Blaze is the latest product under development from MadCap Software. Scheduled for release in early 2008, Blaze is the ideal solution for producing long printed documents, such as user manuals, policy and procedure manuals, illustrated guides, and more.

With MadCap Blaze you have a complete package: power to create long documents, flexibility, and room to grow in the future. Using the same graphical environment as Flare, Blaze is also easy to use. Although Blaze supports creating manuals in a few long documents, you can leverage Blaze to develop content faster by following a topic-based content development method that also supports your users. This development methodology will also be covered.

Come find out what all this means to you and why Blaze is the future of content development! And possibly win a copy of Flare, the fastest growing online content development tool in the industry.

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About the speaker: Sharon Burton

Sharon Burton is a nationally recognized practitioner, business expert, and speaker in the field of technical communication. With almost 20 years of experience in the field, she has consulted with large and small companies to improve their product documentation and/or their documentation processes. She has received many awards from places such as the Society for Technical Communication and Apex.

Before becoming Product Manager/Product Evangelist with Madcap Software, Sharon was Technical Publication Manager at Wonderware where she built a team of 13 writers. Prior to Wonderware, Sharon owned and ran Anthrobytes Consulting for 10 years.

Sharon is also a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology and an adjunct professor In the Engineering department teaching technical communications to baby engineers at the University of California, Riverside. She also teaches technical communication topics at the University of California, San Diego Extension. A sometimes newspaper columnist, her articles on life in Southern California have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and the Inland Empire Weekly.

In her off hours, Sharon writes creative nonfiction and sometimes performs stand-up on the So Cal comedy circuit. She recently married journalist and author David Silva. Together, they live in Riverside, California with an assortment of dogs and cats.

For more information on Blaze or Sharon Burton, see Sharon's MadCap Blog.