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=Introduction=
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This page is useful to those [[Writing Blog Posts]] at the McNair Center.
This page will describe the structure of the blog team, the basic process for writing and publishing a blog post, and the expectations of the blog writers.
 
  
=Team Structure=
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<onlyinclude>The summer 2017 [[Blog Team]] consists of [[Diana Carranza]] and [[Anne Dayton]].  
The Blog Team is highly encouraged to collaborate and bounce ideas off of one another. To facilitate a team dynamic, the Blog Team needs to have meetings at least once a month to generate ideas, set goals, and talk about progress. This way, the entire team can be on the same page about what kind of content is wanted, what everyone else is working on, and potential opportunities for collaboration.
 
  
==Student Leadership Positions==
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Every member of the McNair Staff is encouraged to consider writing a blog article.  In spring 2017, [[Catherine Kirby]], [[Taylor Jacobe]], and [[Eliza Martin]] were the  [[Blog Team]]. Other staff with posts published or in progress include [[Carlin Cherry]], [[Dylan Dickens]], [[Julia Wang]], [[Jake Silberman]], [[Avesh Krishna]], [[Ramee Saleh]] and [[Meghana Gaur]].
These leaders will be appointed by Ed and Anne. Student leaders are responsible for logging and documenting their work in a manner that allows for easy transition once a new student takes over the position.  
 
  
*'''Graphics Editor''' Responsible for approving all choices for blog post graphics, checking that we have permission to use them and that they are appropriate based on the content of the post. This editor is also responsible for approving the captions on photos. The Graphics Editor will also check once the blog post has been published that it has the correct citations, caption, and appearance in WordPress. This position is currently open. Let us know if you’re interested.
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During academic year 2016-17, the [[Blog Team#Team Structure|Blog Team Structure]] included an online editor ([[Taylor Jacobe]]) The  position of graphics editor was also proposed, but never filled. Students who wrote blog posts were required to take a turn as peer editor and review other students' content.  
*'''Online Editor:''' Tay Jacobe will be responsible for approving the blog posts once they are in WordPress right before they are published. The Online Editor checks to make sure that the Yoast SEO and Readability plugins are rating the page at an acceptable level. The Online Editor assures that there is consistency in how we structure posts. The Online Editor is responsible for keeping a running list of what posts we have published and what date they were published.
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Two '''weekly round-up''' blog posts on entrepreneurship and innovation were published in fall 2016. [[Meghana Gaur]] and [[Avesh Krishna]] took on the roles of entrepreneurship and innovation weekly round-up writers, respectively. Each week we did a weekly round-up of articles posted on the web on the topics of entrepreneurship and innovation (one post each). [[Weekly Roundup]] and [[Weekly Round-up Resources]] (old) provide resources. The McNair Center only published the weekly round-up in entrepreneurship in spring 2017</onlyinclude>
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==Team Structure==
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The Blog Team is encouraged to collaborate.
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It was proposed that the Blog Team have meetings at least once a month to generate ideas, set goals, and talk about progress during the academic year. This way, the entire team can be on the same page about what kind of content is wanted, what everyone else is working on, and potential opportunities for collaboration.
  
==Two student roles==
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===Student Leadership Positions===
*'''Peer Editor:''' All student blog writers would in turn act as peer content editors. Responsible for editing drafts of blog posts, looking for places where content could be improved, cut, or elaborated upon. The Peer Editors also edit posts for grammar and style. Peer editors will return posts to authors within one shift.
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During the academic year, these leaders will be appointed by Ed and Anne. Student leaders are responsible for logging and documenting their work in a manner that allows for easy transition once a new student takes over the position.  
*'''Weekly Round-up Authors:''' These students would author a weekly post that briefly summarized what other entrepreneurship and innovation blog writers had posted during the preceding week. Round-up authors would be responsible for choosing which contact from an established list of blogs to include. They could also include material from other blogs, but these additions would need to be okayed by Anne or Ed. The weekly round-up would be published on Monday mornings, and thus would need to completed and approved no later than 5:00 pm on Friday. These positions are currently open. Let us know if you’re interested.  
 
