Not just writing: the challenges of being a content creator

Writing is just one aspect of the content creation process. This process also consists of time management, quality assurance, and, of course, collaboration among writers and other roles in the company. In this meetup, we aim to address the challenges that we all face in our work. While resources for tackling writing challenges, such as courses and workshops, are all over the internet, it's much rarer to find resources that focus on communication, collaboration, and professional development for content creators.

Schedule

• 18.00 - Doors open
• 18.00 - 18.40 - Snacks and drinks
• 18.40 - 18.50 - Introduction by hosts
• 18.50 - 19.50 - Comm and Get'Em: stop surviving, start thriving by Marco Spinello and Mira Balani
• 19.50 - 20.00 - Small break
• 20.00 - 21.00 - Moderated discussion
• 21.00 - 21.30 - Networking
• 21.30 - Doors close

Agenda
In the first part of the meetup, Mira Balani and Marco Spinello are going to present their view on task management, scalability, upskilling, quality, and collaboration in their interactive talk Comm and Get'Em: stop surviving, start thriving.

After a small break, in the second part of the meetup, we’ll have a moderated discussion about the points covered by Marco and Mira. We’ll continue by talking about some common challenges that technical content creators face in their work and how we deal with them.

About Marco and Mira

Marco Spinello
Marco is a Senior Technical Writer at Sanity.io. He rolled into technical writing from a previous career in software localization. He has authored end-user and developer documentation covering subjects from online gaming to cyber threat intelligence. He often happened to be the first technical writer at a company, which helped him learn how to build a documentation tool chain, define a house style, and shape a memorable tone of voice. To promote breaking silos and sharing knowledge, he has contributed to internal company initiatives to start a technical documentation guild, and to teach technical writing to software engineers. He also likes starting company bands to make music together.

Mira Balani
Mira is a Staff Technical Writer at Miro. She comes with over 23 years of experience in the software industry, having worked in both product development and support services-based engineering environments. Mira is very passionate about enabling the best customer experience by providing high-quality documentation. She believes that documentation is the most brilliant thing that can be delivered with any product.