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With more than 20 years of experience in the information development field and 15 years of DITA expertise, Amber Swope helps teams design, develop, and optimize their Information Architecture (IA) and implement the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and create dynamic, reusable content.

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Love Your Agent of Change: Embracing Your Partner in Transformation
Love Your Agent of Change: Embracing Your Partner in Transformation

Every change initiative brings an agent of change — someone with a mandate, fresh perspective, and blind spots. Amber Swope explains how to engage them effectively so transformation actually sticks.

Navigating AI: Real Tales from the Content Frontiers (a case study)
Navigating AI: Real Tales from the Content Frontiers (a case study)

Most AI case studies are theoretical. This one isn't. DITA Strategies shares their real experience integrating generative AI into content work — including the missteps — along with a practical checklist to help you start your own initiative.

The Role of an Information Architect in a DITA Implementation
The Role of an Information Architect in a DITA Implementation

Most DITA implementations fail to involve an information architect early enough — or at all. Amber Swope explains the two distinct flavors of IA your implementation needs, and why the role should never be left until the end.

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Upcoming Events

  • CMS and Localization: Learning from Each Other -- Monday, June 1, 2026, 8:00am PDT.

    CMS and Localization: Learning from Each Other

    What Can Localization Learn from the CMS Industry? Amber Swope joins CSA Research's Arle Lommel, Scott Abel (The Content Wrangler), and Nigel Lock (RWS) for a panel discussion on how the content management world is navigating AI disruption — and what the localization sector can take away. Topics include where AI genuinely replaces human effort versus shifts it, how structured content is changing, and who owns the process as content creation and localization converge.

    Monday, June 1, 2026, 8:00am PDT.

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  • May 20, 2026; Becoming the Agent of Change Your Content Team Needs; Amber Swope shares ways to overcome resistance, build collaboration, and make change a shared mission; The Content Wrangler; Heretto

    Let's Talk Tech Docs: Becoming the Agent of Change Your Content Team Needs

    Amber Swope joins Dawn Stevens on Let's Talk Tech Docs — Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 8:00am PDT. They'll explore what it really means to be an Agent of Change in a documentation team: building trust, influencing without authority, and turning transformation into a shared mission.

    Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 8:00am PDT

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  • LavaCon Charlotte, NC

    Amber Swope joins Dan Schommer at LavaCon (October 25–28, 2026 | Charlotte, NC) to present How to Best Leverage Your Most Challenging Employee — Tuesday, October 27 at 1:15pm. Every leader faces resistant team members; this session offers practical strategies for assessing talent, understanding motivation, and turning resistance into constructive collaboration. Then find DITA Strategies and Intuitive Stack in the sponsor hall to chat IA, grab a free glasses cleaning cloth, and enter to win a copy of Women in Technical Communication.

    25-28 October, 2026

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