Where Boston's content community comes together
Monthly meetups for UX writers, content designers, and content strategists. Real talk, real people, real career growth.
Meetups & Sessions
Free, monthly events for Boston's UX writing and content strategy community. All skill levels welcome.
Writing for AI Interfaces: Voice, Tone & the New UX Frontier
How to develop voice and tone guidelines for conversational interfaces and craft microcopy that builds trust. With Casey Morales, Senior UX Writer.
Plain Language in Healthcare UX
Exploring the challenge of writing for patients and clinicians — and how plain language principles can reduce anxiety, improve outcomes, and build trust.
Content Systems Workshop: Building a Style Guide from Scratch
A hands-on workshop where you'll leave with the skeleton of a real style guide, principles, voice attributes, and all. Come ready to write.
Error Messages That Don't Make Users Feel Dumb
A deep dive into empathetic error writing — and why most products still get it wrong. With slides and a live rewrite exercise.
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From Journalist to UX Writer: Career Pivots in Content
A panel of four content professionals who came from journalism, PR, technical writing, and academia — and what they wish they'd known.
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Our Community
We're a grassroots group of content practitioners who believe that great writing makes better products — and that rising tides lift all boats.
Who we are
Boston UX Content Meetup is a free, volunteer-run community for UX writers, content designers, and content strategists across Greater Boston. We've been gathering since 2018, connecting people who care about the role of language in digital product experiences.
Our members work across industries — edtech, fintech, healthcare, biotech, e-commerce, and beyond. What unites us is a shared passion for clear, useful, human communication.
What we value
- Accessible, jargon-free conversation — we explain what we know and admit what we don't
- Inclusion and belonging — every experience level is welcome, from curious newcomers to seasoned practitioners
- Practical learning — we focus on real work, real challenges, and real takeaways
- Community over competition — we lift each other up and share generously
Organizers
Jordan Liu
Senior UX Writer at a Boston healthtech startup. Has been running this meetup since 2021 and is unreasonably excited about content models.
Marisol Ortega
Content strategist and recovering journalist. Responsible for finding speakers who actually have something interesting to say.
Get involved
Want to speak at an event? Suggest a topic? Volunteer your venue? We'd love to hear from you. This group runs on community energy — the more you put in, the richer it gets for everyone.
We're always looking for speakers at all experience levels. First-time presenters are especially encouraged — lightning talks welcome.
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