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Mentor, Coach, Supervisor: Collaborative Ways to Work with Writers
Presenter: Dr. Janet Salmons, author of Learning to Collaborate, Collaborating to Learn: Practical Guidance for Online and Classroom Instruction, and Jim McCleskey, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, North American University and a Course Instructor in the Graduate Management Program, Western Governors University
Writing is deeply personal. But unless we are writing research memos or journal entries, we will have to cooperate with reviewers, editors, and others to get our work published. As faculty supervising students, writing program staff, trainers or consultants, we have the opportunity to help aspiring writers to work more collaboratively. Using the term collaboration to describe "an interactive process that engages two or more participants who work together to achieve outcomes they could not accomplish independently" (Salmons, in press), Dr. Janet Salmons and her dissertation supervisee Jim McClesky explore ways to develop skills valuable to writers. They look at ways to use review exchanges, writing circles, support teams and other approaches to improve writing while learning to work collaboratively. Practical strategies are offered for classroom, committee, or informal learning settings.
Dr. Janet Salmons is a free-range scholar, writer, and coach. She the author of the forthcoming book, Learning to Collaborate, Collaborating to Learn, as well as Doing Qualitative Research Online, and numerous chapters and articles. She is the Methods Guru and on SAGE MethodSpace.com.
Jim McCleskey is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at North American University and a Course Instructor in the Graduate Management Program at Western Governors University. He received his PhD in Organization and Management with an emphasis in Leadership Studies from Capella University and is currently enrolled in a Doctorate in Business Administration Marketing program at Liberty University. His research areas of interest include emotional intelligence, leadership, leadership effectiveness, leadership emergence, attachment, dark leadership, leadership efficacy, emotional labor, and affect in organizations. He has published more than a dozen articles and written a chapter for a graduate level textbook on research into leadership and emotions. He writes regularly with a small group of scholars separated by 1000s of miles and two oceans. Salmons mentored Jim as his dissertation supervisor.
Your Textbook Isn't Being Revised. Now What?
Presenter: Donna Battista, VP of Content Strategy, Top Hat
As publishing companies look to manage costs and focus on large introductory courses, many high-quality and high-value textbooks are not being revised. Donna Battista, VP of Content Strategy at Top Hat, and previous Pearson Executive, shares how authors can navigate this increasingly common challenge and provides guidance on requesting rights back, what to do when rights are reverted, and what options there are to make content available. This webinar is packed with industry knowledge and best practices based on Donna’s extensive experience in the publishing industry.
As Top Hat's head of Content Strategy, Donna Battista, Vice President, Content Strategy, is responsible for the strategic vision and execution of the content go-to-market with a focus on growing the content business into a leading provider of affordable and engaging courseware. Donna has 20 years of experience leading content and product development in higher education, and led the creation, development, launch and growth of the Business MyLabs, the leading courseware solution in the business and economics disciplines. Donna’s previous experience includes Vice President of Business, Economics and the UK Global Publishing division at Pearson and Vice President of Product for the education vertical at Burning Glass.
Templates & Samples
Market Review Questionnaire Sample
This sample market review questionnaire, contributed by Lorraine Papazian-Boyce, author of ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding: A Map for Success, contains two parts: a Text Description, which thanks the reviewers, includes a 1-2 paragraph summary of the conceptual approach, lists the number and names of sections, special features in the text, and supplemental features in the text; and a Reviewer Questionnaire containing 10 questions to ask to focus the reviewer on the content of the chapters.
Writing Matrix Template
This Word doc, contributed by Margarita Huerta, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Clinical Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, helps you keep a written record of what you are reading by helping you organize information and thoughts. Writing matrixes help synthesize, rather than just summarize what you've read.
eBook Downloads
Revise & Resubmit: Strategies for Success
> Commit to Submit: 5 Steps to Journal Publishing Success > Systematic Reviews: Avoiding the Common Pitfalls That Lead to Rejection > What to Do When You Receive a Revise & Resubmit Decision > Feedback: Ah, Just Right > 3 Tips for Making Revision Decisions Based on Reviewer Comments
Tips for Successful Coauthoring
> What to consider before coauthoring > Before entering a coauthoring relationship, sign a collaboration agreement > 5 Textbook authors share advice on coauthoring relationships > How to determine author order when collaborating with multiple authors > Bringing in a coauthor requires 'reconstitution' of book project
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