Presentations

Before June 1998, I presented and wrote under the name Kari Bero.

Presenter, “Indexing as Tapestry Weaving: Patterns Created by Our Decisions“Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada / Société canadienne pour l’analyse de documents, 18 May 2011 in Vancouver, BC

Participants indexed a document before we met. During the workshop, we discussed the variety of approaches indexers used when writing their indexes. Visit the online classroom and see materials from this presentation.

Co-Presenter, “Which Path Did You Follow? Exploring Our Index Decision-Making Processes” Mid- and South-Atlantic chapter, American Society of Indexers, 29 March 2008 in Bethesda, MD

Participants indexed a document before we met. During the workshop, Sherry Smith and I led discussions about the variety of approaches indexers used when writing their indexes.

Presenter, “Sky Index, introduction to” for Deutschen Netzwerk der Indexer (German Network of Indexers) meeting during the Frankfurt Book Fair – the biggest book fair on the planet – on 11 October 2007 in Frankfurt Germany.

In my first European speaking engagement, I gave attendees a detailed demonstration of Sky Index Professional software and we discussed how it can be incorporated into their work so that they could achieve a more efficient workflow. Download a PDF version of handouts from this presentation.

Presenter, “Sky Index, using macros in” at Pacific Northwest Chapter American Society of Indexers, 29 September 2007 in Vancouver, OR.

During this workshop, I taught participants how to use macros with Sky Index Professional and I led small group, hands-on macro exercises.

Co-Presenter, “Exploring Index Design: Intermediate & Advanced Indexing Workshop” Rocky Mountain chapter, American Society of Indexers, 21 October 2006 in Denver, CO

Participants indexed a document before we met. During the workshop, Sherry Smith and I led discussions about the variety of approaches indexers used when writing their indexes.

Presenter, “Dancing on cobwebs: decision-making in our indexes” Joint Conference of Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada / Société canadienne pour l’analyse de documents and American Society of Indexers, 15 June 2006 in Toronto, ON

Participants indexed a document before we met. During the workshop, we discussed the variety of approaches indexers used when writing their indexes. Visit the online classroom and see materials from this presentation.

Co-Presenter, “SKY Index Shortcuts: Efficient Editing” Joint Conference of Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada / Société canadienne pour l’analyse de documents and American Society of Indexers, 17 June 2006 in Toronto, ON

In this workshop, Kamm Schreiner (owner and programmer of Sky Index Professional) and I taught techniques for using the  software in more powerful ways. This included using advanced Find/Replace options; understanding and working with Translations; creating Acronyms; customizing index style and format; and more.

Co-Presenter, “Solving SKY Index Puzzles: Connecting with Macros and Pattern Matching “ Joint Conference of Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada / Société canadienne pour l’analyse de documents and American Society of Indexers, 17 June 2006 in Toronto, ON

In the right situations, macros and pattern matching can save a tremendous amount of time. This workshop, taught by Kamm Schreiner and I, taught participants how to use these features in Sky Index Professional and, even more importantly, when to use them. There will be an emphasis on class participation through use of practical, real world examples. Attendees will walk away from this workshop with the ability to put macros and pattern matching to use in their own indexing.

Panel member “Embedded Indexing” at Pacific Northwest Chapter American Society of Indexers, 1 April 2006 in Eugene, OR

I described and demonstrated features in Sky Index Professional that assist indexers who are creating embedded indexes.

Presenter, “SKY Index Shortcuts,” American Society of Indexers‘ Annual Conference, June 2005 in Pasadena, CA

This workshop focused on sharing tips and tricks for using Sky Index Professional.

Co-Presenter/Discussion Leader, “Exploring Index Design,” Pacific Northwest Chapter American Society of Indexers, 2 April 2005 in Eugene, OR

Participants indexed a document before we met. During the workshop, Sherry Smith and I led discussions about the variety of approaches indexers used when writing their indexes.

Presenter, “Intermediate/Advanced Indexing” Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada / Société canadienne pour l’analyse de documents, 3 June 2004 in Calgary, AB

To explore and compare multiple solutions to difficult indexing issues presented in “Indecent and internationally illegal: The death penalty against child offenders” by Amnesty International. Participants indexed this text before we met. During the seminar, we discussed various options presented in the index for providing access to concepts in the text. Visit the online classroom and see materials from this presentation.

