indexed technical documentation
since 1991 in a variety of industries, including marine transportation,
software, Internet technologies, and manufacturing. For the past
six years, she has worked as a technical writer for Phoenix Controls
Corporation in Acton, MA, where she is responsible for writing
and indexing technical documentation, marketing pieces, and training
materials. She worked onsite for five years, then converted to
a full-time remote employee based in Seattle in September 2006.
Her work has received numerous awards at the STC chapter and international
levels since 2002, including Best of Show through the Boston Chapter
last year.
She is active in STC and the American Society of Indexers (ASI),
where she currently serves as vice president for the Pacific Northwest
Chapter, one of the largest chapters in the society. She also
speaks regularly at STC and ASI conferences at the local and national
levels.
CONTACT:
Donna Timpone
Recruiting Director
UserEdge Technical Personnel, Inc.
timpone@useredge.com
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