One of the great things about YouTube (other than numerous videos of cats) is that if you are looking to learn more about a subject—like DITA XML—there’s plenty of material available for you. George Bina at SyncRO Soft recently sent me a link to several DITA and oXygen-related videos posted online, and I realized thatRead More
Tag: Webinars
Upcoming DITA Webinars
Time to catch up on some DITA-related news items, all having to do with upcoming DITA-related webinars: Content Management Trends: Understanding DITA Date: August 14th at 1PM-2PM EDT Speakers: Dan Taylor, Paul Wlodarczyk and Kris Eberlein More companies are utilizing DITA standards to represent reusable content components. A component content model enables companies to efficientlyRead More
List of DITA-related Videos
The following is a (hopefully) comprehensive list of all DITA XML-related videos being hosted on YouTube and Vimeo. As you can see there’s plenty of videos on all sorts of DITA-related topics out there, ranging from how to use DITA in various editors (including FrameMaker, oXygen and XMetaL), tutorials on DITA, a few DITA-based CMSesRead More
Upcoming Webinar by JoAnn Hackos on Adopting DITA to Reduce Costs and Increase Productivity
Update: Just got word that the date for this has been changed from Thursday November 8th to Monday November 19, 2012. Same time though. In the meantime the 2012 CIDM survey is still being run, and you access it here. Whenever JoAnn Hackos speaks, I listen. So I’ll be one of those planning on attendingRead More
Webinar: Topic Based Authoring
Another announcement about a free webinar on DITA/topic-based authoring that is coming out in early October. Here’s the blurb about it: “Using a topic-based approach can improve consistency and usability of information and make it easier to reuse topics in different contexts. It can also simplify maintenance, speed up the review process, and facilitate sharedRead More
Webinar Presentation: Getting Change to Happen-Enterprise Communication
Somehow I missed the first part of this three-part free webinar series, but JoAnn Hackos is presenting tomorrow (September 20th @ 1pm EDT) on Enterprise Communication. The Webinar series is being presented by the folks at Data Conversion Laboratory (the same people who hosted my own Webinar not so long ago) and JoAnn is aRead More
“DITA Today and Tomorrow” Presentation Now Available from YouTube
The Webinar presentation I did yesterday afternoon on behalf of Data Conversion Laboratory has now been posted to YouTube. You can now watch this anytime. Enjoy! For those who just want the slide deck, here’s a copy of the PDF, and here’s a link to the original Prezi that it was derived from. Will beRead More
“DITA Today and Tomorrow” Free Webinar Broadcasting July 12th @ 1PM EST
On Thursday I will be presenting a significantly updated version of the keynote speech I gave at the Ixiasoft DITA CMS conference in Montreal last month. This will be a free Webinar, sponsored by Data Conversion Laboratory and Just Systems. Here’s the official blurb: It’s been over six years since the DITA specification was officiallyRead More
Data Conversion Lab’s Free DITA Webinars for February
Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) is presenting a set of three free webinars on DITA, aimed at organizations looking to move to it. If you are a manager investigating whether or not DITA XML is for your team, or a writer wanting to learn more about DITA, this is a good place to start. These sessionsRead More
Upcoming Free DITA Webinars from Comtech Services Inc.
The folks at Comtech Services Inc. are doing a series of three free webinar sessions on DITA. These ones seem to be aimed primarily at those who are either just starting out in DITA, or are looking to compare notes and get a better understanding as to what industry best practices are when it comesRead More