A few years back, we finally switched our one-day MEGAComm Conference to a two-day event. There are pros and cons to any decision you make. Ultimately, you have to go with what is the most logical, what fits, what’s right.
MEGAComm is our national conference, a serious endeavor representing our community. MEGAComm deserves to be 2 days, like almost every other technical writing conference in the world AND we, as technical writers/communicators deserve to be treated as other professionals in the world – given the time to meet others, learn, keep up with what’s happening.
So, if you have to explain why, in the following sections, we explain what brought us to this decision.
First: To align with other conferences, to offer the value and content…need more…ask yourself…
Where are there 2-day conferences?
- India
- Germany (3 days)
- Italy
- Austria
- Serbia
- Netherlands (3 days)
- Bulgaria
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Ireland
- England
- STC Illinois (4 days)
- ContentTECH Summit (3 days)
- Write the Docs Portland (3 days)
- Poland (3 days)
- LavaCon – New Orleans (4 days)
- API THE DOCS (3 days)
- ConVEx Arizona (3 days)
Where WAS there 1-day conferences?
- Israel
Our community in Israel includes hundreds (perhaps thousands) of technical writers working in both Hebrew and English (and sometimes in other languages). We have built a professional organization – tekom Israel, have regular meetups, have an active email list – Techshoret, an active Facebook group, active LinkedIn groups and more.
In 2023, for the first time, we joined dozens of other countries in having a professional, two-day conference.
Second, a review of some of the major conferences will show that while many charge as much as 500 – 600 dollars per day, MEGAComm less for both days. MEGAComm is a fraction of most conferences and offers not only a comparable experience in terms of content but one that is unique to our community.