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Dipo explores how RWS is implementing agentic AI, Model Context Protocol, and connected content delivery and their impact on workflows and cost models.

Getting Hazard Statements Right: Real-World Lessons from CIDM Members - Dana Aubin - Comtech Services - February 2026 - Article

Dana reports on a recent members' roundtable conversation about the challenges of managing notes and hazard statements in regulatory industries and practical strategies that documentation teams can use to regain control.

Dipo shares a practical, confidence-building roadmap for moving from legacy documentation to structured, reusable content in a DITA-based CCMS.

DITA XML and Peace of Mind - Pradeep Jain and Regina Rudoi - Ictect - January 2026 - Webinar

Pradeep, Regina and Joe show how SMEs, Learning Content Developers, and XML Analysts can seamlessly work with Microsoft Word with icTools, and manage the content in a CMS for multiple languages and multiple outputs.

Agents Act Only on What Writers Make Clear: Why Structured Documentation Powers Agentic AI - Vidhya V Kumar - Rocket Software - January 2026 - Article

Vidhya builds on the foundation of her previous article and discusses how structured content is used in practice, where it enters the workflow, and why it determines whether an AI system can interpret and execute a task reliably.

How KONE Delivers Smart Information for Smarter Cities - Fabrice Lacroix - Fluid Topics - January 2026 - Webinar

Fabrice, Hanna and Kristian share how KONE is rethinking authoring and publishing to deliver always safer, faster, and more responsible services that meet the demands of urbanization, sustainability, and rapidly evolving technology.

Dana explores the most common causes of reuse failure and how to avoid them.

A Technical Communicator Christmas - Dawn Stevens - Comtech Services - Winter 2025 - Article

Dawn brings joy to the holidays with a retelling of two Christmas Classics with her traditional technical communication twist.

Don’t forget the content! - Kate Wheat - Rocket Software - Winter 2025 - Article

Kate provides a list of good writing principles and how applying them is the key to better content.

A Better Path to DITA Adoption - Frank Miller - Ryffine - Winter 2025 - Article

Frank explores why certain foundational investments such as metadata infrastructure and AI-readiness can't be deferred without significant cost later and how it works in practice.

Content Guardian Agents℠: Protect Your Terminology from AI Slop - Christopher Carroll and Laura Harder - Markup AI - December 2025 - Webinar

Chris and Laura discuss how to move from being a reactive editor to a proactive architect of high-quality, AI-generated content without sacrificing the precision of your terminology.

Dipo offers practical techniques to build buy-in, cultivate internal champions, and help teams thrive in a structured, AI-enabled environment.

Why Structured Content Is More Relevant Than Ever - Lewin von Saldern - Chunkify - December 2025 - Article

Lewin explains how to develop AI applications that truly add value because developers need high-quality data.

Why CHM Files No Longer Belong in Modern Technical Documentation - Sam Thomas - Comtech Services - December 2025 - Article

Sam explains how if your organization still ships CHM files or is considering adopting them for a legacy product, it’s important to understand the risks and constraints.

Mission-Ready: Enhancing Technical Documentation with XR and IoT for Safety, Defense, and Industrial Support - Harald Stadlbauer and Christoph Schmidt-Mårtensson - NINEFEB - November 2025 - Webinar

Harald and Christoph explore how XR(Extended Reality) and IoT(Internet of Things) are transforming training for public safety, defense, and industrial sectors by combining immersive simulations with real-time data.

How Agentic AI Will Unleash the Power of Content - Vidhya V Kumar - Rocket Software - November 2025 - Article

Vidhya discusses how well-structured documentation and sound content governance will enable AI to act intelligently, and why technical communicators are likely to emerge at the center of this transformation.

AI Prompt Development with Reuse and Profiling - Alex Jitianu - Syncro Soft/Oxygen XML Editor - November 2025 - Article

Alex discusses the challenges of managing prompts with the same rigor and efficiency we apply to structured content.

Content Conversion Hacks - Adelheid Certik - Mizuho, OSI - November 2025 - Article

Adelheid shares some tips and tricks for a successful content conversion in a DITA implementation.

CIDM Sponsor Profile – Graphwise - AI Summit - Graphwise - October 2025 - Article

Graphwise is pleased to announce the Graphwise AI Summit 2025, taking place on October 22–23, 2025. This virtual event will span two days of insightful talks, live demos, and hands-on showcases.

Building a Content Design Practice for Technical Documentation - Michelle Bacigalupi - Guidewire - October 2025 - Article

Michelle traces the evolution of the Guidewire documentation site from a traditional tech doc site to an ecosystem for information experiences.

Torsten discusses what constitutes good terminology, how it is created and how it is used.

