On Mon, 2015-11-23 at 20:04 +0100, Radina Matic wrote: > > Hello! > > Here in Spain we say "Las cosas de palacio van despacio", or "Palace > wheels grind slowly"... > > Exactly a year after the initial idea about the webinar after my > presentation at tcworld14, I received an "official" invitation by > Deborah Krat, STC Education Manager from Fairfax, VA. However, given > that between my grad school, professional and family obligations, I > haven't been active in the GNOME for quite a while, it would only > seem fair to do it together with a more active docs team contributor. > I believe the audience would definitely benefit more if they hear the > experience of somebody who is actively working on GNOME documentation > at this time.
I can do this if nobody else wants to. I let my STC membership lapse, though. I just wasn't getting anything out of it. Is that a problem? > The timeline for the webinar they gave me is January/February 2016, > so it's not urgent, but they do need a written proposal (I'm > attaching the required form). I would like to maintain the main > argument of working on open docs as an excellent experience for > techcomm students, but I'm certainly open to suggestions and new > ideas. Any volunteers to present this webinar together? :) > > Cheers, > Radina > > > STC Webinar Information Request.docx > > PS: Previous version of this email is in cue for moderator approval > because I attached a heavy file - just delete it! > > > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Radina Matic <[email protected] > > wrote: > > Hi everybody! > > > > I've been MIA of late, but I just wanted to share with you the news > > about the talk I gave last week about GNOME Documentation at the > > tcworld conference in Stuttgart (Germany). > > > > The main idea for the talk was to present GNOME docs (and by > > extension, other open docs communities) as a great resource for > > the technical communication students. My other intention was to > > promote and present a different reality among mostly corporate > > techcomm professionals who usually attend this event (I kinda got > > tired of blank stares in previous years when I would mention GNOME > > ;). I originally planed to present the talk proposal for last > > year's edition, but then the family issues got in the way... > > Anyhow, the talk was accepted this year and it went fairly well: > > about 90% of around 50 attendees actually used Linux, but only a > > couple knew/used GNOME, I got some interesting questions and > > feedback after the talk, flyers and stickers I brought flew away, > > and at the networking event that same evening I got a proposal to > > prepare a version of the talk as a webinar for STC. I also played > > Bastian's promo videos and they added a very nice visual dimension > > to the presentation (btw Bastian, kudos for those, great stuff!). > > > > I'm attaching the presentation slides (google drive and > > slideshare.net). > > > > Cheers, > > Radina > > > > Presentation at Slideshare.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-doc-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
