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The following organizations provide conferences, workshops, seminars, and academic programs in the development, maintenance, and use of online Help systems and Internet applications, as well as training in the broader field of technical communication.

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Online Search Service

Education Online Search
http://www.education-online-search.com/

The leading online resource for post-secondary vocational education and higher education. We pride ourselves on providing the most comprehensive portal for individuals who wish to pursue a higher level of education or training.

Academic Programs

Bellevue Community College Continuing Education
3000 Landerholm Circle
Bellevue, WA 98007-6484
Phone: 425-641-2263
www.conted.bcc.ctc.edu

Technical writing and Communication courses available for writers and technical professionals.

Bentley College
Division of Continuing Education
175 Forest Street
Waltham, MA 02154-9912
Phone: 781-891-2800
http://www.bentley.edu/ux-certificate/index.cfm

User Experience certificate courses.

New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 800-925-NJIT
coppola@njit.edu
http://adultlearner.njit.edu/programs/
technicalcommunication-ms.php


Online M.S. in Professional and Technical Communication.

New Mexico State University
Department of English
Box 3E
Las Cruces, NM 88003
english@nmsu.edu
http://www.nmsu.edu/~english/
graduate/phd.html


Ph.D. program in Rhetoric and Professional Communication.

The Open University
Institute of Educational Technology

The Open University in East Anglia
Courses and Enrollments
Cintra House
12 Hills Road
Cambridge,CB2 1PF
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1223 361650, Fax: +44 1223 355207
RO6-cae@open.ac.uk
http://www.open.ac.uk/

A program of courses from the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University offers a unique opportunity to study the theory and practice of open and distance education with guidance from the experts.

University of California Extension, Berkeley
Technical Communication Program
UC Berkeley Extension
1995 University Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94720-7010
Phone: 510-642-4151
course@unx.berkeley.edu
www.unex.berkeley.edu/cert/techcom

Certificate and Professional Sequence Programs in Technical Communication.

University of California Extension, Los Angeles
OnlineLearning.net
Department K
P.O. Box 24901
Los Angeles, CA 90024-0901
Phone: 310-825-4192 , Fax: 310-206-3223
mhochstr@unex.ucla.edu
www.onlinelearning.net/CommunitiesofStudy/ neighborhoods.cfm?NB=BSTEC

Online Award in General Business Studies in technical communication.

University of California Extension, Santa Cruz
Business and Management Department
10420 Bubb Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
Phone: 408-342-0232, Fax: 408-342-0164
jahenderson@ucsc-extension.edu
www.ucsc-extension.edu

Certificate programs in managing the development of technical information: technical writing and communication.

University of Minnesota
Graduate Programs in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication
64 Classroom Office Building
1994 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-624-3445, Fax: 612-624-3617
rhetoric@tc.umn.edu
www.rhetoric.umn.edu

Graduate studies in the application of rhetorical theory to scientific and technological settings and situations.

University of Washington
Department of Technical Communication
College of Engineering
14 Loew Hall
Box 352195
Seattle, WA 98195-2195
Phone: 206-543-2567
www.uwtc.washington.edu

Graduate and undergraduate programs in Technical Communication.

University of Washington Engineering Professional Programs
3201 Fremont Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-543-5539, Fax: 206-543-2352
uw-epp@engr.washington.edu
http://www.extension.washington.edu/
seg/engineers.asp


Continuing education for technical communicators: Developing HTML Help and other courses.

University of Washington Extension
5001 25th Ave. NE.
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-543-2320, Fax: 206-683-9359
http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/

For professionals in business, science, engineering, and related industries seeking a new career or advancement in technical communication.

Sheffield Hallam University
Communication Studies
34 Collegiate Crescent
Sheffield S10 2BP
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 114 225 2351/5644
http://www.shu.ac.uk/media/cpd.html

Distance-learning MA programme in Technical Communication aimed at practising professionals.

University of Washington - The Information School
Box 352840
Mary Gates Hall, Ste 370
Seattle, WA 98195-2840
Phone: 206-685-9937
www.ischool.washington.edu

Master of Library and Information Science, Master of Science in Information Management, PhD in Information Science, and Bachelor of Science in Informatics degree programs.

 
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Seminars, Conferences, and Customized Training
Armada
6 West Court
Saxon Business Park
Stoke Prior
Bromsgrove
Worcs.
B60 4AD
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)1527 834 780, Fax: +44 (0)1527 834 785
steven.smith@armadaonline.co.uk
www.armadaonline.co.uk

Armada offers a comprehensive range of short training courses to technical writers. We offer courses that teach essential technical writing principles and practices, and we offer training in the most popular applications used by technical writers, including Adobe Framemaker and RoboHelp. We are an Authorised Training Centre for both Adobe and Autodesk.