Why Your Docs Deserve an Army of AI Agents - Michael Iantosca - Avalara - Fall 2025 - Article

Michael discusses how your documentation needs an agentic content workflow, a multi-agent AI system that doesn’t just generate documents, but manages the entire content lifecycle.

Hitachi Vantara’s Content Experience Transformation: From Vision to Reality - Fabrice Lacroix and Jyoti Ramchandra - Fluid Topics - September 2025 - Webinar

Fabrice and Jyoti discuss how Hitachi Vantara’s approach to Content Experience is setting new standards across the industry.

Facing the coming skills shortages - Harald Stadlbauer and Helmut Nagy - NINEFEB and Graphwise - Fall 2025 - Article

Harald and Helmut demonstrate how using an iiRDS-based RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) can address some of the skilled labor shortage issues common in industries today and in the future.

Love Your Agent of Change: Embracing Your Partner in Transformation - Amber Swope - DITA Strategies - Fall 2025 - Article

Amber discusses how agents of change can help organizations achieve transformations that would be impossible through incremental adjustments alone.

Baby steps - Dawn Stevens - Comtech Services - Fall 2025 - Article

Dawn draws parallels between her new grandson’s skill development and organizations undergoing big changes, showing how growth requires small, deliberate steps—and how skipping them often leads to frustration and failure.

Managing Technical Debt in Product Content - Dana Aubin - Comtech Services - September 2025 - Article

Dana reports on a recent members' roundtable conversation about managing technical debt in product content.

Measuring What Matters: Content Reuse in Technical Communication - Dr. Amanda Patterson - Comtech Services - August 2025 - Article

Amanda reports on a recent CIDM Roundtable about measuring content reuse in technical documentation.

Bridging Knowledge Gaps in Technical Documentation with Custom AI Assistants - Erin Servais - AI for Editors - August 2025 - Article

Erin explains how using custom AI assistants, such as ChatGPT’s Custom GPTs and Google Gemini’s Gems, can adapt your content automatically by adjusting complexity, format, or style while maintaining accuracy and consistency.

Reuse workshop - Brianna Stevens-Russell - Comtech Services - March 2026 - Members Quarterly Workshop

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Write It Right: Hands-On Strategies for Smarter Editing - Dana Aubin - Comtech Services - November 2025 - Members' Quarterly Workshop

In this four-hour mini workshop, Dana shows how to take control of the editing process. She teaches practical tools to refine your content.

Bhavya explores the deeper collaboration challenges that hold content teams back and how we can rethink our review workflows to work better, faster, and more inclusively

AI, XML and Microsoft Word: Working Together - Pradeep Jain and Regina Rudoi - Ictect - July 2025 - Webinar

Pradeep, Regina, and Joe explore how structured content, artificial intelligence, and intuitive authoring tools are reshaping the way organizations create, manage, and deliver content.

Why Desktop Authoring is still favoured over Cloud Based Authoring - Andrew Douglas - Bluestream - July 2025 - Webinar

Andrew explores the functional, technical, and strategic reasons why desktop solutions continue to outperform cloud tools in many authoring scenarios.

From Classification to Connection: A Practical Guide to Taxonomies, Ontologies, and Knowledge Graphs - Dawn Stevens - Comtech Services - August 2025 - Members' Quarterly Workshop

Dawn demonstrates how taxonomies categorize content, how ontologies provide deeper semantic relationships, and how knowledge graphs enable dynamic linking and reasoning across diverse datasets.

CIDM Benchmark Survey 2025: Content Delivery - Dr. Amanda Patterson - Comtech Services - July 2025 - Article

Amanda announces the CIDM Benchmark Survey 2025: Content Delivery.

Strategic Integration: How Technical Communicators Are Using GenAI with Intent - Dana Aubin - Comtech Services - July 2025 - Article

Dana reports on a recent members' roundtable conversation about how members are fitting GenAI into their documentation workflows.

Measuring the results of AI-assisted content creation - Laura Katajisto - Etteplan - July 2025 - Article

Laura provides insights and options for thinking about how to measure the results of AI-assisted content creation.

Future-Ready Content: Balancing AI Innovation with Human Expertise - Dr. Amanda Patterson - Comtech Services - June 2025 - Members' Quarterly Workshop

Amanda teaches this four-hour workshop that empowers content professionals to harness AI effectively while preserving quality, ethics, and user trust.

Structured Content: How AI and CDPs are Changing the Rules of Content Strategy - Fabrice Lacroix and Frank Miller - Fluid Topics - June 2025 - Webinar

Fabrice and Frank share strategies to leverage your existing content with modern content delivery for early results across the company and navigate a more flexible, incremental adoption path of structured content.