Hi, WTD friends, and welcome to the July newsletter! It’s Beth A here writing from sweltering Europe, where I’ve been learning great new words like canicule and Hitzewelle - aka heatwave in French and German.

Announcing Speakers and Talks, Call for Volunteers, Ticket Update, Shirts on Sale

24 June 2019
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Hello to our documentarians in Europe and beyond!

Announcing Australia Website, CFP, and Ticket Sales

Welcome to the official kick-off of Write the Docs Australia 2019! It’s shaping up to be another wonderful year full of great conversations and interesting talks.

Conference highlights and thanks to the community!

Hey folks,

Write the Docs Newsletter – June 2019

Hello friends, it’s Beth and the newsletter team again! Summer is here and so is the June edition. It’s absolutely packed this month, so I’m going to keep this intro brief.

Welcome to Write the Docs Vilnius 2019!

Our first Vilnius edition of Write the Docs is very nearly upon us! We’re excited to see you all soon.

Conference highlights and thanks to the community!

Hey everyone,

Announcing Full Schedule, Tickets, Events, and Activities

Hello everyone!

Announcing Speakers and Talks

Greetings, fellow documentarians! We’re writing today with an update on the fast-approaching Vilnius event, and we’re very excited to announce the speakers and talks for the event.

Welcome to Write the Docs Portland 2019!

Yet another edition of Write the Docs is very nearly upon us! We’re excited to see you all soon.

Write the Docs Newsletter – May 2019

Hello everyone! It’s Beth and the newsletter team here, with May’s edition full of news and collected wisdom from the community Slack.

Announcing Australia 2019 Conference Dates

Greetings, documentarians!

Call for Proposals Closing Soon, Diversity Tickets Available

Greetings, fellow documentarians in Europe and beyond! In this post we’re happy to announce our diversity tickets initiative and remind you that the call for proposals is about to close, so if you want to submit your proposal now is the time.

Announcing Full Schedule, Live Streaming, and Tickets Sold Out

Hello everyone! We’re about a month out from the Portland conference and we hope you’re getting ready! We’re writing today to announce the full presentation schedule and to give you the latest registration update.

Write the Docs Newsletter – April 2019

Hello folks! Beth and the newsletter team here, welcoming you to the April edition of the newsletter.

Call for Volunteers and CFP Reminder

Greetings, fellow documentarians! The Vilnius conference is just about two months away, and we can’t wait to see you all soon! Here are the latest updates from the conference team to help you prepare.

Announcing Ticket Sales and Call for Proposals Reminder

Greetings, fellow documentarians in Europe and beyond! We’re happy to launch ticket sales for Write the Docs Prague 2019 and give you a quick reminder that our Call for Proposals is still open.

Events and Activities, T-Shirts, and Tickets Update

25 March 2019
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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We’re just under two months out, and we hope everyone is getting excited!

Announcing Write the Docs Vilnius CFP and Ticket Sales

Welcome to the official launch of Write the Docs Vilnius 2019. We hope you’re getting excited – we certainly are! We hope that this first-year event will have many great conversations and interesting talks.

Write the Docs Newsletter – March 2019

Hi everyone! Beth here, with your March newsletter. How on earth is February over already?

Announcing speakers and talks

05 March 2019
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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We’re writing today with an update on the fast-approaching Portland conference!

Announcing Write the Docs Vilnius 2019

Welcome to the official launch of the first Write the Docs Vilnius!

Announcing Prague Call for Proposals

Welcome to the official launch of Write the Docs Prague 2019. We hope you’re getting excited – we certainly are! It’s shaping up to be another wonderful year full of great conversations and interesting talks.

Improved Community Code of Conduct

We aim to make Write the Docs an incredibly diverse, friendly, and inclusive community. As part of that effort, we have a community Code of Conduct. We have refactored and improved our existing Code of Conduct, based on improvements and lessons in our own and other communities. In this post, we list some of the more significant changes.

Write the Docs Newsletter – February 2019

Hello, Write the Docs people! Beth here, wishing you all a happy 2019. Is it too late in the year for that? Oh well, never mind. I’m doing it anyway.

CFP Reminder & Tickets on Sale

Happy New Year, fellow documentarians!

Announcing Prague 2019 Conference Dates

Happy holidays, documentarians!

Write the Docs Newsletter – December 2018

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the last newsletter of the year!

Highlights and thanks from the Australian conference

We had our first Write the Docs Australia conference in Melbourne on 15-16 Nov. While we had the Write the Docs Day in 2017, this was our first proper conference that went for 2 days and was packed with presentations, workshops, lightning talks and unconference sessions. Here’s a quick recap of the 2 days.

