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SWET Newsletter, Number 92

SWET on Thursdays: Spring Events [announcements]

Unpacking Our Cultural Baggage

Presenter: Alan Brender, director of Writing Programs, Temple University Japan

Quality Issues in Online Education: Status and Impact of Global Web-Based Training

Presenter: Dr. Lynne A. McNamara, director of program development for Asia, University of Maryland University College

Working with Other People's Words [editing stages... more

The Finagle Factor

by Doreen Simmons

This time our lovable old tabby takes a rather jaundiced look at the great "Finagle Factor" of Japan: that which, added to any equation, makes it come out in the speaker's favor. In other words, how do we cope with people who are always right?

Dear Aunt Eva,

I am a professional sub-editor, and as a... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 91

SWET on Thursdays: Winter Events [announcements]

Control Your Data: Spreadsheet, Database, and Accounting Software for Editors [workshop]

Presenter: Kevin Cleary, computer and accounting instructor, Sophia University

Quality in Online Education: Status and Impact of Global Web-based Training [lecture]

Presenter: Dr. Lynne A. McNamara, director of program development for Asia, University of Maryland University College

New Year's Party... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 90

SWET on Thursdays: Fall Line-up [event announcements]

SWETer's Secrets: Wordsmithing with High-tech Tools [new equipment and services for SOHO workers]

Speaker: Daniel Scuka, editor, J@pan, Inc.

The Art of the Interview

Panelists: (to be announced)

Perils and Pleasures of Online Editorship

Speaker: Michael Watson, professor and Web site editor

Bulletin Board [upcoming exhibitions, book fairs,... more

Shortcomings of Applicants

by Doreen Simmons

Chivalrous Aunt Eva is usually asked to take up cudgels on behalf of the browbeaten employee against an arrogant or unappreciative client. This time, however, she takes a sympathetic but practical look from the other side, at the problems encountered by people who for the first time in their lives are confronted with the knowledge of their own... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 89

SWET Summer Thursdays [event announcements]

Making Photographs "Japanese"

Presenter: Phil Ono, photographer

Technical Writing and Manual Production: Explaining the Unexplainable

Presenter: Hugh Ashton, technical writer, translator

SWETer's Secrets: Wordsmithing with High-tech Tools [new equipment and services for SOHO workers]

Presenter: Daniel Scuka, editor

Speak SWET [call for meeting topics; list to date]

2000 SWET Book Fair [report]

Dear Aunt Eva (DS) [assessing and... more