Newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication, San Francisco Chapter February/March 2005

February  2005 Meeting -- ISO Auditing for Technical Communicators: An Introduction
Presented by Kathy Stanley

The February meeting is on Wednesday, February 16, 2005, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Elephant & Castle in San Francisco's financial district. For details about the location and instructions for purchasing tickets, visit www.stc-sf.org/stc-meetings.htm.

The February meeting is at our new location: the Elephant & Castle, 424 Clay Street (near Battery). The E&C is just a couple blocks away from our former location at the London Wine Bar.

About the Presentation

Capitalize on your talent for communications by working in the ISO process.

• Research and preparation -- Required for our books and help, the auditor needs to understand the business that they are measuring and prepare the right set of questions.  The same analytical skills that let us read and understand an engineering specification transfer readily to understanding the ISO quality system components.
   
• Interviewing -- The interviewing skills required to develop technical information can help us focus and control an audit.  Our ability to take notes and develop information from the responses comes in handy if you want to do ISO-related work.
   
• Writing -- Each audit requires a comprehensive report.  Our ability to communicate complex information in a simple, effective way is a natural match for the type of writing required for an audit report.
   
• Professional growth and networking -- Being part of ISO will introduce you to people from all parts of the business world and different industries.

About the Speaker

Kathy Stanley has a B.A. in Mass Communication and more than 12 years of technical writing experience at start-ups and multinational corporations.  Kathy has more than 10 years of involvement in the ISO process as both an auditor, division representative, and has been an audit subject. In 2005, Kathy will take her exam to be certified as an ISO lead auditor.

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