Upcoming Events
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LavaCon
Charlotte, NC; 25-28 October, 2026
Amber Swope joins Dan Schommer at LavaCon (October 25–28, 2026 | Charlotte, NC) to present How to Best Leverage Your Most Challenging Employee — Tuesday, October 27 at 1:15pm. Every leader faces resistant team members; this session offers practical strategies for assessing talent, understanding motivation, and turning resistance into constructive collaboration. Then find DITA Strategies and Intuitive Stack in the sponsor hall to chat IA, grab a free glasses cleaning cloth, and enter to win a copy of Women in Technical Communication.
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Adobe DITAWORLD
June 23–25, 2026 | virtual, free
Amber Swope presents It's Not Magic. It's Metadata: Aligning Content Strategy to Business Outcomes at Adobe DITA World.
Most DITA and AEM implementations have metadata. What they're missing is a metadata strategy — one that connects governance, automation, and business reporting into something that demonstrates value. This session shows what that looks like in practice