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WHY INVITE INDEXERS TO YOUR NEXT MEETING?

Are you a teacher or librarian? We can show your students how to use indexes to make their research easier. We can teach your students how to index their own work. We can compare indexed Web sites with those that only offer full-text searching.

Is it hard to find information in your company's documentation? We can introduce you to the indexing process and explain the benefits of having indexes in your publications.

Do you work for a small publisher or high-tech company that has its authors create indexes? We can show you how contracting with a professional indexer can enhance your products, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and sales. Research has also shown that well-written indexes significantly reduce calls to technical support.

Are you a Webmaster who has content to index but doesn't know how or where to get started? We can point you in the right direction.

Are you a member of a professional organization that specializes in writing and editing? Many of these organizations have members who are dying to learn more about indexing. We can step your members through the indexing process and give them resources for getting further information.

Are you an English, Journalism, Library Science, or Technical Communication major who is exploring career opportunities? Our professional indexers come from a wide variety of backgrounds. If you think you'd like to be an indexer, we can tell you how to get started.

WHO ARE WE?

Our speakers are professional indexers with more than five years of professional indexing experience, and many are experienced speakers and instructors as well. If you would like someone from our Speaker's Bureau to talk to your group, please contact the Speakers Bureau Coordinator, Cynthia Landeen, to discuss your needs and your audience. She'll then recommend a speaker or two and give you their contact information.

WHO SHOULD YOU CONTACT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SERVICE?

If you are interested in inviting a professional indexer to speak at your next meeting, please contact the Speakers Bureau Coordinator, Cynthia Landeen, to discuss your needs and your audience.

TOPICS WE HAVE PRESENTED

If you would like a general introduction to indexing or to working with indexers, feel free to contact any or all of these members and work with someone who is available on the date(s) you need a speaker. Each speaker offers different topics, so you should contact each one to discuss your needs and our experience. Some are freelance, others work in-house. Some specialize in legal documents, medical documents, or embedded indexing.

Please contact the Speakers Bureau Coordinator, Cynthia Landeen, to discuss your needs and your audience. She will then give you contact information for speakers who would be appropriate. Some of the topics our speakers specialize in and have presented are listed below.

• American Society for Indexing as a professional organization: Carolyn Weaver
  
• Basic indexing skills: Colleen Dunham, Cynthia Landeen, Cheryl Landes, Carolyn Weaver
  
• Editing indexes: Colleen Dunham
  
• Embedded indexing: Colleen Dunham, Cheryl Landes
  
• Encyclopedia indexing: Colleen Dunham
  
• Helping kids with research using indexes: Colleen Dunham
  
• Indexing as a profession: Cynthia Landeen, Carolyn Weaver
  
• Journal/periodical indexing: Carolyn Weaver
  
• Legal indexing: Colleen Dunham
  
• Medical / health sciences indexing: Carolyn Weaver
  
• Moonlighting as an indexer: Carolyn Weaver and Cheryl Landes
• Online resources for indexing: Carolyn Weaver
  
• Technical indexing: Colleen Dunham, Cynthia Landeen, Cheryl Landes
  
• Web indexing: Cheryl Landes, Colleen Dunham
  

If you have a topic in mind that isn't included in the list above, feel free to contact any or all of our speakers to talk about how they could present your topic.

Please contact us if you have questions about PNW/ASI, or if you have any suggestions for additions to the web site. To receive meeting announcements and other information relevant to Pacific Northwest indexers, subscribe to INDEXING-PNW, the e-mail discussion list for indexers in the Pacific Northwest.