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The Motivational Power of Guilt
Guilt didn’t play a big role in my upbringing: I was never discouraged from having sex in order to prevent my mother from having a heart attack, nor was I warned to do well in school to compensate for any … Continue reading
Posted in Media Interviews, Op Eds by IO Grads, Reach and Impact, Scholarly Concerns, Uncategorized, Workshop Insights
Tagged CBC, CTV, guilt, heart attack, how to be effective in media interviews, impact, interviews, Kelly Grindrod, media, motivation, overprescribing antibiotics, pharmacy, radio, resources, sex, Toronto Star, TV, University of Waterloo
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Getting Ahead
… of the news story, that is. It’s a great strategy to increase your likelihood of publication: if you know that a research report, government announcement or legal decision is about to be released, and your informed opinion about the … Continue reading
Posted in Effective Commentary Strategies, Op Eds by IO Grads, Pitching Your Piece, Publishing Opportunities, Reach and Impact, Uncategorized, Workshop Insights
Tagged analysis, Carissima Mathen, David Watson, Elizabeth Sheehy, insight, newspaper, op ed, Ottawa Citizen, Supreme Court
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WTF???
The confession made by the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies doubled as both a great tip and the best laugh of the day. Last week during one of three Informed Opinions workshops I delivered in Winnipeg (thank you, Jane Ursel, … Continue reading
Hacked Informed Opinions website temporarily offline
On Thursday last week, Informed Opinions discovered that our website had been hacked. As a consequence, we’ve had to take it offline temporarily while we fix the problem. Our apologies to all of those who wish to make use of … Continue reading
Getting to “yes”
“I’m happy to try to help you.” These are the words I’m now recommending women train themselves to utter when reached by a journalist looking for context to a story. Although the default response for many remains “I’m not … Continue reading
Think “outcome” when crafting an op ed
In the middle of delivering an op ed writing workshop recently to a very engaged group of United Way staff and volunteers from across Ontario (organized through Sean Moore‘s fabulous Advocacy School initiative) I was reminded again of the value … Continue reading
Most Common Errors Made by Aspiring Op Ed Writers – part 1
Whether 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 offers online editing feedback (free to our workshop participants, but … Continue reading →