[Editors] MIT Editors' Club Minutes, March 2011

[Bara Blender]

Hi Elizabeth,

Funny you should mention more workshops! We'll be sending an invitation
tomorrow for two upcoming webinars:

April 6: using mobile platforms in higher education
April 14: tips, tricks and shortcuts for the WordPress content management
system

Stay tuned for more details about both topics.

Regards,
Bara


On 3/22/11 1:26 PM, "Elizabeth A Thomson" <thomson at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> MIT EDITORS' CLUB
> 
> *Meeting Notes from March 9, 2011*
> 
> 
> *On Writing*
> 
> This meeting began with the question, "Are there really people out there who
> love writing? I think it's more like having a root canal."
> 
> That, of course, generated a lively discussion. Interestingly (to me), not one
> of the Editors present said that writing was easy for them. "It's always such
> a mental workout," said Nancye Mims, Stewardship and Donor Relations Officer
> in Resource Development. I have personally been a science writer for over 20
> years now, and still find the process painful. It's SATISFYING when I'm done,
> but painful at the time.
> 
> *Communications Resources*
> 
>> From there, we segued into resources for communicators at MIT to prevent
>> "reinventing the wheel every time." For example, someone wanted to know how
>> much it costs to create a new web site. My colleague Barbara Malec, Associate
>> Director for Web and Design in Resource Development Communications, had some
>> great advice---among other things, she suggested contacting DCAD, the web
>> development programming shop in Information Services and Technology (see
>> http://ist.mit.edu/dcad). Someone else suggested contacting the Publishing
>> Services Bureau (PSB).
> 
> Jessica Jones of the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program then asked
> if there were any online resources for questions just like this involving MIT
> communications. One great place to start, I said, is the Communicators Toolkit
> developed by the PSB (http://commtoolkit.mit.edu/). In fact, there's a nice
> story in The Tech about the Toolkit and PSB in general (go to
> http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N58/toolkit.html).
> 
> Several of us have found that PSB workshops involving communications have been
> very helpful. Note to PSB: We'd love it if you held some of these a few times
> a year, or more regularly. Said someone, "The annual repetition of useful
> workshops is important because often people are either busy, or not interested
> in the subject at the time." (Interests--and jobs--change.) Plus, the
> Institute is always hiring new communicators who would no doubt appreciate
> such workshops.
> 
> *Next Meetings*
> 
> The next meetings of MIT Editors' Club, which are always from 12-1 but in
> different locations around campus, are as follows:
> 
> Tuesday, April 12
> NW17-218, 175 Albany St. (Plasma Science and Fusion Center)
> 
> Wednesday, May 11
> N42-286 (Information Services and Technology)
> 
> Wednesday, June 15
> E38-254 (Publishing Services Bureau)
> 
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Elizabeth
> =========================
> Elizabeth A. Thomson
> Associate Director of Communications
> MIT Resource Development
> Office of Communications
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