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.