In this webinar, the listeners will learn:

• Definition of Risk and Risk Management

• Risk Management methodology and tools

• A systemic way to mitigate translation risks

• Discuss a short case study

For more info: http://www.localizationinstitute.com/index.cfm?SEMINAR_CAT_ID=6

Statement of Purpose and Scope

The pool of research on training for global audiences is limited, especially within the field of professional communication. A special issue of the Journal of Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization seeks to address this need by providing a space for scholarly research and best practices on the topic of global organizational training. The issue, entitled Navigating the Global Training Terrain: New Literacies, Competencies, and Practices, will focus on training in global contexts from the perspective of both those who train and those who learn, including current research and best practices. The special issue will also cast an eye toward organizational training as it is evolving towards the future.

Training is vital to the success of globally connected organizations and individuals, but success requires the trainers’ effective bridging of linguistic, cultural, and social distances. Only teams and individuals with facility in navigating diverse languages, cultures, technologies, educational practices, and rhetorical traditions will be able to successfully provide training to global audiences.

Professional communicators, whose discipline claims expertise in several areas relevant to training—including oral, written, and visual rhetoric, usability, information architecture, electronic collaboration, intercultural communication, and collaboration with translators—are well positioned to contribute to global training efforts or take on the role of trainers themselves.
The editors of the special issue welcome submissions from a variety of perspectives including business, science, humanitarian practice, health, social advocacy, education, and government.

Possible topics pertaining to the theory, teaching, and practice of training in global contexts include the following, among others:

• Intercultural considerations in the design and delivery of training
• Training and the social web
• Cultural intelligence for trainers and training audiences
• Language use and translation in training contexts
• Meta-communication and training
• Communities of practice
• Legal issues in global training
• Economic aspects of global training
• Assessment of global training
• Training from a distance

Submission Details

Review criteria can be found on the Journal’s website at www.rpcg.org. Proposals should be sent as an email attachment to one of the guest editors of the special issue:
Pam Brewer, Appalachian State University: brewerpe@appstate.edu
Jim Melton, Central Michigan University: james.melton@cmich.edu
Joo-Seng Tan, Nanyang Technological University: ajstan@ntu.edu.sg

Production Schedule
The schedule for the special issue is as follows:
10 October 2010 — 500-word proposals due
15 October 2010 – Guest editors return proposal decisions to submitters
10 January 2011 – Draft manuscripts of accepted proposals due
1 July 2011 — Final manuscripts due
September 2011 — Publication date of special issue

Requirements for best practices
We strongly encourage practitioners to submit best practices pieces on any of the topics identified in this CFP or on related topics. Best practices describe the training strategies, approaches, or methods that work in a particular situation or environment. What has worked and why? What has not worked so well, and what could work better? Authors may use the following optional framework for best practices pieces: title, description, methods used, results, technologies used, and lessons learned. While the proposal and review process is the same for research papers, tutorials, and best practices pieces, final manuscripts for best practices should be shorter: approximately 1000 to 3000 words in length.

About the Journal
The Journal of Rhetoric, Professional Communication and Globalization publishes articles on the theory, practice, and teaching of technical and professional communication in critical global and intercultural contexts such as business, manufacturing, environment, information technology, and others. As a global initiative, the Journal welcomes manuscripts with diverse approaches and contexts of research, but manuscripts are to be submitted in English and grounded in relevant theory and appropriate research methods. The Journal is peer reviewed with an editorial board consisting of experienced researchers and practitioners from over 20 countries.

The Journal is free or “open access,” using PKP open source software and housed at East Carolina University. The first edition is planned for September 2010, and it will be published thereafter on a quarterly basis. For more information, see http://www.rpcg.org.

Join the Instructional Design and Learning SIG of STC,  Wednesday, March 17, for the e-Learning Authoring Tools Panel to see a 15-20 minute demonstration of each tool followed by a Q&A session. Read on for the features and benefits that will be demonstrated and general questions that will answered.

