Introduction to the OPWPC as a resource
Instructor: Jennifer Wilson, MS
Date: 9/10/2019
Time: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Location: Gutman Library Instruction Space (EAST FALLS CAMPUS)
(Register for this workshop)

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Better Everyday Writing for Professionals
Instructor: Pamela Walter, MFA
Date: 9/12/2019
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Scott 200A (Center City Campus)
(Register for this workshop)

Do you suffer from writer’s block? Do you write an email the way you leave a voicemail, without much design? The purpose of this class is to save you time in the writing process and give you tools and strategies to improve your everyday writing for readers. Participants should come to class with a few topics for some everyday writing to practice the tools and strategies. Topics might include emails, updates, blog entries, queries, or anything you write regularly that takes up a little too much time. Your process will take less time, and your writing will show you value your readers.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Generate writing content with brainstorming techniques
• Organize their brainstorming quickly
• Design reader-focused drafts
• Create a personalized writing process for the future

Powerful Presentation Skills
Instructor: Pamela Walter, MFA
Date: 10/1/2019
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Location: Scott 200A (Center City Campus)
(Register for this workshop)

It’s not about you. It’s about the audience, and your job is to reach and engage them with your research or information. Reduce anxiety and increase your presentation power by incorporating a few good tips into your presentation design and delivery. In this 90-minute, hands-on session, you’ll practice building and presenting a short practice presentation and get immediate, useful feedback to improve your next presentation.

Better Everyday Writing for Professionals
Instructor: Pamela Walter, MFA
Date: 10/8/2019
Time: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Location: Gutman Library Instruction Space (EAST FALLS CAMPUS)
(Register for this workshop)

Do you suffer from writer’s block? Do you write an email the way you leave a voicemail, without much design? The purpose of this class is to save you time in the writing process and give you tools and strategies to improve your everyday writing for readers. Participants should come to class with a few topics for some everyday writing to practice the tools and strategies. Topics might include emails, updates, blog entries, queries, or anything you write regularly that takes up a little too much time. Your process will take less time, and your writing will show you value your readers.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Generate writing content with brainstorming techniques
• Organize their brainstorming quickly
• Design reader-focused drafts
• Create a personalized writing process for the future

Key Steps in Writing--and Publishing--Your Manuscript
Instructor: Jennifer Wilson, MS
Date: 10/8/2019
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Scott 200A (Center City Campus)
(Register for this workshop)

This presentation provides advice on how to be more organized and less overwhelmed when you write your next manuscript. It also focuses on key elements of manuscript writing, with a focus on engaging an editor’s attention.

Upon completion of this session, participants will:

• List the key points to keep in mind when starting a manuscript
  
• Identify the parts of the manuscript readers are most likely to see and common methods for improving them

5 Habits Of Successful Writers — and Ways To Foster Them In Your Own Writing
Instructor: Jennifer Wilson, MS
Date: 11/5/2019
Time: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Location: Gutman Library Instruction Space (EAST FALLS CAMPUS)
(Register for this workshop)

Few of us ever learn how to write with consistency and fluency, and yet being able to do so can mean the difference between being a highly regarded researcher and one who is overlooked. Studies have shown that successful writers practice specific habits that help them flourish and make the process of writing less mysterious. This workshop will focus on these habits and provide practical advice for fostering them in your own writing.

Upon completion of this session, participants will:

• Describe how the writing process can be improved
• Relate practical ways to integrate these habits to achieve individual writing goals process

Powerful Presentation Skills
Instructor: Pamela Walter, MFA
Date: 12/10/2019
Time: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Location: Gutman Library Instruction Space (EAST FALLS CAMPUS)
(Register for this workshop)

It’s not about you. It’s about the audience, and your job is to reach and engage them with your research or information. Reduce anxiety and increase your presentation power by incorporating a few good tips into your presentation design and delivery. In this 90-minute, hands-on session, you’ll practice building and presenting a short practice presentation and get immediate, useful feedback to improve your next presentation.

Find the Time: Tools & Tips for Prioritizing and Collaborating
Instructor: Pamela Walter, MFA
Date: 1/9/2020
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Scott 200A (Center City Campus)
(Register for this workshop)

The purpose of this 55-minute investment of your time is to give you tools and strategies to begin finding the time to do things that you value. Practicing well-tested methods used by some of the most productive people in history, you can enhance how you prioritize your commitments and interruptions. Also, in this period of change at Jefferson, you may need to collaborate with others who can help you get things done. Finding helpful collaborators helps you find time. We’ll look at the big picture of your pie and how to slice it into its most productive pieces.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Assess what they spend their time doing
• Prioritize their activities using the Eisenhower matrix
• Protect their time
• Identify where collaboration and delegation would help
• Ask for collaboration

Find the Time: Tools & Tips for Prioritizing and Collaborating
Instructor: Pamela Walter, MFA
Date: 1/14/2020
Time: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Location: Gutman Library Instruction Space (EAST FALLS CAMPUS)
(Register for this workshop)

The purpose of this 55-minute investment of your time is to give you tools and strategies to begin finding the time to do things that you value. Practicing well-tested methods used by some of the most productive people in history, you can enhance how you prioritize your commitments and interruptions. Also, in this period of change at Jefferson, you may need to collaborate with others who can help you get things done. Finding helpful collaborators helps you find time. We’ll look at the big picture of your pie and how to slice it into its most productive pieces.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Assess what they spend their time doing
• Prioritize their activities using the Eisenhower matrix
• Protect their time
• Identify where collaboration and delegation would help
• Ask for collaboration

