"With single sourcing, you develop re-usable information in one source document or database. You build modular content in this single source, then assemble the content into document formats that target specific audiences and purposes.”
Kurt Ament, Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation

SWO-STC is proud to sponsor Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation presented by Kurt Ament, with Infotektur. This half-day seminar will help students and technical writers, editors, and indexers in the real world learn implementation strategies to enhance productivity, reduce workload, increase flexibility, improve the usability of documents, and create synergy in project teams.
The seminar will be held on March 20th from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the David H. Ponitz Training Center at Sinclair Community College in Dayton.

About the presenter
Kurt Ament is an information architect with extensive experience in print and online documentation, a popular conference and meeting speaker, and author of two how-to books for technical writers. He is the author of Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation and Indexing:
A Nuts-and-Bolts Guide for Technical Writers. Both have received favorable reviews in the STC journal Technical Communication.

What does the seminar cover?
This seminar explains in detail and by example how to build modular documentation you can re-use in different formats for different audiences and purposes. You will learn how to:

  • Build a business case for single sourcing
  • Uncover, nurture, and sustain in-house expertise
  • Set up cross-functional teams to encourage synergy
  • Build a prototype to test and demonstrate your strategy
  • Develop cyclical processes that succeed early and often
  • Transform existing linear documents into re-usable content
  • Assemble modular content into different documents and formats
  • Convert success stories into consensual writing guidelines
  • Empower editors to increase usability and re-usability
  • Enable indexers to develop re-usable indexes
  • Unleash writers to do what they do best


How do I find out more?
All the details are on the web site. Go to http://www.stc-swo.org/meetings/Seminar.htm for more information.

How do I register?
Download the registration form from http://www.stc-swo.org/meetings/RegistrationForm.doc. Seminar registration is only $59 for STC members, $69 for non-members, and $49 for students. Registration includes the seminar, a continental breakfast, handouts, and parking.
For questions about the seminar, please e-mail Sarah Wigser at president@stc-swo.org.