August: Negotiation Skills + STC + Caltech
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This month, WTD LA & LA STC (Society for Technical Communication) are co-hosting a career development event at Caltech!
***PLEASE NOTE that this event involves a $10 fee for each attendee, so please register in advance:
Advance registration allows us to properly estimate food and drink accommodations. LA STC will also accept cash payments onsite.
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SCHEDULE:
6:30 - 7:00 pm: arrive, check-in, nosh, mingle
7:00 - 8:00 pm: Jack's presentation
8:00 - 9:00 pm: Q&A, networking, clean-up
8:30 - 9:00 pm: mingle, clean up
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PRESENTATION:
Content Audits and Chat Bots and IoT, oh my!
Tech comm has always been a field in which we plan for output channels that don’t even exist, but it seems like our authoring tools and technology are evolving faster than the technology we are writing about.
In this meeting, we are NOT going to talk about the latest tools and technology you need to learn to stay competitive. Instead, Jack will share what he sees is holding most content professionals back from quantum leaps in career development: soft skills like conflict resolution skills, workplace negotiation skills, and more.
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ABOUT JACK:
Jack Molisani is the president of ProSpring Technical Staffing, an employment agency specializing in placing content professionals (http://ProSpringStaffing.com).
He's also the author of Be The Captain of Your Career: A New Approach to Career Planning and Advancement, which reached #5 on Amazon's Career and Resume Best Seller list.
Finally, Jack also produces the LavaCon Conference on Content Strategy and Technical Communication Management (held in Portland this October: https://lavacon.org).
NOTE: Jack will raffle a free copy of his book and a free entrance to LavaCon Portland. Bring business cards for the raffle!