  
===List of Blogs for Weekly Round-Up===
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*'''Graphics Editor''' Responsible for approving all choices for blog post graphics, checking that we have permission to use them and that they are appropriate based on the content of the post. This editor is also responsible for approving the captions on photos. The Graphics Editor will also check once the blog post has been published that it has the correct citations, caption, and appearance in WordPress. This position is currently open. Let us know if you’re interested.
*Patentlyo patentlyo.com
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*'''Online Editor''' Responsible for approving the blog posts once they are in WordPress right before they are published. The Online Editor checks to make sure that the Yoast SEO and Readability plugins are rating the page at an acceptable level. The Online Editor assures that there is consistency in how we structure posts. The Online Editor is responsible for keeping a running list of what posts we have published and what date they were published. The [[Online Editor]] page has important details for the online editor's job. [[Taylor Jacobe]] served as online editor in 2016-17.
*Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property Blog cpip.gmu.edu/blog/
 
*FOSS patents fosspatents.com
 
*Kauffman Growthology         kauffman.org/blogs/growthology
 
*Pitchbook pitchbook.com/news
 
*Crunchbase Daily (registration required) crunchbase.com
 
*Entrepreneur.com entrepreneur.com
 
*The Deal thedeal.com
 
*Thomson Reuters
 
*National Bureau of Economic Research         nber.com (posts on E&I only)
 
*Kleiner Perkins kpcb.com
 
*Harvard Business Review hbr.org
 
  
==Due Dates and Expectations==
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===Two student roles===
A draft of a post will be expected by Anne no later than one week after the idea is approved. This time period includes the peer editor process. Peer editors must complete their editing within one shift of being assigned to a post. After Anne’s edits are received, a new draft is expected one shift later. Tighter timelines may be specified depending on circumstances.
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*'''Peer Editor:''' During the academic year, all student blog writers would in turn act as peer content editors. Responsible for editing drafts of blog posts, looking for places where content could be improved, cut, or elaborated upon. The Peer Editors also edit posts for grammar and style. Peer editors will return posts to authors within one shift. During the academic year, see [[Peer Editor Schedule]] for available per editors.
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*'''Weekly Round-up Authors:''' These students would author a weekly post that briefly summarized what other entrepreneurship and innovation blog writers had posted during the preceding week. Round-up authors are responsible for choosing which contact from an established list of blogs to include. They could also include material from other blogs, but these additions would need to be okayed by Anne or Ed. The weekly round-up would be published on Monday mornings, and thus would need to completed and approved no later than noon on Friday.  
  
=Blog Post Writing Process=
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Approximate length 500 words. Include lots of links. Breadth is more important than depth!
#Before beginning a blog post, blog writers must get preliminary approval from Anne or Ed. To propose a blog post, sketch the idea in 2-3 sentences in a post on the #bloggers Slack Channel. Include links to at least three sources you would draw on to write the post. State the implications for public policy on entrepreneurship, innovation, or public policy in your proposal.
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[[Category:McNair Admin]]
#Once your idea is approved, set up a wiki page for the blog post. Include the proposal, all sources, an editable link to the google doc, and any other relevant information. Use [[Blog Post Categorization]] for help so that the post shows up in our summary page, [[Active Blog Posts]]. Drafts are due one week after your idea is approved.
 
#Once the draft is ready for review, give it to the next available peer editor. He or she will make suggestions and return the blog post to the writer. The writer will revise the draft based on these suggestions
 
#Give the revised draft to Anne, completing the same process of suggestion and revision as with the peer editor in Step 1. If any large changes are made in this process, the writer will give the new draft to another available peer editor to check for grammar/content one last time before giving it to Ed. This process may have to be repeated more than once if the blog needs further development.
 
#Give the final draft Anne for approval. Once Anne’s approval is given, the piece can be posted in the blog using Steps 5-6.
 
