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The Mid-America chapter of the American Medical Writer's Association was founded in 1985, and historically serves AMWA members living in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. We published a quarterly newsletter (latest issue 2025 Winter), and hold regular meetings. The Board of Directors holds regular meetings by teleconference, and minutes of those meetings are available.
2026
May 13 - Sales and Billing Advice/Etiquette, presented by Veronika Redmann
Dr. Redmann will present different sales techniques for technical writers who have to look for their own projects and clients as freelancers: networking with colleagues/cold calls/local and conference events, online marketing through social media posting, professional listings, websites, LinkedIn, and sub-contracting with bigger firms/staffing agencies. We will briefly touch on the advantages and disadvantages of working for yourself vs. a larger firm, as it relates to sales and billing.
We will also discuss billing advice/etiquette for freelances, in order to encourage your clients to pay you on the schedule you prefer! We will look for lots of discussion from the audience, to brainstorm on the collective experience of the group.
July 8 - The Editor's Edge: What AI Changes, What It Doesn't, and Where You Add the Most Value, presented by Núria Waddington Negrão, PhD, Medical Writer & AI Consultant
AI tools are showing up in every stage of the medical writing workflow, and editors are feeling the shift. This session looks at where AI genuinely helps editorial work, where it introduces new risks, and how editors can position their judgment as the thing that makes AI-assisted content trustworthy. You will leave with practical ways to use AI in your editing process and a clearer sense of the value you bring to a manuscript that AI cannot replicate.
Núria Negrão, PhD is a freelance medical writer and AI consultant with over 20 years in science communication, specializing in CME since 2022. Known as the "AI Whisperer" for medical writers, she has been teaching AI to the profession since 2023. She chairs the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions AI Committee, co-hosts the AI Rounds podcast with Dr. Morgan Leafe, runs AI Whisperer Academy, and teaches AI at the University of Chicago. She has developed proprietary frameworks including ART (Accountability, Rigor, Taste) for working responsibly with AI in medical communications.
September 16 (dinner meeting) - Retrospective/History/Statistics of TechWrite STL (20th anniversary of the group!), presented by Lisa Balbes and Joanne McAndrews
November 11 - Best and Worst Books of 2026, presented by Leslie Niedtadt
All meetings are held at Sunny Street Cafe, 11692 Manchester Road, Des Peres from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. For more information or to register contact Lisa Balbes or Joanne McAndrews.
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