Do you need an experienced speaker at one of your events? Brenda has given numerous presentations over the years on a variety of topics relating to technical publications and documentation management. Here’s just a sampling:

Improving Communication Skills

• Powerful PowerPoint Presentations–How to get your message across effectively
• Delivering Accessible Technical Information: Communicating Your Message to Everyone (available as a one-hour intro or a half-day workshop)
• Crossing into Usability: An Introduction to Usability for Technical Communicators (a half-day workshop)

Management

• Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools Slides available on Slideshare.net
• Conducting Post-Project Reviews
• The Art and Science of Project Management (a full-day workshop)
• How to Hire Technical Writers
• The Hidden Cost of “Free” Slides available on Slideshare.net
• Digging Deep: Leadership Lessons from Eleanor Roosevelt
• Digital Risk Management: Protecting Your privacy, improving security, and preparing for emergencies (half or full day workshop)

Career Focus

• Building the New Resume
• Career Tactics for Technical Communicators (a half-day workshop)
• Becoming Indispensable: Increasing visibility and demand for technical communication skills
• Contract or Captive: Which is right for you?
• Social Me: Taking control of your online image
• Tell It Like It Is: Promoting yourself to further your career (with Jill Parman) Slides available on Slideshare.net

Other

• Ambassadors to the Stars (and meteors and planets and more)
• Beyond Branding: How NASA Uses Social Media to Turn an Audience into a Community
• Citizen Scientists: How you can participate in NASA projects
• “The Martian”: Science Fiction vs Science Fact

Don’t see anything you like? We’d be happy to discuss development of a custom presentation for you. Just write to bphuettner@p-ndesigns.com.