Brilliant Training & Consulting
PO Box 30
St Leonards NSW 1590
Australia
Phone: +61 02 9437 4185 ext 228, Fax: +61 02 9436 1184
johnh@brilliant.net.au
www.brilliant.net.au

Brilliant Training & Consulting provides CERTIFIED RoboHelp Training in Sydney and Melbourne. Our courseware is straight from eHelp and our instructors are certified by eHelp Corporation in America, the makers of RoboHelp. Nowhere else in Australia can you currently get certified RoboHelp training.

carriglearning
308 N. Crain Highway, 2nd Floor
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Phone: 1-888-528-6394, Fax: 410-553-6839
info@carriglearning.com
www.carriglearning.com

carriglearning provides world-class training to corporations and government in Internet technologies, programming languages, object-oriented analysis and design, databases, UNIX, and graphic design. carriglearning offers a three-day, hands-on "Introduction to XML" course targeted towards experienced programmers. Employees can receive training in private, onsite classes as well as in live, instructor-led, interactive classes delivered via the Web. See our web site at www.carriglearning.com for a complete listing of courses.

Cherryleaf Ltd.: Ellis Pratt
Cherryleaf House
31 Arlington Road
Ashford
Middlesex TW15 2LS
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)1784 258672
info@cherryleaf.com
www.cherryleaf.com

Cherryleaf offers authorised Help authoring training courses in the UK and Europe. Book through Cherryleaf and you will benefit from 30 days free email support from our certified instructors. Our services: foundation/intermediate training, advanced training, consultancy, technical authoring of software documentation and corporate information.

ClickStart
Scott DeLoach
834 C Dekalb Ave
Atlanta, GA 30307
Phone: 404-520-0003
scott@clickstart.net
www.clickstart.net

Certified training for Flare, Captivate, RoboHelp, CSS, and JavaScript. Consulting for online help and embedded user assistance design and development, including context-sensitive help linking, use case development, and coding. Whatever you need, we're ready to help.

Comet Communication GmbH
Goethestrasse 17
80336 Muenchen
Germany
Phone: ++49-89-59 98 92 60, Fax: ++49-89-59 98 92 69
schulung@comet-comm.de
www.comet-comm.de

With over 15 years experience Comet Communication provides expert training for all documentation questions. Classes in our modern training center in Munich or on-site training all around Europe are led by experienced, certified instructors. The broad range of instruction comprises basic documentation techniques as well as different levels of RoboHelp courses and Single Source Publishing with AuthorIT. Check our homepage for the entire class schedule.

Fredrickson Communications, Inc.
119 North Fourth Street, Suite 513
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Phone: 612-339-7970
www.FredricksonCommunications.com

Fredrickson Communications offers hands-on workshops and seminars designed to produce crisp, clear, usable documentation and training for your organization. Our training staff will work with you to create a course that meets your specific training needs. We offer courses and seminars in documentation, technical communication, web-based learning, and project planning as well as application workshops in Director, Flash, Authorware, RoboHelp, and Dreamweaver.

HyperTexas, LLC
John Daigle
P.O. Box 2668
Evergreen, CO 80437
(303) 670-8955
daigle@hypertexas.com
www.hypertexas.com

HyperTexas offers Certified RoboHELP and RoboHTML Instruction in seminars and onsite, as well as customized training on Dreamweaver and FrontPage. Special focus: Online Help for Web-based applications and multimedia presentations.

Hyper/Word Services
101 Emily Rd
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Phone: 978-657-5464
nperlin@concentric.net
www.hyperword.com

Training for WinHelp and HTML-based help formats, RoboHelp, XML concepts, single-sourcing, and the mobile wireless web. Consulting for online help and documentation procedures, design, development, and debugging.

Knopf Online
18 Bonview Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415-550-8367, Fax: 415-550-8368
info@knopf.com
www.knopf.com

Provides expert consulting in software documentation, online Help, and Web-based Help. Helps clients implement effective single-sourcing processes to improve quality, boost productivity, and reduce costs. Provides expert consulting and training on WebWorks Publisher, FrameMaker, and RoboHelp.

Matthew Ellison Consulting
Cornerways House, School Lane
Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1LG
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)1425 489 263
info@ellisonconsulting.com
www.ellisonconsulting.com

Training and consulting in the UK and Europe for RoboHelp X5, Macromedia Captivate, WebWorks ePublisher Pro, and other tools and technologies relating to online user assistance.

Online-learning.com
Suite 129, 1 Stafford Road East
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K2H 1B9
Phone: 613-596-5673, Fax: 613-596-4842
info@online-learning.com
www.online-learning.com

Online-learning.com offers online courses for technical writers, information designers, and web authoring professionals. The current suite includes courses in technical writing and document usability as well as a variety of XML-related courses designed to help documentation and web professionals take advantage of emerging technologies to implement single-source documentation strategies.

RoboHelpTraining.co.uk
Paul Miller
25 Haven Lane
Ealing Broadway
London W5 2HZ
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 7958 363 727
paul@robohelptraining.co.uk
www.robohelptraining.co.uk

We are now running training courses in eHelp's latest RoboHelp software, X3, in the UK and Europe. We offer private, personal onsite training, at a price competitive with eHelp's standard class courses, aligning the course content with the client's specific requirements.