5 Habits Of Successful Writers — and Ways To Foster Them In Your Own Writing
Instructor: Jennifer Wilson, MS
Date: 1/14/2020
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Scott 200A (Center City Campus)
(Register for this workshop)

Few of us ever learn how to write with consistency and fluency, and yet being able to do so can mean the difference between being a highly regarded researcher and one who is overlooked. Studies have shown that successful writers practice specific habits that help them flourish and make the process of writing less mysterious. This workshop will focus on these habits and provide practical advice for fostering them in your own writing.

Upon completion of this session, participants will:

• Describe how the writing process can be improved
• Relate practical ways to integrate these habits to achieve individual writing goals process

Powerful Presentation Skills
Instructor: Pamela Walter, MFA
Date: 1/23/2020
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Location: Scott 200A (Center City Campus)
(Register for this workshop)

It’s not about you. It’s about the audience, and your job is to reach and engage them with your research or information. Reduce anxiety and increase your presentation power by incorporating a few good tips into your presentation design and delivery. In this 90-minute, hands-on session, you’ll practice building and presenting a short practice presentation and get immediate, useful feedback to improve your next presentation.

Key Steps in Writing--and Publishing--Your Manuscript
Instructor: Jennifer Wilson, MS
Date: 2/4/2020
Time: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Location: Gutman Library Instruction Space (EAST FALLS CAMPUS)
(Register for this workshop)

This presentation provides advice on how to be more organized and less overwhelmed when you write your next manuscript. It also focuses on key elements of manuscript writing, with a focus on engaging an editor’s attention.

Upon completion of this session, participants will:

• List the key points to keep in mind when starting a manuscript
  
• Identify the parts of the manuscript readers are most likely to see and common methods for improving them

How to Write Better Abstracts
Instructor: Pamela Walter, MFA
Date: 2/13/2020
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Scott 200A (Center City Campus)
(Register for this workshop)

What do you look for when you are researching abstracts? What barriers prevent you from finding what you need? Perhaps the abstract wasn’t as clear as it could be. The purpose of this course is to offer research writers a tool and process for writing abstracts that make it easier for your readers to find your published work. This course focuses on unpacking the elements that define a well-crafted abstract and helping you write one.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain why abstracts are important
• Define what makes an abstract bad or good
• Use a simple tool to design better abstracts

High Impact Publishing
Instructor: Jennifer Wilson, MS
Date: 3/3/2020
Time: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Location: Gutman Library Instruction Space (EAST FALLS CAMPUS)
(Register for this workshop)

Academic publishing is undergoing a dramatic shift as journals become more specialized and the number of publishing outlets surge. Understanding the publishing world and its potential impact on one’s career can be confusing and mysterious. This workshop provides an introduction to academic publishing by exploring the metrics and tools used to determine “impact.” Facilitators will explore the concept of “high impact” publishing, discuss two tools for assessing a journals impact factor, and discuss the evolution of academic publishing, including predatory publishing practices and open access journals.

Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to:

• Discuss some of the metrics used for determining impact factor
• Describe at least one tool for determining a journal’s impact factor
• Identify future trends in academic publishing

Peer Editing for Content and Clarity
Instructor: Pamela Walter, MFA
Date: 4/7/2020
Time: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Location: Gutman Library Instruction Space (EAST FALLS CAMPUS)
(Register for this workshop)

This course will share specific tools and strategies to equip you to give meaningful help with content and clarity to colleagues seeking to publish their manuscripts. You will have a checklist, for example, to ask the right questions to give the writer meaningful direction. You’ll also learn specific strategies for editing paragraphs and sentences for the clearest possible meaning.

At the end of the session, participants should be able to:

• Use tools to help writers improve their drafts for targeted publication
• Enhance purpose and meaning in the draft
• Improve paragraphs
• Clarify sentences
• Trim sentences without trimming meaning

High Impact Publishing
Instructor: Jennifer Wilson, MS
Date: 4/7/2020
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Scott 200A (Center City Campus)
(Register for this workshop)

Academic publishing is undergoing a dramatic shift as journals become more specialized and the number of publishing outlets surge. Understanding the publishing world and its potential impact on one’s career can be confusing and mysterious. This workshop provides an introduction to academic publishing by exploring the metrics and tools used to determine “impact.” Facilitators will explore the concept of “high impact” publishing, discuss two tools for assessing a journals impact factor, and discuss the evolution of academic publishing, including predatory publishing practices and open access journals.

Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to:

• Discuss some of the metrics used for determining impact factor
• Describe at least one tool for determining a journal’s impact factor
• Identify future trends in academic publishing

Turn Your Thesis into a Publishable Manuscript
Instructor: Jennifer Wilson, MS
Date: 4/30/2020
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Scott 200A (Center City Campus)
(Register for this workshop)

Turning your thesis into a research article for a journal offers the opportunity to share your research with a wider audience. Yet the process required to do so can be daunting since it requires modifying a document that meets academic requirements into one that meets journalistic standards. This session will provide guidance on how to do so.