Announcing Write the Docs Portland 2019 CFP

Welcome to the official launch of Write the Docs Portland 2019. We hope you’re getting excited – we certainly are! It’s shaping up to be another wonderful year full of great conversations and interesting talks.

Write the Docs Newsletter – November 2018

Hi everyone! It’s Beth Aitman here, in my first issue as your newsletter editor. Hoping to continue Kelly O’Brien’s fine work bringing you news and interesting discussions from across the Write the Docs community.

Write the Docs Newsletter – October 2018

Hi folks!

Welcome to Portland 2019

This is a landing page website for our 2019 conference.

Highlights and thanks from the Prague conference

Hello everyone,

Welcome to Write the Docs Prague 2018!

Yet another edition of Write the Docs Prague nearly upon us! We’re excited to see you all in just a few days.

Write the Docs Newsletter – August 2018

Hi everybody!

Announcing speakers and talks

19 August 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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G’day folks!

Announcing Full Schedule & Tickets Sold Out

Greetings, documentarians!

A Few Things to Do Around the Venue

14 August 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Write the Docs + Open Help Cincinnati is this weekend! We’re looking forward to seeing everybody Saturday morning. For those arriving early Friday, we’ve put together a list of things to do in Cincinnati near the venue. All of these places are easy to reach on the streetcar.

Call for Volunteers

Each year we are blessed with an amazing team of volunteers who help with the variety of on-site operations, and the conference wouldn’t be such a success without them!

Ticket update, events, and activities

01 August 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Greetings documentarians!

Announcing Call for Volunteers

30 July 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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The conference is now only a few weeks away! We hope you’re getting geared up for an exciting (and our first ever) Write the Docs + Open Help experience in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Updates on the Unconference and Underground Tour

24 July 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Write the Docs + Open Help Cincinnati is less than a month away, and we’ve got some exciting updates for you. But first, if you haven’t already, check out our great speaker lineup, and buy your tickets today.

Announcing Details of Workshop: Tech Writing 101

We’re delighted to announce the details of a Tech Writing 101 workshop as part of the Write the Docs Australia 2018 conference!

Announcing speakers and talks

14 July 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Hello everyone!

Announcing speakers and talks

27 June 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Hello folks!

Ticket Update, Call for Volunteers, Job Fair

Greetings, fellow documentarians! The Prague conference is less than three months away, and we can’t wait to see you all soon! Here are the latest updates from the conference team to help you prepare.

Call for Proposals Reminder

Hello, fellow documentarians!

Write the Docs Newsletter – June 2018

11 June 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Hi folks! Kelly O. here with the last issue of the newsletter until August. (In the meantime, the editorial team will be taking a wee summer break!) It’s been an exciting spring, with another successful Portland conference under our belts, and a jam-packed rest of the year laid out ahead of us!

Announcing Australia Website, CFP, and Ticket Sales

Welcome to the official kick-off of Write the Docs Australia 2018! It’s shaping up to be another wonderful year full of great conversations and interesting talks.

Conference highlights and thanks to the community!

Hey everyone,

Call for Proposals Extended

Greetings fellow documentarians!

A Message about Scheduling and Inclusivity

Dear documentarians,

Write the Docs Newsletter – May 2018

04 May 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Hello everyone!

Welcome to Write the Docs Portland 2018!

Yet another edition of Write the Docs is very nearly upon us! We’re excited to see you all soon.

Get Ready for Writing Day

Write the Docs is almost here. As usual, we’ll kick things off with the writing day on Sunday, May 6. Join hundreds of other documentarians at the Crystal Ballroom from 9am to 5pm to write your own docs, join another project, or just hang out. After spending the day writing, stay for the welcome reception starting at 5pm.

Announcing Write the Docs + Open Help Cincinnati

26 April 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Welcome to the official launch of Write the Docs + Open Help Cincinnati 2018! We are excited to announce the first-ever collaboration between Write the Docs and Open Help, coming August 18-22, 2018.

Write the Docs Newsletter – April 2018

Hello hello! Kelly O. here, with a ton of exciting community stuff to share with you this month! There’s a lot to cover, so I’ll cut right to the chase!

Announcing Full Schedule & Last Chance For Tickets

Hello everyone! We’re about a month out from the Portland conference and we couldn’t be more stoked! We’re writing today to a) announce the full speaker schedule, b) get the ball rolling for Writing Day sprints, and c) encourage you – if you haven’t already – to buy your tickets. We’re likely to sell out in the next day or two, so now’s your chance!

