Hello, my name is Spring!
I’ve resurfaced, finally, after completing a long contract. Now there are IOU lunches to plan and vacation photos to edit, and after criss-crossing Canada, it’s a must-do to get back into the swing of professional development.
They say to carry a pocketful of business cards and memorize your elevator pitch. You just never know what can become of a networking opportunity. This week I scored four professional events happening in downtown Vancouver. It’s always instructive to observe, even better to hone the pitch, and totally awesome when your card is pulled for a door prize.
| Offerings | Agile Vancouver | Editors’ Association of Canada | International Association of Business Communicators | STC Canada West Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Name | Domain Driven Design Practices | Plain Language Certification | How to Network Effectively | H.A.T. Tricks |
| Presenter | Eric Evans, author Domain-Driven Design, Addison-Wesley 2004, thought leader in software design and domain modeling | Katherine McManus, Director of SFU Writing & Communications Program | Karen Lee, IABC Canada – Master Communicator, teaches for the University of Victoria in the Public Relations diploma program | Neil Perlin, internationally-known online content consultant |
| Date | March 18, 2013 | March 20, 2013 | March 21, 2013 | March 19, 2013 |
| Time | 6:00-9:00 pm | 7:00-9:00 pm | 5:30-7:00 pm | 6:00-8:30 pm |
| Topic | Exploring and Distilling the Core Domain: An Anonymized Case Study | SFU’s role in grant-funded project to launch international certification in plain language | Industry expert advises how to effectively network your way through an event | Overview of help authoring tools and history |
| Format | Standup presentation, slides | Standup presentation, slides, voice recorded, photographed | Instructor led presentation (no slides) and networking practice | Webinar, remote presentation |
| Networking | Before and after | Pre meeting dinner, before and after | Before and after, and during as an activity | Before and after |
| Venue | Renaissance Harbourside Hotel | YWCA | Harbour Centre, SFU | YWCA |
| Freebies | Coffee and tea | Door prizes, fruit, homemade cookies | Door prizes, donuts, juice | Tea, cookies, grapes |
| Registration | Online thru Eventbrite, at door | Online, at door | Online, at door, by phone | Online, at door |
| Seats Filled | 80 | 33 | 20 | 12 (+9 remote) |
| Member | $10 | $0 | $0 | $5 |
| Non-member | $10 | $10 | $10 | $20 |