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July 29th, 2012Whether you’re picked last for the ball team, get rebuffed on the first date, or fail to elicit a positive response from an editor, rejection stinks. That’s why Informed Opinions […]
read more...Most Common Errors Made by Aspiring Op Ed Writers – part 1Improve your Writing
July 15th, 2012When Jill Scott, a professor in Queen’s German department, participated in an Informed Opinions workshop last year, I had no idea she was the self-proclaimed “death and grief girl”… Until […]
read more...Ideas about knowledge mobilization from Queen’s University’s “death and grief girl”Our Advocacy Work
July 6th, 2012Don’t take my word for it… On the retrograde troll front, I defer to hip hop DJ and vlogger, Jay Smooth, who recently weighed in on the classic, cautionary Internet story […]
read more...Deferring to Jay Smooth on trollsMaster Media Engagement
June 4th, 2012What kinds of experts do journalists turn to most often? Last week in an effort to answer that question, Informed Opinions emailed several hundred editors, producers, hosts, columnists and reporters. […]
read more...What academic disciplines are most in-demand by journalists?Our Advocacy Work
May 4th, 2012So you’ve crafted your insights into an engaging and persuasive op ed, and the comment editor of your local newspaper has published the piece. Your inbox is now receiving congratulatory […]
read more...Ignoring the hatersOur Advocacy Work
April 16th, 2012Readers often overlook the byline of a story indicating the writer’s name, and although reading an article without knowing who wrote it will still leave you informed, when it […]
read more...Calgary Herald Editorial Page Analysis – More Women’s Opinions NeededImprove your Writing
March 12th, 2012Last week at an intellectually stimulating but relatively staid scholarly event, a minor controversy broke out. Harvey Weingarten, President and CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (who […]
read more...Exerting influence on policy — through the media?Master Media Engagement
February 22nd, 2012Should she or shouldn’t she? I was chatting on the phone a few weeks ago with a woman who is listed in our Experts Database. She had written an excellent […]
read more...To Tweet or Not to Tweet…Improve your Writing
January 2nd, 2012It hardly seems fair: you spend years in school, mastering the impenetrable jargon necessary to earn the degree or qualify for the professional designation. And then someone (ok, that would […]
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October 11th, 2011Posting content to a blog may have gotten Julie Powell a book deal that in turn lead to an international best seller and a blockbuster movie (starring Meryl Streep, no […]
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