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20 Minute Tuesday

We were all drawn to our calling by a love of words and a passion for connecting the people using them. We can get back to that love of words by re-engaging our hand at poetry, an inherent skill. Poetry may sound impractical, but it’s quite the opposite. By sharpening our attention to details and to the human side of our audiences, we can bring our organizations back in line with their missions and markets.


AI can neither replace nor do without good content, and professional communicators who can call on their inner poets are the only source of good content. We can provide the touchstones that AI is utterly lost without. We’re going to explore why you should bring your inner poet out of hiding, because in the age of the smart machine it’s your secret weapon, and the one thing AI will never eclipse.


In a very practical way, the return to the basics of communication that poetry encourages is how we’ll see truth rebuilt and made to be a stronger player in the digital landscape.




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The 2026 program—with speaker bios, session summaries, and lessons to be learned—is published. Learn more more about the trailblazers of our industry and the presentations coming to LavaCon 2026 Charlotte!

Register by 30 May and get $600 off full in-person tuition!

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Our 2026 Sponsors

Exclusive Diamond Sponsor

Adobe Systems

Sapphire Sponsors

Heretto


Madcap Software


Markup AI


Hashout Technologies


Platinum Sponsors

Fluid Topics


Stilo


Scriptorium


Congree


DITA Strategies / Intuitive Stack


Comtech Services


Precision Content



Gold Sponsors

Antenna House


Xemma


ProSpring Staffing


RWS


Localize


Ryffine

Silver Sponsors

DCL


Kinetic Council


Other Sponsors



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TechWhirl


TechSmith




Jack Molisani
Executive Director
The LavaCon Conference
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