ACADEMICALLY “Developing the scholar in you�
The Monthly eNewsletter of The Scholar Mentor
November 2019 | Issue 7 www.TheScholarMentor.com
LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF I am sure you have attended a dinner party, reception, or some other event where you had to introduce yourself. Simply, we usually tell our name and
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where we are from, or what we do for a living. If there is more time, we offer a few more details about our lives. There is another version of this that is used to sell yourself or your ideas; it is the elevator pitch or elevator speech. In academia, imagine you have to share your research with someone in the very short time it may take to go from the 1oth floor to the first floor while on the elevator. In this brief, in the moment introduction, you want to capture the attention of the person or persons you are talking with, hoping you will get the chance for a longer conversation. This elevator pitch can be very analogous to writing the Introduction to a manuscript. What you say in the first line, first paragraph, and first page of a manuscript tells readers if they want to engage longer with your work, in essence, read your manuscript or
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article. In this issue of Academically, The Scholar Mentor shares how important it is to develop and write a great Introduction for a manuscript or paper. Writing the Introduction can be challenging; however, there are some helpful hints that are shared so that you can write an Introduction that will present your work to the world. Hello, let me introduce my work!
The Scholar Mentor Newsletter is designed to advise, encourage, and mentor scholars in academic writing, and successful navigation and attainment of career goals in academe. Felicia Moore Mensah, PhD | @docmensah | #thescholarmentor | https://www.facebook.com/TheScholarMentor
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