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20 Minute Tuesdays

28 May Webinar

Register by 30 May to save $500 off Conference Tuition

Welcome Our 2025 Sponsors

20 Minute Tuesdays

Think Bigger!

Megan Gilhooly, Sr. Director GRC Content, OneTrust

Content crosses silos, giving content developers a unique perspective of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Years of experience leads to insight, but can also paralyze innovative ideas.


In this presentation, Megan discusses new ways of thinking that challenge common business trends. She provides examples highlighting how your ability to think critically and your passion for forging new trends can help you throughout your content career.


Watch this presentation recorded live at LavaCon 2018 New Orleans!


Missed Megan in New Orleans? She is presenting again at LavaCon 2025 Atlanta!

28 May Webinar

From Ouch to Wow! The Art of Receiving Feedback for Improvement and Change

Feedback helps us grow, but ouch - receiving it can sting. Often, we dismiss it, become defensive, or feel unsure how to improve. As a result, relationships are damaged and we lose opportunities for growth. Many of us have had training in how to give feedback effectively, but few have learned the art form of receiving feedback well. When we master this ability, we can make positive changes as a result of almost any feedback (even when it comes from jerks, dummies, and know-it-alls).


In this presentation from Heather Barbre Blades, Senior Technical Writer at Jack Henry and the co-founder of Communication and Conflict Management Associates, will help you learn:


o. Why being able to receive feedback well, and change for the better, is a professional superpower

o. The counter-productive ways our brains respond to feedback

o. Why we accept or reject feedback

o. How to see (even crummy) feedback as a gift

o. How to “mine for the gold” in ineffective feedback

o. Ways to ask for feedback (and why we should)


Join us Wednesday, 28 May at 8am PDT


Register by clicking the graphic or using this link: https://tinyurl.com/4862crzc

Register by 30 May to save $500 off Conference Tuition

In-person and virtual registration is now open which means BOGO registration is closed. Know that you would like to send multiple team members? Email Jack@lavacon.org for group rates.


Attach a copy of the Schedule at a Glance to your training request and highlight the sessions that will help solve your organizations' content challenges.

Then register by 30 May and save $500 off in-person conference tuition!

Welcome 2025 Sponsors

Sapphire Sponsors

Heretto


RWS


Acrolinx


Madcap Software


Paligo


Argos Multilingual

Platinum Sponsors

DITA Strategies / Intuitive Stack


Bluestream Software


Fluid Topics by Antidot


Ingeniux


Scriptorium


Precision Content


Congree

Gold Sponsors

Stilo


Miramo by Datazone


Morningside, a Questal Company


Author-it

Silver Sponsors

Comtech Services


ProSpring Staffing


Antenna House

Other Sponsors

MultiLingual


TechWhirl


TechSmith


Zaon Labs


Component Content Alliance

Jack Molisani
Executive Director
The LavaCon Conference
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