Last term, like many other activities typically run in-person, Jane and I took our monthly LEaD Writing Group online. The final session of the year included a marvellous guest appearance from Johanna Peyton from the…
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Virtualising the LEaD Writing Group
As some of you may know, we run the LEaD Blog Writing group, which is an informal network of colleagues who are interested in carving out some time each month to focus on getting some…
Calling all City bloggers – relaunch event for the LEaD Writing Group
The LEaD Writing Group was established in 2016 at the Learning at City 2016 Conference, by Dan Sansome and Dom Pates. Dan has now left City and the group hasn’t met for a while. But…
Who’s your audience? I am!
In our blog writing guidance, we suggest you write with an audience in mind. We discussed this topic in February’s Blog Writing Group. It can be a challenge to think who your audience is. Joseph Lalonde…
Want to make your posts more conversational? Read this…
A frequent question in the blog writing sessions is – how can I make my writing more conversational? Relax is my first piece of advice. Don’t worry too much about the grammar and let your personality shine…
How to hook readers in with catchy blog titles
The focus of this month’s writing group was creating blog titles to grab the attention of readers. We looked at advice from Corey Wainwright’s blog post on the subject, which outlined the following key points: Start…
LEaD Writing Group – “I lay awake, unable to sleep, and all because…”
Last week saw the monthly meeting of the LEaD Writing Group. This is a brief account of the proceedings and an invitation to join us. As usual, we started with a quick writing activity to introduce…
LEaD Writing Group – Review
The LEaD Writing Group has been running for just over 6 months now. The group was set up to encourage more staff to contribute to the Learning at City blog and to provide a time and…
Learning with blogs
The theme for this month’s LEaD Writing Group was – Learning with blogs. We explored our own experiences together with observations of how our students have learnt with blogs. A number of themes emerged: Learning…
A group for writing
Following this year’s Learning at City conference, a few members of LEaD have set up a writing group. The idea is to provide a supportive community and environment for City academics and Professional Services staff…
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