1. Disseminating and Writing
Stephanie L Marhefka, PhD
Associate Professor

2. Learning Objectives
Identify tools and strategies for determining the most appropriate dissemination strategies for your work
Evaluate your writing strengths and weaknesses
Describe techniques for improving your writing productivity

3. Making a Dissemination Plan
What impact do you hope to have?
Who is affected most by this research?
Who would be interested in learning about the study findings? Is this of interest to a broader community?
What is the most effective way to reach each audience? What resources does each group typically access?
When should each aspect of the dissemination plan occur (e.g. at which points during the study and afterwards)?
Who will be responsible for dissemination activities?
Source: CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement

4. What is the best way to get this work out there?

5. Dissemination Planning Tool: Exhibit A from Volume 4
Dissemination Planning Tool: Exhibit A from Volume 4.. Content last reviewed October Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

6. Dissemination Planning Tool: Exhibit A from Volume 4
Dissemination Planning Tool: Exhibit A from Volume 4.. Content last reviewed October Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

7. Tracking Your Dissemination Plan

8. Time to Start Writing

9. It’s Time to Write…Is this You?

11. Write only when you feel like it?
How is that working?
Are you happy with your productivity?

12. Which is your Writing Strategy?
Abstinence: Only write when something is due
Spontaneous: Only write when feel inspired
Forced Writing: Write at scheduled times

13. Non-scheduled writing is less productive!

14. What are reasonable goals?

15. How to Prioritize as a Grad Student
Projects with Deadlines
Concept Paper, Qualifying Exam, Dissertations
Professional Publications
Other Writing Projects (blogs, letters to the editor, etc)

16. What are Your Writing Strengths and Weaknesses?
Beginning
Creativity
Putting pen to paper
Organization
Grammar
Style
Preparation
Completion
Identifying a home for your work

17. Tips for Addressing your Writing Weaknesses
Talk it through/storyboard
Do basic formatting first
Use an outline
Seek editorial assistance
Engage co-authors
Step back
Set deadlines
Use contingency management

18. Start a Writing Group! Motivated graduate students
Regular meetings to monitor individual progress and get feedback
Concrete, achievable short-term goals
Provide support and problem-solving assistance

19. Maintain Open Communication with your Mentor
What are you working on?
What are your priorities?
Where are you stuck?
What do you need?

21. Thank you!