This infographic shares some of the many practical strategies from the book Sharing Your Education Expertise with the World: Make Research Resonate and Widen Your Impact:
The strategies featured are:
Let Reporters Come to You
Register with these sources journalists search for experts:
Help a Reporter Out (HARO) www.helpareporter.com
Education Writers Association’s (EWA’s) SourceSearch www.ewa.org/sourcesearch
Public Insight Network (PIN) www.publicinsightnetwork.org
Download Lists of 2,000 Opportunities
Click “eResources” tab after visiting goo.gl/qNWR2g.
Author a Book… with 1 Chapter
Clean up a college paper, visit IGI Global (www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers), change “Display” field to “Call for Book Chapters”, & submit. Once published, you'll be a published author, can set up an Amazon author page (among others), & will look desirable on future book proposals.
Bookmark This
goo.gl/fBhun7 (scan it for reporters’ invitations).
Add #TellEWA When Tweeting Your Work
The Education Writers Association (EWA) will often share your piece with its 3,000+ journalists as an “EWA Story of the Week”.
Present Online as Step to Give TED Talk
Sort the list of conferences (see 4 tips above) by location & speak at one listed as “online”. You can present in your pajamas (attendees only see your slides) while using notes (sound like a genius!). Save your recording’s weblink & use it when your TED Talk (www.ted.com) application requires a recored sample of your public speaking.
Learn more in the book Sharing Your Education Expertise with the World: Make Research Resonate and Widen Your Impact by Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D.
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