Time

• 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Eastern Time
• 12:30 – 2:00 pm, Central Time
• 11:30 – 1:00 pm, Mountain Time
• 10:30 – 12:00 pm, Pacific Time

Cost

• $20 member of the Instructional Design and Learning Special Interest Group (IDL SIG
• $30 STC Member – Join the IDL SIG to break even on this Webinar, and save money on future Webinars
• $70 Non Member – Consider joining the Society for Technical Communication (STC) today to receive member pricing for this Webinar as well as other STC benefits. http://www.stc.org/membership/

Register and pay at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/724890258

Three Experienced Designers and Presenters:
Gene Holden, MA. Gene has over 30 years experience in writing, editing, training, documentation, and software/application support. Gene uses a diverse set
of applications and methodologies, such as Adobe Products, PeopleSoft, benchmarking, and instructional design to provide e-learning, project management, report writing, quality assurance, and team coordination for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Gene holds a Master’s of Educational Technology from Pepperdine University and Bachelor of Arts from Southwest Baptist University.

Becky Lucas, CPT. Becky is founder and president of Training Partners Plus, Inc. Over the past 20 years, Becky has personally designed and developed over 150 training programs for both classroom and online delivery, as well as supported over 40 quality, business integration, systems and process improvement initiatives. Becky has been working with Articulate Presenter for over two years and has orchestrated a collaborative learning network to help other freelance and independent instructional designers learn the tool.

Neil Perlin. Neil has 30 years experience in technical communication, with 24 in training, consulting, and development for various types of online formats
and tools including WinHelp, HTML Help, CE Help, JavaHelp, RoboHelp, ForeHelp, Flare, and many now known only in legend. Neil is a columnist and frequent speaker for the STC, IEEE PCS, and other professional groups, a member of the STC’s Boston chapter, the creator and manager of the Beyond the Bleeding Edge stem at the STC’s annual conference from 1999 to 2006, and an Associate Fellow of the STC. Neil can be reached at nperlin@concentric.net, www.hyperword.com.

Registration and Payment Process

• When registering, select “Show in My Time Zone”
• After registering, a payment page will display. Make sure the name used for registration and payment are the same.
• March 14 is the last day to register.

Session Materials and Instructions

• Several days after payment, you’ll receive a confirmation e-mail.
• Several days before the Webinar expect an e-mail with iInstructions for viewing session materials and a link for the conferencing tool (GoToWebinar) and log in information.

System Requirements
You can listen to the audio portion through either your computer (VoIP with a fast Internet connection, microphone, and speakers), or a long-distance telephone connection.  For more about system requirements, see FAQs, Attending a Webinar at
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/en_US/island/webinar/support.tmpl

Need More Information?

Contact Jane MacKenzie-Smith at jane@jemcommunications.com (or Linda Stinger at LindaStinger@comcast.net)

• Education and Development
• Design Theory and Research
• Organization Theory
• Strategy and IS
• Human Behavior and IT
• Human Computer Interaction
• Alternative Systems Development
• Global Information Systems Management
• Extreme Innovation
• Learning Design for Innovative Pedagogies
• Transforming Student Learning with Learning Design
• Learning Design
• Design for Learning and Other Theoretical Approaches
• Using Learning Design for Strategic Change in Education
• Teacher Educators and Learning Design

Contributions are invited. Contact the editor, editor_jet@imanagerpublications.com, for the full call for papers.

The theme of Cultural Usability and Human Work Interaction Design was very timely and relevant for India, given the increasing investment by the government in e-governance, e-learning, e-health and applications of information systems to empower the rural and agricultural population of India. Cultural usability is also highly relevant to the work of information technology in India in providing solutions for customers world wide.

ONLINE at: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=645

Cases on Globalized and Culturally Appropriate E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions

A book edited by Dr. Andrea Edmundson, CPLP.

The goal of this book is to share contemporary knowledge (practical experiences and recent research) on how to adapt or develop e-learning that promotes equitable learning outcomes for targeted learners by addressing interdependent disciplines.  Please see more information via the link above.