Crain's Chicago Business Focus on Social Networking

Social media works, but be smart about it. Crain's offers basic advice on using social media to boost your business. My favorite: create a place to share info -- then get out of the way.

How do you prepare for a conference?

STC is providing quite a bit of helpful information in advance of the Summit. Attendees will find most everything they need here.

The question remains, How best to prepare for the Summit? Or any conference for that matter? I recently saw an excellent post by Chris Brogan called 27 Things to Do before a Conference. I like #20 and #21. And then, of course, there's #27:

And this should come first, but remember to give your family a bit of extra love before leaving for the event. Take them out to dinner, and/or give the little ones some extra fun. Make a game of showing where you’ll be via Google Maps, and switch to Satellite or Street View to show them the visuals instead of just the map. Give everyone a chance to connect while you’re on the trip via Skype video, so they can stay in touch. It makes it easier.

You can read the rest of the article here.

Just-in-time wiki

The April 18 STC Chicago meeting was on Just-in-Time Documentation and Training with guest speakers Jacqueline Napier and David Orr. The PowerPoint slides can be found on the wiki that we created during the meeting (http://stcjitslides.wetpaint.com/) as an exercise in collaborative development.

Jacque and David will post new materials on the topic as they become available. Feel free to apply to be a Writer so that you can add comments and information. If you sign up to the wiki, you can also invite associates who might be interested in the topic.

April chapter meeting

For details, see www.stc-chicago.org.