The Rockley Group, Inc.
445 Apple Creek Blvd., Suite 120
Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 9X7
Phone: 905-415-1885, Fax: 905-415-3413
moreinfo@rockley.com
www.rockley.com

Training and consulting for WinHelp, RoboHELP, HTML Help, and related areas. Workshop topics: Creating Online Documentation, Introduction to HTML, Using RoboHelp, Designing Single-Source Materials, Managing Online Projects, Working with Graphics Online, Designing Web-Based Training, Using Quadralay WebWorks Publisher.

Sageline Publishing
502 Oella Avenue
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Phone: 410-465-5501, Fax: 410-465-5502
Training@sageline.com
www.sageline.com/RoboHELP.html

Training and consulting for WinHelp, RoboHELP, HTML Help, and related areas.

Sandline Learning
links@sandline-learning.co.uk
www.sandline-learning.co.uk

Society for Applied Learning Technology
50 Culpeper Street
Warrenton, VA 22186
Phone: 800-457-6812, 540-247-0055
info@lti.org
www.salt.org

The Society is oriented to professionals whose work requires knowledge and communication in the field of instructional technology.

TDS - Training & Documentation Solutions Ltd.
31 Lehi St. Bnei-Brak
51200 Israel
Phone: 972-3-5782818 Mobile:972-52-725381 Fax: 972-3-5782820
yigal@tds.co.il
www.tds.co.il

TDS delivers customized on-site training in developing online Help, and single-source documentation with RoboHelp Office, and RoboHelp for FrameMaker . Our learner-centered approach ensures that course participants are able to use what they've learned.

The Paul Neshamkin Group
1015 Washington Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 201-714-9525, Fax: 201-714-9525
info@helpauthors.com
www.helpauthors.com

Consulting and training for development of HTML Help and Windows Help using ComponentOne's Doc-To-Help. Regularly scheduled open classes, and customized onsite training available.

User Interface Engineering
242 Neck Road
Bradford, MA 01835
Phone: 978-374-8300 or 800-588-9855 (U.S. and Canada), Fax: 978-374-9175
uie@uie.com
www.uie.com

To provide product development teams the information required to make strategic design decisions, UIE focuses on three main activities: conducting research, offering training classes, and consulting on a wide variety of projects. Seminar topics: Web Sites that Work: Designing with Your Eyes Open; Product Usability: Survival Techniques; Techniques for Complex Applications; Product Usability for Documentation Professionals.

WritersUA
P.O. Box 2809
Vashon, WA 98070-2809
Phone: 206-774-9294, Fax: 815-572-5442
shannonm * at * writersua.com
http://www.writersua.com/

Training and Information for User Assistance Professionals.

Work Write
128 South Eastview Ave.
Feasterville, PA 19053
Phone: 215-357-3453
wwrite@ix.netcom.com
www.workwrite.com

Consulting and training in user assistance and online books for WinHelp and the Web.

WritePoint Documentation Services
POB 3206
Maaleh Adumim 98390
Israel
Phone: 972-2-535-5112
info@writepoint.com
www.writepoint.com

WritePoint offers consulting, training, and documentation services. Founded by Paula Stern, a recognized RoboHelp MVP and member of the RoboHelp Cop Community Advisory Board, WritePoint is one of the leading technical writing companies in Israel. We offer customized, on-site courses in online Help development using RoboHelp.

Authorgraphic Technical Writing and Training
Unit 29, King Edwards Avenue
Gloucester, GL1 5DD
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 1452 500 639
info4@authorgraphic.co.uk
http://www.authorgraphic.co.uk

One-day RoboHelp Training Courses and Technical Writing Courses offered on-site in UK, Europe, India and USA. Learn how to create user-friendly Online Help Guides and Manuals. 7 years' experience training Online Help and Technical Writing. Plain English a speciality. Courses led by a professional Technical Author. For further information on Training please see http://www.technicalwritingcourse.co.uk.

Kaplan IT Learning
500 Northridge Rd. Ste. 240
Atlanta, GA 30350
Phone: 678.277.3210
stt@kaplan.com
www.stt-trainer.com

STT Trainer is a complete solution for creating software simulations, electronic user performance support, and documentation to train employees on critical web-, windows, and java-based business software. STT Trainer 5.0, Kaplan IT Learning’s newest version of STT Trainer, delivers enhanced performance in the form of highly flexible simulations and documentation. With STT Trainer, training organizations can create e-learning lessons, manage training projects, develop assessments and delivery electronic user support in the form of in-application help within business applications. From a single recorded simulation file, STT Trainer allows you to publish multiple training outputs such as: simulation preview demo (watch and learn); interactive training simulations (learn by doing); assessments (test your skill); In-Application User Help & Training; and Documentation (PDF, MS Word & HTML).

Shufra, Singapore
info@shufra.com.sg
www.shufra.com.sg

Shufra is a leading provider of practical training classes and workshops in the field of technical documentation standards, incudling ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, S1000D, DITA and various authoring environments.

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