Conferences

Despite not knowing what 2011 will look like for me, I’m trying to plan conference engagements for 2011. The first open call for proposals I’m entertaining is for the STC 2011 Summit. I know there will be plenty of tools and tech writing sessions, so I wanted to focus on something different yet valuable. What I keep coming back to are soft skills and general communication practices.

If you wouldn’t mind, please consider the following possible topic ideas and let me know if it’s of interest to you, if it’s not of interest, and why. And of course, if there’s anything you think I know or know I know that I may not think or know I know, please let me know. Ya know?

• how to be a successful manager vs. just a boss (yes, there is a difference)
• leadership fundamentals – how to be a leader without being in charge (if you can’t join ‘em, beat ‘em… or something like that)
• collaborating in geographically dispersed teams (quite the common situation these days, and usually execution could be better)
• how to overcome resistance to involvement (in teams, with appropriate level of infrastructure access, at the right project stages, etc. – what, if anything, is of value to you here?)
• making friends and influencing people – why it’s not just flowery management/leadership rhetoric

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