1. NASPA ANNUAL CONFERENCE PHILADELPHIA, PA 4 MARCH, 2018
Writing for Professional Publication: A NASPA Journals-Sponsored Intensive Writing Workshop
NASPA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
PHILADELPHIA, PA
4 MARCH, 2018

2. Freewriting What led you to sign up for this workshop?
What are your greatest fears/joys related to writing?
What do you hope to gain from our time together today?

3. Introductions and Goals
What is your current institution and position?
What are your goals for today’s workshop?
Build a pool of professional writers for NASPA’s and other professional publications.
Educate participants on the processes of topic generation, manuscript production, submission, reviewing, and publishing.
Assist participants in developing a writing action.
Build a cohort of writers.  

4. Focused Small Groups
I need to find a topic to write about
I already have a topic I want to write about
How familiar with the literature around your topic are you?
What knowledge and expertise do you bring to this topic?
How does your specific approach to your topic add to what we already know about it?
Which NASPA journal is a good fit for your work?
What in higher education are you passionate about?
What gaps in knowledge do you see in our field?
What specific knowledge and expertise do you bring to the writing process?
How does your work in student affairs connect to a specific NASPA journal?

5. Tackling the Writing Process: Melanie Lee, Facilitator
Tools that we use to facilitate the writing process
Dealing with writer’s block
Generating new ideas
Setting a writing schedule
Utilizing a writing group and peer review
APA and other common style guides
Your questions?

6. Editorial Board Panel Bridget Kelly, Facilitator
Where can our work be published?
What kinds of manuscripts can we publish?
What is the manuscript review process like?
What do reviewers look for in manuscripts
Panelists: Leah Hollis (NJAWHE), Susan Marine (JSARP & NJAWHE), Carrie Kortegast (JSARP)

7. Action Plan Develop goals for your writing: Accountability:
1 week from now I will…
1 month from now I will…
6 months from now I will…
By the next NASPA annual conference I will…
Accountability:
How will you support each other’s progress towards your goals?

8. Wrap-Up NASPA Journal Editors
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP): Bridget Kelly:
NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education (NJAWHE):
Amy Aldous Bergerson:
Margaret Sallee:
Journal of College and Character:
Peter Mather: