Carol, thanks for the feedback.
How do the new processes affect our ability to do a Webinar? Would a presentation put together by the TCs be considered a work product and so need to use official OASIS templates and go through the public review process before we could do a Webinar? (I am most sincerely hoping that this is NOT the case …)
Best regards,
Kris
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From: Carol Geyer [mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:40 AM
To: DITA Adoption TC
Cc: Dee Schur; Jane Harnad
Subject: Re: [dita-adoption] Shall the two DITA TCs sponsor a Webinar about DITA 1.2?
I like Doug's suggestion of two webinars, one on business benefits and one on the technology. We could announce them simultaneously and invite people to register for one or both.
I'd do the business benefits one first, so attendees of that will be able to also attend the technical one too (or assign someone else on their staff to attend).
This is similar to what the DITA and XLIFF TCs did in Sept 2008 (see the links at http://www.oasis-open.org/events/webinars/ )
Dee Schur and Jane Harnad will be happy to help with the logistics whenever you're ready.
~Carol
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Stan Doherty <stan@modularwriting.com> wrote:
Hi --
A friendly suggestion building off Doug's . . . if we were to host one, combined webinar, perhaps DITA Adoption should go first. Non-techies could drop off when we get to some of the more technical issues with the TC . . .or not. Much of the success of engaging non-technical people with technical overview information is in the presentation format and tone.
Stan
Stan Doherty
Director, Technical Publications
Verivue Inc.
Westford MA
sdoherty@verivue.com
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From: "Doug Morrison" [dmorrison@dita4all.com]
Date: 12/18/2010 12:44 PM
To: dita-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [dita-adoption] Shall the two DITA TCs sponsor a Webinar about DITA 1.2?
Hello, Adoption TC members,
It may be worth considering two separate Webinars for different audiences: one covering business aspects and advantages, the other for technical practitioners. DITA will always seem overly technical to non-technical people so I think trying to cover everything in one Webinar could be counter-productive.
Kind regards, Doug Morrison Information Architect http://dita4all.com http://mardinet.org Chair OASIS DITA Adoption Focus Area SC
On 18/12/2010 17:02, Kristen Eberlein wrote:
Hello, Adoption TC members.
At the 7 December 2010 meeting of the DITA TC, we discussed the possibility of co-sponsoring an OASIS Webinar with the Adoption Committee about DITA 1.2.
What do you think? Is this something that we should pursue? Perhaps people involved in the 2008 (?) OASIS Webinar about XLIFF could share their experiences as how easy or difficult it was to do a Webinar under OASIS aegis?
Possible content would include:
· Overview of DITA 1.2
· Business value of DITA 1.2
· Possibly addressing some of the perceptions of DITA’s complexity
· Other items to be determined
I suggest that we add this to the agenda for the next DITA Adoption TC meeting.
Best regards,
Kris
Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Kristen James Eberlein l DITA Architect and Technical Specialist l SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l (t) + 1 (919) 682-2290 l keberlein@sdl.com
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