[Editors] MIT Editors' Club Minutes: March 2014

[Elizabeth A Thomson]

MIT EDITORS' CLUB

*Meeting Notes from March 11, 2014*


*Communications Workshops*

Several of the Editors present at this meeting attended--and spoke highly of--one or more of the free communications workshops offered through Harvard. Go to:

http://shorensteincenter.org/students/communications-program/communications-workshops/

In fact, our own Ken Gagne of MIT Medical *taught* one of the workshops, "How to Launch Your Own Website Using Wordpress." Ken's presentation was videotaped, so you can watch the 1 hour 18 minute presentation from the following link<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiRM0rfjD7I>.  You can also access Ken's slides<http://www.slideshare.net/kgagne/how-to-launch-your-own-website-using-wordpress> from the presentation.

*MIT Acronyms*

Editors at this meeting came from RD, EECS, UPOP, IS&T, and….many other acronyms. That reminded us of the MIT acronyms wiki that members of MIT Editors' Club should find useful:

Acronyms, abbreviations and lingo used at MIT

https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/ACRONYMS/Acronyms+Home

The original web site was created and maintained by Editors' Club members Janet Snover and Catherine Avril; Editor Alice Waugh turned it into a wiki back in 2008. That means that anyone at MIT (with certificates) can make additions or changes to the list, including adding a link or perhaps a short description to any of the entries to make them more informative.

*Thank You*

Thank you to Patsy Sampson at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science for hosting this meeting.

*Next Meetings*

Wednesday, April 9
E38-254 (Communication Production Services)

Tuesday, May 13
NW17-218 (Plasma Science and Fusion Center)

Thursday, June 19
W98-302 (Resource Development)

Cheers,

Elizabeth
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