May 2009 STC/SM Program Meeting: You are on LinkedIn…now what?

Featuring: Beverly Cornell, Director of Marketing and Sales, IteroText Translation Services

The Southeastern Michigan Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC/SM) will offer a program entitled “You are on LinkedIn…now what?” on Thursday, May 14, hosted at the company RelWare, in Farmington Hills, MI. Ms. Beverly Cornell, Director of Marketing and Sales at IteroText Translation Services, will speak about new social media/communication technologies with a focus on LinkedIn, and how technical communicators might realize the potential of these technologies professionally. In addition, as the final program to cap off the 2008-2009 STC/SM Program Season, we will also have a brief award and volunteer appreciation ceremony. Please consider attending this excellent opportunity for learning and networking, while helping us celebrate as we close another successful chapter term. For more information or if you have any other questions, send an email to <programs@stc-sm.org >. Please visit the STC/SM website for more information: < www.stc-sm.org/program.htm >.

Web 2.0 is here and so is networking 2.0. LinkedIn is an online network of more than 30 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries that can help you grow your business, get a new job, and connect with interesting people. Forget exchanging business cards with acquaintances that don’t know your work, or trying to renew professional ties when you need a favor. Join us to learn how to: create a profile that gets you found, discover inside connections that can help you land you work, find potential clients, service providers, subject matter experts, and partners, post and distribute job listings, get introduced to other professionals through the people you know, become an expert in your field, use your network to gather research, and build your network.

If possible, please register prior to the program by sending an email to <register@stc-sm.org >. As guests of members and students, as well as the general public, are also welcome to attend this excellent educational and networking opportunity, please let us know that you are coming and if you are bringing guests. If you are unable to register in advance, please feel free to come anyway; although we need to plan some items in advance, we would also welcome your onsite registration.

Directions
RelWare is located in Farmington Hills, MI, Northeast of the I-96 / I-696 / I-275 interchange, within about a half hour from Metro-Detroit, 45 minutes from Ann Arbor and Flint, and a 90-minute range of the Jackson, Lansing, Toledo, and Saginaw areas. The entrance to the office is located on the first floor of the Tri-Atria office building, off the Southbound side of Northwestern Highway, South of 14 Mile Road before Middlebelt Road. Look for the main entrance to the Tri-Atria building on the right, after passing a Home Depot (North of the location along Northwestern Highway). Park in the free parking lot in front of the main entrance facing Northwestern Highway—look for a large glass overhang covering the main entrance—and then enter through that entrance. Walk straight ahead, to the right of a fountain in an open area, turn left at the end of the fountain, and then walk straight through a small hallway. You will see the entrance to RelWare straight ahead from the small hallway—look for the sign on the wall. Come in and register with the STC/SM Program Greeter.