Upcoming Events


Writing Code Examples for Technical Documentation San Francisco

May 03, 2022

Discover strategies and best practices for writing sample code in developer documentation.

Past Events


Documentation templates for fun and profit San Francisco

April 23, 2020

Find out how templates make better documentation.

Overview of Postman for API documentation East Bay

August 26, 2020

Learn how Postman is useful for documentation.

Lightning Talks San Francisco

February 20, 2020 @ LinkedIn

Sponsored by LinkedIn

Come and present your lightning talk, or join us as a member of the audience.

January Project Night East Bay

January 23, 2020 @ San Lorenzo Library

If you have a project, bring it with you:

  • Need to write docs for your software? Get feedback about what documents your product requires, what information each should contain, and how to get started.
  • Are you a technical writer with a challenging new task? Bring your project with you, and recruit advisers or reviewers

Q&A with Tom Manshreck about the O'Reilly Book 'Software Engineering at Google' San Francisco

July 28, 2020

“Join us for a Q&A session with Tom Manshreck, a staff technical writer for Google and a key contributor to the book “Software Engineering at Google.”

What not to document and why South Bay

June 24, 2020 (Set this to the year of the event)

Learn about the impact that documentation can have on security.

Camtasia Closeup South Bay

March 25, 2020

Sponsored by Camtasia

We’ll have a speaker on hand from TechSmith, the makers of Camtasia. Join us to learn more about this toolkit for recording video tutorials!

Gentle Change: A talk with Peter Morville East Bay

May 23, 2020

Find out why slowing down is better than moving fast and breaking things.

Let's Talk About Best Practices East Bay

November 12, 2020

For this meetup, you’ll bring your questions and the group will answer.

Android Documentation: The Journey from Restricted to Public San Francisco

October 22, 2020

Find out about one project that improved internal documentation and then transitioned the restricted materials into publicly available documentation.

Intro to GitHub: No Terminal Required South Bay

September 24, 2020

In this class, you will learn how to find and contribute to open source projects using the GitHub website UI.

Spar Your Content like a Boxer San Francisco

August 17, 2021

How does design sparring help you create better documentation?

Lightning Talks San Francisco

February 23, 2021

Come and present your lightning talk, or join us as a member of the audience.

Intro to Python for Tech Writers San Francisco

July 20, 2021

How can knowing Python and other programming languages help you achieve your career goals and grow as a technical writer?

The Product is Docs -- A Look Inside San Francisco

March 18, 2021

Find out more about the making of the book “The Product is Docs” in this super-meetup sponsored by the Portland, L.A., Salt Lake City, and Bay Area meetups.

Roundtable: Analytics for docs East Bay

May 25, 2021

What do we talk about when we talk about measuring documentation’s effectiveness?

Roundtable: New to the field! San Francisco

October 20, 2021

How do you get started in the tech writing profession?

Lightning Talks San Francisco

February 22, 2022

Come and present your lightning talk, or join us as a member of the audience.