There’s no short­age of train­ing web sites, webi­na­rs, and con­fer­ences to keep your skills sharp.

Adobe’s blog:
https://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/

MadCap’s free webinars:
https://www.madcapsoftware.com/resources/recorded-webinars.aspx

Scrip­to­ri­um Pub­lish­ing offers time­ly and insight­ful thoughts on tech­ni­cal writ­ing trends:
https://www.scriptorium.com/blog/

The Soci­ety for Tech­ni­cal Com­mu­ni­ca­tion (STC) also offers webi­na­rs and cours­es for a fee:
https://www.stc.org/education/

Here’s a list of upcom­ing con­fer­ences this year in North America.

Lava­con, Octo­ber 27–30, 2019, Port­land, OR
http://lavacon.org

Mad­World Con­fer­ence, April 14–17, 2019, San Diego, CA
https://www.madcapsoftware.com/conference/madworld-2019/

STC annu­al con­fer­ence, May 5–8, 2019, Den­ver, CO
http://summit.stc.org/

Write the Docs, May 19–21, 2019, Port­land, OR
https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/portland/2019/

Writ­er­sUA West Con­tent Pro Con­fer­ence, March 28–29, 2019, Den­ver, CO
http://west.writersua.com/

How do you keep your skills up to date? Any oth­er North Amer­i­can con­fer­ences that I should add?