General Schedule

Here is the latest schedule for 2024. There will be something for everyone – from students and new professionals in the Tech Comm field, to seasoned professionals. This will be updated. Last update 26 March, 2024.

Thursday
May 16th
Duration Session Type Session Title Speaker Location
3:00 PM 7 Set up Expo Hall and Registration Setup Foyer & Skybridge
3:00 PM 4hr CPTC Foundations Course part 1 of 2 Ben Woelk Minnetonka A
3:00 PM STC Board Meeting Closed Isles Boardroom
4:30 PM 1.5hr Orientation 1st time attendees + students, orientation & tour Kylie Jacobsen and John Clement Harriett
4:00 PM 3hour Rehearsal (optional) 1st time speaker rehearsal TBD Nokomis A
6:00 PM 2hr Dinner Student Attendee Dinner Kylie Jacobsen and John Clement Skybridge
Friday
May 17th
Duration Session Type Session Title Speaker Location
8:00 AM Registration Registration open Sky Bridge
8:00 AM 8hr Vendor Expo Hall Open Foyer & Sky Bridge
8:00 AM 8hr Poster Poster Session (unhosted) Sky Bridge
8:00 AM 1.5hr Breakfast Breakfast and Welcome STC President Lakes Ballroom A/B & Foyer & Sky Bridge
9:30 AM 1hr Panel How AI Can Advance Your Career and Skill Set Rob Hanna, Susan Kelley, and Arthur Berger Lakes Ballroom C
9:30 AM 1hr Panel KnowledgeXchange New Attendee Session TBD Lakes Ballroom D
9:30 AM 2hr CPTC Course Practitioner Level part 1 of 3 Craig Baehr Minnetonka A
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive Ensuring DEI in Tech Comm Jennifer Goode Harriett
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive Gen AI Nothing to Fear! Susan Kelley Minnetonka B
9:30 AM 3hr Intensive DITA Basics Mini-Workshop Janice Summers Minnetonka C
9:30 AM 1hr Get Hired Resume Writing TBD Nokomis A
9:30 AM 1hr How Things Work Lessons Learned Writing CARS Comics Alan Porter Nokomis B
11:00 AM 1hr Get Hired Mistakes when looking for work TBD Nokomis A
11:00 AM 1hr How Things Work Turning Tech Comm Into Marcom Jessica Kreger Nokomis B
11:00 AM 2hr Intensive Strategies for Interviewing SMEs Nicky Bleiel Harriett
11:00 AM 1hr How Things Work Implementing Docs-as-Code approach Girish Karunakaran Sandaran Nokomis C
11:00 AM 1hr Panel Interviewing SMEs Amanda Patterson (Moderator), Nicky Bleiel, Bethany Aguad Lakes Ballroom C
12:00 PM 1.25hr Lunch & Awards Lunch and Awards Ceremony TBD Lakes Ballroom A/B & Foyer & Sky Bridge
1:30 PM 1hr Panel What Associate Writers Need From You Addison Kliewer (Moderator) Mickella Rast, Andréa Howard, Tyler Mueller, and Christina Mayr Lakes Ballroom C
1:30 PM 1hr Panel Meet the Editors Craig Baehr & Miriam Williams Lakes Ballroom D
1:30 PM 4hr CPTC Foundation part 2 of 2 Ben Woelk Minnetonka A
1:30 PM 4hr Intensive Better Infographics for Documentation Chaitanya Vikas Ghanta Minnetonka B
1:30 PM 4hr Intensive Creating Styler Stylesheets Mini-Workshop Liz Fraley Minnetonka C
1:30 PM 1hr Get Hired Building Your Digital Fingerprint Alex Hales Nokomis A
4:00 PM 2hr Intensive Make Your Business Case for Doc Projects Caity Cronkhite Harriett
1:30 PM 1hr How Things Work Content Modeling for Consistency Guiseppe Getto Nokomis B
2:45 PM 1hr Get Hired How to Advance your Career using Personal Branding TBD Nokomis A
3:00 PM 1hr Panel Annual Business Meeting & Meet the Board Incoming Board of Directors Lakes Ballroom C
3:00 PM 1hr BREAK BREAK BREAK Foyer & Sky Bridge
4:00 PM 2hr Intensive Tech Comm Skills through Tabletop Gaming Bethany Aguad Harriett
4:00 PM 1hr How Things Work Docs as Tests-Write Resilient Docs Manny Silva Nokomis C
4:00 PM 1hr Lightning Talks A series of Lightning Talks Host of speakers Lakes Ballroom D
4:00 PM CAC Networking TBD
4:30 PM 2hr Intensive Skills Training Camp Nicky Bleiel Lakes Ballroom D
6:00 PM 2hr Apps & Awards Awards Celebration & Reception TBD Lakes Ballroom A/B
Saturday
May 18th
Duration Session Type Session Title Speaker Location
8:00 AM Registration Registration open Sky Bridge
