PRESENTATIONS and SEMINARS

STC Regional Conference

"You, Margie, cut through all the industry hype, and clearly explained the big picture of just what content management is, and where its constituent elements fit in. Oh, NOW I get it....thank you."

Roger Pollard
Senior Communications Specialist, ICBC
Vancouver, BC Canada

Web Publishing HOT Spots Workshop

"This was an excellent introductory overview of content management and how it impacts the present and — most importantly — the future growth of corporate Web sites."

Pat Slaten, Webmaster
Olympic Medical Center
Port Angeles, WA

Software Product Management Certificate Program, Development

"Margie has been a featured speaker as part of the UW's Software Product Management Certificate program for several years now. Students consistently rate her discussion of how content-based Web projects and content management systems fit into the world of software development as one of the guest speaking highlights of my course. Margie's extensive experience and her ability to get down to what's really important really makes her talk stand out."

Britt Udy, Instructor
University of Washington Extension

Software Product Management Certificate Program, Marketing

"Margie's ability to get right down to the business issues related to corporate web sites is refreshing and vital. She peels back the layers of the onion to expose the underlying needs and issues with Web-related marketing and sales, providing our Software Product Management Certificate students with a real-world perspective. Margie is always one of our highest-rated guest speakers."

Linda Merrick, Instructor,
University of Washinton Extension

Society of Technical Communication, Regional Conference

Content Management: It's a Whole New Ball Game, November 9, 2002,  Vancouver, Canada ( 855 kb). Presentation includes high level overview of content management, including terminology and principles. Discusses transferable skills for technical communicators. Co-presented with Rita Warren, ZiaContent.

The Gilbane Conference on Content Management, Seybold Seminars

Implementing a Content Management System, Panel Presentation, Sept. 11, 2002 ( 314 kb). Presentation focuses on publication design, workflow design, training, and roll-out plans.

Web Publishing HOT Spots Workshop: A Publishing Analysis Approach

Hot Spots Workshop, May 8. 2002  ( 856 kb). Presentation accompanying half-day workshop that outlined the Publishing Analysis as a way to determine publishing areas of a Web site that would benefit from content management intervention. Outlines strategies for determining where to start based on risk analysis to your business goals. Workshop co-produced with Rita Warren of ZiaContent.

Software Product Management Certificate Program, University of Washington

Is Content Management a Web Development Issue? February 27, 2003 ( 787 kb)

Web Development and Web Maintenance: Where Does Content Management Fit? February 21, 2002  ( 185 kb)

Marketing and the Web, May 16, 2002  ( 213 kb)

Selling on the Web, May 16, 2002  ( 131 kb)

Web Development: What Is It?February 22, 2001  ( 137 kb)

Marketing and the Web, April 30, 2001  ( 127 kb)

Web Development: Different from Traditional Software Development? February 20, 2000  ( HTML)