#'''Simultaneously with Steps 1-3:''' Select two or more graphics for the blog post (one as featured image, one for within the post itself), making sure that we are authorized to use the image and that we have the proper citations. Write a caption for the graphic. Give all of this to the Graphics Editor for approval.
 
#Once the graphics and content have been approved, the writer can post it all into WordPress. The writer need to make the page visually appealing and set up the WordPress features- Use [[Blog Post Best Practices]] for help (SEO, Readability, Tags, Hyperlinks). At this point, the blog post will be ready for publication, but should be labeled as a “Draft” within WordPress (not public yet).
 
#Notify the Online Editor that the post is completely ready to be published. The Online Editor checks that the post is at the quality we expect for publishing, looking at graphics, plugins, content, title, etc. The Online Editor can then publish it to the public in WordPress.
 

Latest revision as of 12:32, 21 June 2017

This page is useful to those Writing Blog Posts at the McNair Center.

The summer 2017 Blog Team consists of Diana Carranza and Anne Dayton.

Every member of the McNair Staff is encouraged to consider writing a blog article. In spring 2017, Catherine Kirby, Taylor Jacobe, and Eliza Martin were the Blog Team. Other staff with posts published or in progress include Carlin Cherry, Dylan Dickens, Julia Wang, Jake Silberman, Avesh Krishna, Ramee Saleh and Meghana Gaur.

During academic year 2016-17, the Blog Team Structure included an online editor (Taylor Jacobe) The position of graphics editor was also proposed, but never filled. Students who wrote blog posts were required to take a turn as peer editor and review other students' content.

Two weekly round-up blog posts on entrepreneurship and innovation were published in fall 2016. Meghana Gaur and Avesh Krishna took on the roles of entrepreneurship and innovation weekly round-up writers, respectively. Each week we did a weekly round-up of articles posted on the web on the topics of entrepreneurship and innovation (one post each). Weekly Roundup and Weekly Round-up Resources (old) provide resources. The McNair Center only published the weekly round-up in entrepreneurship in spring 2017

Team Structure

The Blog Team is encouraged to collaborate.

It was proposed that the Blog Team have meetings at least once a month to generate ideas, set goals, and talk about progress during the academic year. This way, the entire team can be on the same page about what kind of content is wanted, what everyone else is working on, and potential opportunities for collaboration.

Student Leadership Positions

During the academic year, these leaders will be appointed by Ed and Anne. Student leaders are responsible for logging and documenting their work in a manner that allows for easy transition once a new student takes over the position.

  • Graphics Editor Responsible for approving all choices for blog post graphics, checking that we have permission to use them and that they are appropriate based on the content of the post. This editor is also responsible for approving the captions on photos. The Graphics Editor will also check once the blog post has been published that it has the correct citations, caption, and appearance in WordPress. This position is currently open. Let us know if you’re interested.
  • Online Editor Responsible for approving the blog posts once they are in WordPress right before they are published. The Online Editor checks to make sure that the Yoast SEO and Readability plugins are rating the page at an acceptable level. The Online Editor assures that there is consistency in how we structure posts. The Online Editor is responsible for keeping a running list of what posts we have published and what date they were published. The Online Editor page has important details for the online editor's job. Taylor Jacobe served as online editor in 2016-17.

Two student roles

  • Peer Editor: During the academic year, all student blog writers would in turn act as peer content editors. Responsible for editing drafts of blog posts, looking for places where content could be improved, cut, or elaborated upon. The Peer Editors also edit posts for grammar and style. Peer editors will return posts to authors within one shift. During the academic year, see Peer Editor Schedule for available per editors.
  • Weekly Round-up Authors: These students would author a weekly post that briefly summarized what other entrepreneurship and innovation blog writers had posted during the preceding week. Round-up authors are responsible for choosing which contact from an established list of blogs to include. They could also include material from other blogs, but these additions would need to be okayed by Anne or Ed. The weekly round-up would be published on Monday mornings, and thus would need to completed and approved no later than noon on Friday.

Approximate length 500 words. Include lots of links. Breadth is more important than depth!