Tickets Update, Shirts on Sale, Call for Volunteers

Greetings, fellow documentarians! The Portland conference is less than two months away, and we can’t wait to see you all soon! Here are the latest updates from the conference team to help you prepare.

Announcing Prague Website, CFP, and Ticket Sales

Welcome to the official kick-off of Write the Docs Prague 2018! It’s shaping up to be another wonderful year full of great conversations and interesting talks.

Write the Docs Newsletter – March 2018

Hi y’all,

Full speaker line-up

20 February 2018
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Happy Tuesday everybody!

Write the Docs Newsletter – February 2018

Hi everybody! Kelly O. here – back in the saddle after getting through the whole OMG, it’s a different year now transition. I’m excited to report that we have a TON of stuff happening in the community. I guess we’re starting this new year off strong!

CFP Reminder & Ticket Sales Open

Happy New Year, fellow documentarians!

Write the Docs Newsletter – December 2017

Hi everybody! Kelly O. here, with our last issue of 2017! It’s been a gigantic year for the Write the Docs community. Just in the last month, our members have gotten up to some amazing stuff, including:

Announcing Write the Docs Portland CFP & Website

Welcome to the official launch of Write the Docs Portland 2018. We hope you’re getting excited – we certainly are! It’s shaping up to be another wonderful year full of great conversations and interesting talks.

Write the Docs Newsletter – November 2017

Happy November everybody! Kelly O. here, reporting live from the coffee shop that is about to cut me off because I’ve had three flat whites in a row. But I’m considering them celebratory beverages, because we have a jam-packed month of documentation goodness to talk about.

Write the Docs Newsletter – October 2017

Hello friends and fellow documentarians!

Write the Docs Newsletter – September 2017

Hi everybody!

Write the Docs Newsletter – August 2017

Hi folks!

Write the Docs Newsletter – July 2017

Hi everybody!

Write the Docs Newsletter - June 2017

Write the Docs Portland was another sold-out success! Many thanks to everyone who attended, presented, hiked, shared, discussed, and made it another great event. Videos of the presentations are now available!

Write the Docs Newsletter - May 2017

02 May 2017
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Write the Docs Portland is almost here! If you’re coming, we’re looking forward to welcoming you. If you can’t make it, maybe Write the Docs Prague in September? Just a thought…

Write the Docs Newsletter - April 2017

03 April 2017
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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In the Northern Hemisphere, anyway. In the Southern Hemisphere, Fall has…fallen? Sounds good, let’s go with it!

Write the Docs Newsletter - March 2017

14 March 2017
Write the Docs Team
Portland, Oregon
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Hello, Write the Docs! Obviously, the end of the cold season depends entirely on what coast (or continent) you’re on, but here in the western US, we’re rapidly approaching springtime – which means Write the Docs North America is right around the corner!

New and Improved Community Code of Conduct

Greetings documentarians! As you know, Write the Docs is an incredibly diverse, friendly, and inclusive community. We continually encourage and support safe spaces in our events and online platforms.

Write the Docs Newsletter - February 2017

Hi everybody! We’re so happy to find ourselves back in your inbox with this, the first newsletter of 2017! Although we all took some kind of break over the holiday season, we did our best to keep an eye on Slack for good newsletter nuggets – and we definitely were not disappointed! Below are some highlights from the last couple of months, and we’ll be getting back into the regular swing of things going forward. :)

Write the Docs Newsletter - December 2016

Hello, Write the Docs! As I’m writing this, there are gentle little fairy-snowflakes drifting past my window, and it’s triggering my instinct to hibernate something fierce. On that subject, this newsletter is going to take a brief hibernation period of its own over the holiday season. But never fear! We’ll be back in your inboxes once we’ve settled into 2017 a bit.

Write the Docs Newsletter - November 2016

Hello, Write the Docs! Let me tell ya, it’s been a jam-packed month for interesting conversations in the community. It’s been really exciting to see so much activity and engagement on the Slack channel. It’s even got us thinking about bumping the frequency of these dispatches up to twice a month, just so we can include more good stuff.

Write the Docs Newsletter - October 2016

Hello Write the Docs! Nice to see you again in this, our second issue of the community newsletter. In case you missed us last time, we’ve started up a monthly newsletter to highlight interesting conversations that have been happening in the community over the last few weeks.

Write the Docs Newsletter - September 2016

Hello Write the Docs! If you’re getting this email, you’ve probably attended (or considered attending) one of the documentation conferences we’ve put on over the last few years. As our events have grown, so too has our community, and we’re working hard to make Write the Docs a year-round affair.