Past Meetings: 2005

December

• 14 Annual DCWW Holiday Party with special guest speaker
  Caroline Becker
  6:30 – 9:00 pm; Location: Teaism
  A wonderful crowd of wrrls braved the bitter cold and were rewarded with an amazing evening of food, friends, and a fantastic presentation on networking by Caroline Becker. Afterwards, I never had so many people come up to me, introduce themselves and offer a (very firm and impressive) handshake. I think Caroline should take this presentation on tour across the country eradicating fishy handshakes and awkward conversations everwhere!
  
  Special thanks to our meeting sponsors Mindshare, Matrix Group International, the Artist's Eye and a particularly generous founding member. We know who you are!

November

• 09 Networking & Résumé Consultation Mashup
  6:30 – 9:00 pm; Location: Randstad, Connecticut Ave.
  Thanks to everyone who attended the Networking / Resume Mashup - we dranks 3 batches of punch which helped everyone have a
  great time!  (The key to the punch is a small bottle of club soda to
  add extra fizz!) It was great to see familiar friends and new faces and meet the other Lisa King.
  
  Thanks to all the Randstad Agents who helped review resumes - we had
  folks from Creative, Technical, Administrative, Legal, and Finance &
  Acounting on hand.  We had a great time and hope you did too!

October

• 12 Podcasting
  6:00 – 7:00 pm; Location: Apple Store, Clarendon
  Thanks to all who turned out for our meeting on podcasting at the Apple Store in Clarendon. Special thanks to Christopher for working out the details and developing the presentation, and to Eugene for doing a great job in the midst of a store still open for business.

September

• 14 Back from the Beach party
  6:00 – 8:30 pm; Location: Elephant & Castle
  Thanks to all those who attended our Back from the Beach party. A good time was had by all. Special thanks to everyone who provided door prizes and to the lovely Kelly Hucul who did a wonderful job of wrangling the process. Elephant & Castle provided a great meeting location and their staff were gracious and helpful.
  

May

• 03 Usability Series Part I - Government Standards for Usability
  6:30 – 8:30 pm; Location: Arlington Employment Center
  Speakers: Beth Martin (HHS), Claude Steinberg (UserWorks)
  View Claude's presentation.
  View Beth's presentation.

April

• 29 Girls Rock on the Web
  6 – 9 pm; Location: Westlake

• 26 The One Minute Website
  11:30 am – 1:30 pm; Location: Mayorga, Silver Spring, MD
  Speaker: Glennette Clark

• 12 Email Newsletters: How-to
  6:30 – 8:30 pm; Location: EEI, VA
  Speakers: Nan Fredman, RealMagnet and Jeanne S. Jennings, Marketing and Product Development Consultant

• 11 Website Marketing for Non-profits
  11:30 am – 1:30 pm; Location: Mayorga, Silver Spring, MD
  Speaker: Donna Wilkins, Charity Dynamics

• 07 User Evaluation Methods: Working Outside the Usability Lab
  6 – 8 pm, Location: American News Women's Club, Washington DC
  Speaker: Nika Smith, UserWorks

March

• 31 Cold Fusion 101
  6 – 8 pm, Location: TeraTech, Rockville, MD
  Speaker: TeraTech

• 29 Right Pricing Contracts
  6 – 8 pm, Location: CGH Technologies, Washington DC, Speaker: Barbara Cline, CPA

• 23 How to – RSS Feeds & Blogs (Technical follow-up)
  6 – 8 pm, Location: TeraTech, Rockville, MD
  Speaker: Nancy McCord, McCord Web Design

• 24 Difficult Work Situations, Resignations, Ending Business Relationships
  7 – 9 pm, Location: Chevy Chase or Bethesda (MD), Speaker: Lynn Friedman, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Career Coach

• 16 Patents: The Rest of the Story (what happens when your application is received by USPTO)
  6 - 8 pm, Location: USPTO, Alexandria, VA
  Speaker: Rosalind Rollins, USPTO
  

• 15 Web Trends Analysis
  11:30 - 1:30 pm, Location: Mayorga Coffeehouse, MD
  Speaker: Glennette Clark, Lazy Smart Consulting
  

February

• 23 Put It In Practice: Blogging
  11:30 am - 1:30 pm, Location: Mayorga Coffeehouse, Silver Spring, MD
  Speaker: Sabrina Pacifici
  View the presentation

• 22 Using Survey Tools
  6:30 - 8:30 pm, Location: Websurveyor, Herndon, VA
  Speaker: Janet Miller, Websurveyor, Inc.
  View the online resources and the presentation in Powerpoint

• 16 Copyright Issues – Panel
  6 - 8 pm, Location: PhRMA, Washington DC
  Moderator: Sabrina Pacifici
  Panel: Jennifer A. Albert, Partner, Hunton & Williams; John D. Mason, Esq. of Bonner Kiernan Trebach & Crociata

• 08 Put It In Practice: Best Practices – Graphics
  6 - 8 pm, Location: CGH Technologies, Washington DC
  Jennifer Randolph (http://www.hipmousegraphics.com)
  View the presentations: Presentation slides in Powerpoint and List of Resources in Microsoft Word
  
  
• 03 RSS Feeds (Joint meeting with American Newswomen Club)
  6:30 - 9:00 pm, Location: ANWC, Washington DC
  Moderator: Merry Bruns, Senior Consultant, ScienceSites Communications, Inc.
  Panel: Cheryl Contee, Online Content Strategist, Issue Dynamics, Inc.
  Marl Rosenshield, Manager of Training, Westlake Internet Training
  Joseph Galianese, Chief of Communications, Associated Press
  View Mark Rosenshield's presentation in Powerpoint
  

January

• 25 Information Architecture with Thom Haller & Eve Simon
  View Thom's presentation in pdf