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How do you use transitions and connectors to improve your business writing?
First, ask yourself what relationship the two ideas have to each other. Do they contrast with one another? Does the next idea add on to the previous one? Is there a cause and effect relationship? How do you want the reader to think about your ideas? Once you decide on your relationship, then let that dictate what transition you need to use. Here's a great website that gives you transition word and phrase options for different relationships. https://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/transition-words.html
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There’s a surprisingly high cost to being likable. This is true in public speaking—but also in life and business. Everyone wants to be likable, but…
There’s a surprisingly high cost to being likable. This is true in public speaking—but also in life and business. Everyone wants to be likable, but…
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Be The Luck For Other Software Engineers - Interview With Scott Hanselman Arguably the coolest thing I've been able to do in my content…
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The book is officially off to the editor! Here is a quick description. Stay tuned for a publish date. Unlock the true potential of your…
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Education
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University of Nevada, Reno
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Activities and Societies: Textbook Committee, 2018-2020--edited two textbooks and aided in selecting textbooks Assessment Committee Member, 2017-2020--created surveys for department research, read and scored first-year composition essays in research, collaboratively revised department’s standard learning outcomes Teachers Teaching Teachers Presentation on Rubrics and Prompts Training Presentation for Teaching Assistants on Modern Language Association Formatting 3-Minute Thesis Winner (Doctoral Category)
Dissertation: “Humor Me: Using Humor Writing to Teach First-Year Composition Students Audience Awareness and Situated Knowledge”
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Activities and Societies: Alpha Pi Rho (University of Nevada, Reno's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta)
Thesis: “Irony and Exaggeration in Modern (1960–present) American Humor Writing”
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Activities and Societies: Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society Golden Key International Honour Society Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Summa Cum Laude with honors
Thesis: “Chick Lit: Tales from a Third-Wave Feminist Perspective," Minors: Economic Policy and Psychology
Awards
- Excellence in Honors Award, 2011
- College of Liberal Arts Dean's Distinguished Scholar Award, 2011
- College of Liberal Arts Dean's List, 2007 - 2011
- Honors Undergraduate Research Award (HURA), 2010
- Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship, 2006 - 2010
- Esther Early Scholarship, 2009 - 2010
-…Summa Cum Laude with honors
Thesis: “Chick Lit: Tales from a Third-Wave Feminist Perspective," Minors: Economic Policy and Psychology
Awards
- Excellence in Honors Award, 2011
- College of Liberal Arts Dean's Distinguished Scholar Award, 2011
- College of Liberal Arts Dean's List, 2007 - 2011
- Honors Undergraduate Research Award (HURA), 2010
- Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship, 2006 - 2010
- Esther Early Scholarship, 2009 - 2010
- Silver and Blue Scholarship, 2009 - 21010
- ASUN Liberal Arts Scholarship, 2008 - 2009
- Bob Davis Scholarship, 2008 - 2009 -
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Activities and Societies: Honors Society, Editor-in-Chief of the school newspaper (The Miner Detail), Bowling Team, Chosen as one of the students to serve on one of the accreditation committees
Licenses & Certifications
Publications
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AI's Role in Writing: How do AEC Industry Businesses Use Artificial Intelligence Effectively and Responsibly for Writing?
The Zweig Letter
See publicationArtificial intelligence's role in writing
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Composition Currents, 3rd Edition
Fountainhead Press
Editor and Contributor for:
Arenas, Therese et al. Composition Currents: Core Writing Program. 3rd ed., Fountainhead Press, 2019 -
Composition Currents. 2nd edition
Fountainhead Press
Editor and contributor for:
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"HMO: Help Me Out"
HumorPress.com
Won 5th Place in the 1st/2nd Quarter 2015 America’s Funniest Humor Writing
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"Heaven, Hell, and a Passing Grade"
HumorPress.com
See publicationWon 1st Place in the 1st/2nd Quater 2014 America's Funniest Humor Writing Contest
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"I Kept Walking"
Brushfire Zine
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"Challenging the Champ"
Stellaria
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"Lake Baikal"
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"Cookie for Your Thoughts"
The Storyteller: A Writer's Magazine
Won 3rd Place People's Choice Award
Honors & Awards
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Second Rounder in the 7th Annual Launch Pad Prose Competition
Launch Pad
Was a Second Rounder in the 7th Annual Launch Pad Prose Competition for my young adult action/adventure novel
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Awarded the James Q. and Cleo K. Ronald Dissertation Fellowship
University of Nevada, Reno
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Winner of the 3-Minute Thesis Competition, Doctoral Category
University of Nevada, Reno
Winner of the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Doctoral Category, University of Nevada Reno, speech title: “Humor Me: Using Humor Writing to Teach FYC Students Audience Awareness and Situated Knowledge”
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Quaterfinalist in PAGE Awards
PAGE Awards (international and annual screenwriting contest)
Script: Clocks, 1-hr. grounded sci-fi TV pilot
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Semifinalist in BlueCat's Screenwriting Contest
BlueCat (international and annual screenwriting contest)
Script: Clocks, 1-hr. grounded sci-fi TV pilot
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Top 50 in Roadmap Writer's JumpStart Contest
Roadmap Writer's JumpStart Contest
Script: Clocks, 1-hr. grounded sci-fi TV pilot
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Winner of the TV Screenplay Category in Roadmap Writers Pitch Contest
Roadmap Writers
Script: Clocks, 1-hr. grounded sci-fi TV pilot
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It’s a Funny Story: A Case Study of Humor and Laughter in a Writing Center
University of Nevada, Reno
Honorable Mention in the Liberal Arts/Social Sciences/Education Category, University of Nevada, Reno Graduate Student Association Poster Symposium
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Semifinalist in Scriptapalooza
Scriptapalooza (international and annual screenwriting contest)
Script: My Superhero Brother, animated family feature
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6th Place in the “Television/Movie Script” category of the 85th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
Writer's Digest
Script: My Superhero Brother, animated family feature
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Honorary Mention in the “Television/Movie Script” category of the 85th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
Writer's Digest
Script Title: Better in Boston, romantic comedy feature
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5th Place in HumorPress.com’s 1st/2nd Quarter 2015 America’s Funniest Humor Writing Contest
HumorPress.com
For "HMO: Help Me Out"
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1st Place in HumorPress.com’s 1st/2nd Quarter 2014 America’s Funniest Humor Writing Contest
HumorPress.com
For "Heaven, Hell, and a Passing Grade"
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Honors Undergraduate Research Award
University of Nevada, Reno Honors Program
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