Writing Class - Week 1

Eye on the Prize: Create Goals That Move You Forward

Presenter: Susan Robison, Psychologist, Faculty Development Consultant, Professor Destressor

Learn how to create a Workout Plan with effective writing goals that will keep you moving forward. This class will also introduce a 5-minute writing warm-up that you can use each time you sit down to write, as well as share how to create "cool-downs" that will set the bar for your next writing session. It will emphasis what Workout exercises differentiates those who accomplish their goals and those who get stuck.

Susan Robison is a former professor of psychology and department chair at the Notre Dame of Maryland University. She provides faculty development and productivity coaching at higher education conferences and on college campuses. Her mission is to help faculty increase their productivity and work-life balance. Her book, The Peak Performing Professor: A Practical Guide to Productivity and Happiness was published by Wiley in October of 2013. While she didn’t enjoy writing it, she is enjoying having written it. Her most current writing project was serving as a co-editor on a special topics issue on Coaching Skills for Academic Leaders published by the Journal of Excellence in College Teaching in which she only had to write a little and mostly enjoyed helping other people write.