Archive for January, 2008

QLTS: 4.2 - Hunting Down the Experts

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Finding those billion-dollar, appeared-on-Oprah, gazillion letters after their name experts isn’t all that tough. In fact, with a little bit of preparation and some persistence, you can fill up your Rolodex pretty quickly.
Here are some ways.
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Scour the Databases
There are a number of databases that list experts in various areas. Some of the […]

QLTS: 4.1 - Shmoozing for Quotes

Friday, January 25th, 2008

When writing features for magazines and newspapers, you’ll need to find people to validate what you say. So if you’re working on an article on say, prostate cancer, you’ll need to interview experts who can explain technical terms, patients who’ve battled it out, and maybe even a couple of celebrities who’re […]

To Do Before I’m 30: #38, 55

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

#38: Take a writing class.
I’ve sort of unofficially declared 2008 as my year of learning. Learning in terms of career, of course, but also in terms of learning about new cultures, learning different skills, and learning in the sense of acquiring more personality traits (learn to be more tolerant), etc.
What I’ve also […]