CyberText — News 2008-2015

October 2015: Rhonda presented a session at the inaugural Technical Writers Industry Association Inc. conference in Melbourne, Victoria, titled 'Save time and your sanity: Increase your efficiency with Microsoft Word'
October 2015: Rhonda presented a session at the inaugural Perth Business Writers conference in Perth, Western Australia, titled 'Plain language writing: Tips for delivering complex messages to a general audience'
August 2015: Rhonda presented a session at the Society of Editors (WA) Inc. Winter Seminar in Perth, Western Australia, titled 'Save time and your sanity: Increase your efficiency with Microsoft Word'
March 2015: Rhonda presented a session at the annual American Copy Editors Society conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 'Working away from the office: Benefits and drawbacks'

October 2014: Rhonda presented a session on clear writing at the biennial TCANZ Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand
August 2014: Rhonda presented two sessions at the annual EAPAA Conference in Sydney, Australia: 'Getting your personal message across' and 'Working away from the office: Benefits and drawbacks'
August 2014: Rhonda presented a session on 'Telecommuting: Pros and Cons' at the Society of Editors Western Australian Winter Seminar on 'Editing in the Digital Age' in Perth, Western Australia
March 2014: Rhonda presented a session at the WritersUA annual conference (Palm Springs, California); topic: 'Clear, Concise, Consistent: Reducing User Confusion'

March 2013: Rhonda attended the ConveyUX and WritersUA annual conferences (Seattle, Washington)
February 2013: Rhonda presented a webinar on the benefits and downsides of telecommuting to attendees from TCANZ

November 2012: Rhonda presented two sessions at the ASTC (NSW) annual conference, one on remote working, the other on editing
March 2012: Rhonda presented two sessions ('Editing' and 'User Interface Text') in the 'User Assistance 101' half day stream at the WritersUA Conference in Memphis, Tennessee
January 2012: Rhonda ranked #54 in the top 400 influencers in the technical communication/content strategy fields by MindTouch.com

October 2011: 'Document Layout Tips' article published in the October 2011 issue of Southern Communicator, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Technical Communication
April 2011: Rhonda edited Char James-Tanny's new book 'Learning Author-it', and wrote the Foreword
March 2011: Rhonda hosted the Microsoft Word 2010 'hands on' lab at the the annual WritersUA Conference in Long Beach, California
February 2011: CyberText blog listed in Indoition's Top 50 Blogs and Feeds for Technical Communicators for 2011
February 2011: 'Questions about Graphics from Word to Web' published in the February 2011 issue of Southern Communicator, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Technical Communication

July 2010: Rhonda was ranked 9th most influential technical communicator blogging in the world by MindTouch (webpage no longer available)
March 2010: Rhonda chaired the 'Predictions' panel, the closing session of the annual WritersUA Conference, Seattle, Washington
February 2010: CyberText Consulting moved from Bridgetown to its current location near Bunbury, Western Australia; Rhonda continued to work remotely for various clients

November 2009: Rhonda was invited to chair the 'Predictions' panel, the closing session of the annual WritersUA Conference, to be held in Seattle, March 2010
July/August 2009: 'Words ... Fabric ... It's All About Patterns' article published in the STC journal, Intercom, July/August 2009 issue
July 2009: CyberText Consulting Pty Ltd celebrated 10 years in business
July 2009: Revamped and launched the Bridgetown-Greenbushes Chamber of Commerce and Industry website
April 2009: CyberText Consulting joined Twitter: ID: cybertext
March/April 2009: Rhonda repeated her 'Techniques for Reviewing a User Interface' session at the annual WritersUA Conference in Seattle, Washington, and participated in a panel discussion on embedded user assistance and text in user interfaces
February 2009: Rhonda's article on 'Reviewing User Interfaces' was published 23 February 2009 by UX Matters (https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/02/reviewing-user-interfaces.php)

November 2008: Rhonda was invited to reprise her 'Techniques for Reviewing a User Interface' session at the annual WritersUA Conference in Seattle, Washington (March/April 2009), as well as participate in a panel discussion on embedded user assistance and text in user interfaces
November 2008: Rhonda presented a session on 'Techniques for Reviewing a User Interface' at the annual ASTC (NSW) Conference in Sydney, New South Wales
October 2008: The slides for "Techniques for Reviewing a User Interface" made #2 on the 'Featured' list at Slideshare.net.
August 2008: Rhonda became a volunteer Moderator on the HATT (Help Authoring Tools and Techniques) discussion list, a global forum for some 7000 online Help authors and technical communicators
June 2008: Rhonda accepted an invitation to be on STC's inaugural Intercom Editorial Advisory Pane.
May 2008: Rhonda presented a session on 'Techniques for Reviewing a User Interface' at the annual AODC Conference in Surfers Paradise, Queensland
March 2008: Rhonda presented a session on 'Techniques for Reviewing a User Interface' at the annual WritersUA Conference in Portland, Oregon

News 2008–2015