Panel member, “USDA Indexing Courses,” Joint Conference of Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada / Société canadienne pour l’analyse de documents and American Society of Indexers, 20 June 2003 in Vancouver, BC

I was on a panel discussing the indexing courses offered by the Graduate School of the USDA’s National Independent Study Center.

Panel member, “Speed Plus Quality,” Pacific Northwest Chapter American Society of Indexers, 28 September 2002 in Eugene, OR

I was on a panel of indexers discussing speed of writing indexes and its relationship to quality.

Presenter, “Looking at Index Usability from Different Viewpoints,” American Society of Indexers-Golden Gate Chapter, 27 April 2002 in Santa Clara, CA

This was another presentation much like the “Intermediate Indexing” workshop for IASC’s 3 June 2004 conference.

Presenter, “Indexing Challenges, Multiple Solutions,” Joint Meeting of Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada / Société canadienne pour l’analyse de documents and Pacific Northwest Chapter American Society of Indexers, workshop, 5 May 2001 in Seattle, WA

This was the first time I presented the workshop described above. A brief description of this presentation (and the entire conference) can be read on the PNW/ASI web site.

Presenter, “Introduction to Indexing and Editing Indexes“, Pacific Northwest Chapter American Society of Indexers, 24 July 1999 in Richland, WA

This was a brief, one-day workshop geared towards potential and beginning indexers who already had some idea of the skills necessary for creating professional quality indexes, but who wanted group discussions, guidance through a practice exercise, and a group exercise in which we compared their indexes.

Guest Speaker, Graduate School of Library & Information Science class on Indexing, University of Washington, October 1998 in Seattle, WA

I spoke to this class about training options for indexers and about indexing as a career. They also asked quite a few questions about the process and daily grind of indexing.

Discussion Leader, “Web Page Design and Maintenance” Roundtable, American Society of Indexers‘ Annual Conference, June 1998 in Seattle, WA

As is obvious from the title, I led this roundtable discussion on web design issues.

Discussion Leader, “Chapter Leaders” Meeting and “Web Sites” Roundtable, American Society of Indexers‘ Annual Conference, June 1998 in Seattle, WA

Leaders of ASI Chapters have their own gathering at the ASI national conferences, and during the 1998 meeting, I led this roundtable discussion on web design issues.

Presenter, “Introduction to Indexing“, Mid-Valley Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, February 1998 in Eugene, OR

STC asked me to prepare a short presentation on technical indexing, during which I discussed editing technical indexes using a software manual index as an example.

Guest Speaker, “Introduction to Indexing“, April 1998 in Kirkland, WA

I spoke to this class about indexing as a career. They had studied indexing (theory and practice), but they also wanted to talk with a real indexer about what indexing is like as a career.

Guest Speaker, “Introduction to Indexing“, November 1997 in Kirkland, WA

This presentation was similar to the above.

Guest Speaker, “Introduction to Indexing“, February 1997 in Kirkland, WA

This presentation was similar to the above.

Presenter, “Web Page Development” Workshop, American Society of Indexers‘ Annual Conference, June 1996 in Denver, CO

Jan Wright and I created this half-day workshop during which we taught web page layout, site design, and basic HTML tags. By the end of the session, all participants had disk copies of web pages they created.

Presenter, “Indexers on the Internet”, Pacific Northwest Chapter American Society of Indexers, April 1996 in Bellevue, WA

This was a joint presentation with Jan Wright in which we discussed the following: How will email change your business? What is INDEX-L? What software do you need to get started? What should you look for in software? How do you get connected? What questions should you ask potential providers? Do you need a Web Page? How do you go about creating a Web page?

Presenter, “Marketing on the Internet“, Golden Gate Chapter American Society of Indexers, January 1996 in Emeryville, CA

As a panelist at this discussion, I talked about “Marketing on the Internet”: why I created a web site, what’s involved in creating a site, what are some maintenance issues, and how a web presence has affected my business. An  of the presentation outline is available. Download a PDF version of handouts from this presentation.

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Teaching

Indexing courses

I’ve been teaching indexing for various institutions and organizations since 1997. See my Classes, Workshops, and Seminars web page for more information.

 Internet literacyI’ve been teaching internet use and research classes for library staff, college faculty, and students since 1993.