8:00 AM 8hr Vendor Expo Hall Open Foyer & Sky Bridge
8:00 AM 8hr Poster Poster Session (unhosted) Sky Bridge
8:00 AM 1.5hr Breakfast Breakfast and Welcome STC President Lakes Ballroom A/B & Foyer & Sky Bridge
9:30 AM 1hr Panel “Ask an Expert” Kirsty Taylor, Alan Porter, and Dawn Stevens Lakes Ballroom D
9:30 AM 2hr CPTC Practitioner Level Part 2 of 3 Craig Baehr Minnetonka A
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive Cybersecurity Essentials for Technical Communicators: Building a Secure Foundation Ben Woelk Lakes Ballroom C
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive How to Avoid Murder and Mystery Amelia Lax Harriett
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive The Carbon Footprint of Content Alisa Bonsignore Minnetonka B
9:30 AM 3hr Intensive Proposal Writing for Federal Contracting Mickella Rast Minnetonka C
9:30 AM 1hr Get Hired Resume Review TBD Nokomis A
9:30 AM 1hr How Things Work Transforming Product Documentation Bethany Aguad Nokomis B
9:30 AM 1hr How Things Work The Prompt Engineer’s Toolkit Emily Laird Nokomis C
11:00 AM 1hr Get Hired Networking 101: Building Professional Relationships Raymond Kim Nokomis A
11:00 AM 1hr How Things Work How The Content Wrangler Produces Content Scott Abel Nokomis B
11:00 AM 1hr How Things Work The New Culture of Documentation Adrienne Bellehumeur Nokomis C
12:00 PM 1.25hr Poster Poster Session (hosted) Foyer & Sky Bridge
12:00 PM 1.25hr Lunch Boxed Lunch & Networking Lakes Ballroom A/B & Foyer & Sky Bridge
1:30 PM 1hr How Things Work Certification Session (New Expert Offering!) Craig Baehr Lakes Ballroom D
1:30 PM 4hr Intensive Sort it Out! Dawn Stevens Minnetonka A
1:30 PM 2hr Intensive Help Your Documentation Using Flowcharts Cindy Pao Harriett
1:30 PM 2hr Intensive Building a Microlearn Jennifer Goode Minnetonka B
1:30 PM 4hr Intensive Enterprise-Level Documents on a Budget Lael Butler Minnetonka C
1:30 PM 1hr Get Hired Secure a New Job with LinkedIn Graham Riley Nokomis A
1:30 PM 1hr How Things Work Writing a Book Review for STC Tech Comm Journal Jackie Damrau Nokomis B
2:45 PM 1hr Get Hired Mock Interviews TBD Nokomis A
2:45 PM 1hr How Things Work Developers Writing Docs Thad Tilton Nokomis B
3:00 PM 1hr How Things Work TCBOK Session Deanne Levander Lakes Ballroom D
3:30 PM 45min BREAK BREAK BREAK Foyer & Sky Bridge
4:00 PM 2hr Intensive Talk Like a Girl Susan Kelley Minnetonka B
4:00 PM 1hr Get Hired Finding the Right Fit Suzanne Kelchner Nokomis A
4:00 PM 1hr CAC CAC Leadership Event TBD Nokomis B
4:30 PM 1hr Panel Editing Best Practices Kelly Schrank (Moderator), Rachel Petkewich Harriett
6:00 PM 1.5hr Happy Hour STC Happy Hour Lakes Ballroom A/B & Foyer & Sky Bridge
7:30 PM 2hr Dinner Dine-Arounds Foyer & Sky Bridge
Sunday
May 19th
Duration Session Type Session Title Speaker Location
8:00 AM Registration Registration open Sky Bridge
8:00 AM 4hr Vendor Expo Hall Open Foyer & Sky Bridge
8:00 AM 4hr Poster Poster Session (unhosted) Sky Bridge
8:00 AM 1.5hr Breakfast Breakfast and Welcome STC President Lakes Ballroom A/B & Foyer & Sky Bridge
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive Skills Training Camp Nicky Bleiel Lakes Ballroom D
9:30 AM 2hr CPTC Practitioner Level part 3 of 3 Craig Baehr Minnetonka A
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive Building an AI Prompt Management Team Jason Kaufman Harriett
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive Translating for the Best Translation Kim Chmielewicz Minnetonka B
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive AI and Powerful Personas Jill Stanton Minnetonka C
9:30 AM 2hr Intensive Great Graphics Tricia Spayer Nokomis C
11:00 AM 1hr Panel Interviewing SMEs Amanda Patterson (Moderator), Nicky Bleiel, Bethany Aguad Lakes Ballroom C
12:00 PM 1.25hr Lunch Boxed Lunch & Networking TBD Lakes Ballroom A/B & Foyer & Sky Bridge
1:30 PM Social Social Event(s) TBD