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SUMMARY:Documentation and Training East 2007
LOCATION:Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:The theme of the 8th Annual Documentation & Training East Confe
 rence is Advancing Your Career. Attend and you'll gain access to dozens of 
 learning opportunities designed to help you improve the skills and expertis
 e you’ll need to future proof your career and improve your value as a pro
 fessional technical communicator.
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\nCost for full access pass: $999US
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\nFor $999 you get all of the following:
\n* Choice of pre-conference half
 -day workshops (October 16-17)
\n* Choice of over 40 conference sessions (O
 ctober 18-19)
\n* Choice of post-conference half-day workshop (October 20)
 \n* Access to the Management Summit (October 18-19)
\n* Access to the netwo
 rking cocktail reception (October 18)
\n* Breakfast and carving station lun
 ches during conference
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\nFull access passes entitle attendees to partici
 pate in four half-day workshops (choose from 15), your choice of presentati
 ons (over 40 available), and panel discussions in the following tracks:
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 \n* Content component management
\n* User experience
\n* XML Authoring
\n* 
 Interaction design
\n* Innovative technologies
\n* Web content management
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 n* Localization and translation
\n* Information architecture
\n* Technical 
 publications management summit
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\nA free access pass is available that pr
 ovides attendees with:
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\n* Access to 2 full days of software demonstrati
 ons 
\n* Access to the Technology Showcase
\n* Networking cocktail receptio
 n
\n* Meals, snacks
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\nHowever, free access guests cannot attend workshop
 s, sessions, or panel discussions.
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\nNeed to justify the cost of attendi
 ng to your boss. Check out this useful resource: http://www.doctrain.com/do
 cuments/Justifying_Conference_Attendance_Lowell.pdf
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\nWho attends DocTra
 in?
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\nTechnical communicators, including: technical writers, course deve
 lopers, user experience designers, usability professionals, information arc
 hitects, content managers, eLearning developers, technology writers, editor
 s, software tool vendors, information analysts, and media.
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\nDocTrain ne
 ws: http://www.doctrain.com/index.php/east/news
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