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As a subscriber, you'll receive once a month (or a little more often) a succinct article devoted to practical strategies for successfully completing your doctoral dissertation.
We will focus on ways to overcome the inevitable obstacles you'll face along the dissertation marathon including the twin devils of all dissertations: writer's block and procrastination.
We'll have periodic interviews with highly productive scholars uncovering the tips and secrets they wish they'd known at the beginning of their own careers. And we'll never forget the special challenges of the isolated, off-campus, working ABD.
Our goal is to speed you on your way towards your doctorate and, in the process, to enhance the skills you'll need for a lifetime of academic productivity.
More than 10,000 ABD's receive this newsletter, and we're proud of our feedback.
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FREE WORKSHOPS FOR ABDSG READERS!
NOTE FOR ALL WORKSHOPS
Upon registration in your group you will be provided with the telephone
bridge line for that group.
When responding to an ad, please include "ABD Group" in the
subject line.
All groups are "no fee" for the first set of sessions offered.
Dissertation to Distraction OR Amazing Intensive Interactive ADD Group
For the ADD Community
Learn to ORGANIZE, BALANCE, EXECUTE
Have you been diagnosed with ADD? Do you believe you have ADD?
Are you easily distracted, tardy, impulsive?
Do you have:
Difficulty concentrating and focusing?
Short term memory slippage?
Problems organizing ideas and belongings?
Weak planning and execution strategies?
Join our fun intensive interactive ADD group and finally find ABD balance!
Wednesdays (starting April 30, 2008) weekly at 8:00 PM (Eastern) for
8 (no fee) sessions
Contact: ADD Coach Gary Hillman at gary@newleafcoachingonline.com.
Re-igniting Your Passion:
Achieve Clarity and Focus to Successfully Complete Your Dissertation
Lost your verve?
Are you more distracted than focused?
Struggling to complete your dissertation?
Join this coaching group and learn
The Dissertation Success System
6 keys to laser-like clarity and focus
3 keys to move past your blocks
7 keys for success
Wednesdays 9:00 PM EDT
8 FREE SESSIONS
First Session begins April 23, 2008.
Contact: Marnie McNamara at marnie@primaryrelationship.com
LOST in a Quagmire of Procrastination?
SEEKING Your Motivational Muse?
WONDERING Where Your Discipline Went?
Learn ways to get unstuck and back on track
What contributes to your procrastination?
What organizational challenges are you facing?
What pitfalls in time management and self-discipline get in your way?
What do you need to get motivated?
Join a group of peers on Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:00 pm EDT
for 6 (no fee) telephone sessions beginning April 30, 2008.
Contact: Carol Winslow at cwin@wt.net
THE UN-DISSERTATION GROUP
When You've Tried Everything Else, but Still Feel Stuck
If you've tried all the ordinary strategies to get your dissertation
done -
now let's try some Unstrategies.
This group will focus on some different ways to get work done. We'll
create an Unschedule, Unblock your Flow, and Uncover methods for you
to get things done.
Wednesdays, weekly at 12:00 pm (noon) EDT for 6 sessions (no cost for
ABD's).
First Session: Wednesday April 23, 2008 at 12:00 noon EDT.
Please Contact: me-Dr. Karen Shue - at DrKaren@BrainandHealth.com.
Be Your Own Dissertation Completion Hero:
Experienced Educator Strategies Will Hold Your Clay Feet
to Your Own Creative Fire!
Difficulty with procrastination, writing and motivation?
Tried and true strategies from PhD educator with track record of successful
dissertations will guide you via the PMAI.
Is your internal Destroyer working against your natural Creator?
How about learning how your Ruler will bring you self discipline?
Learn how archetypes inform your unique journey.
Thursdays, every other week, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm EDT.
First session: May 1, 2008.
The Pearson Marr Archetypes Inventory (PMAI) and supporting documents
will be provided free for first ten participates ($20 value).
Contact: Patricia Hinton Walker, PhD at phintonwalker@comcast.net.
Please include your mailing address so PMAI can be mailed to first 10
to sign up.
Group size limited to 10 participants (no fee).
Get Re-Started Now!
All dissertation subjects welcome, especially technical and medical.
Topics include:
Writer's Block, Argument, Analysis and Revision.
Group meets 6 Thursdays each week from 7:00 to 8:00 pm EDT.
First Session: May 1, 2008.
My background includes twenty years of experience
teaching academic and professional writing.
Contact: Edward Berlinski, PhD, at egberlin707@yahoo.com.
Using Personal Signature Strengths to Conquer the Mighty Dissertation
Dates: Tuesdays 4/22/08, 2/29/08, 5/06/08
Time: 3:00 PM EST (2 PM Central, 1PM Mountain, 12 noon PST)
Cost: Free
Contact & RSVP: successwiz@msn.com (subject: ABD V - Group)
Presenter: Dr. Moji Moghadam
Content:
Stay strong and complete your dissertation! Embarking upon and completing
your doctoral dissertation is a monumental task that requires self-discipline,
focus, and fortitude. It can be a struggle balancing life's many responsibilities
together with the negotiation and navigation of your dissertation. One
way to transform the journey into a more efficient adventure is by tapping
and applying your core signature strengths. Signature Strengths are
a set of character strengths identified and categorized by Dr. M. Seligman
and his associates as derived from the field of Positive Psychology.
Join us in:
• Examining the theory of Signature Strengths and Positive Psychology
• Identifying your Signature Strengths
• Investigating ways in which your SS's help you succeed
• Exploring ways to apply your SS's to overcome dissertation roadblocks
and challenges
• Developing a blueprint for SUCCESS
This free teleseminar V-group will meet weekly for one hour via teleconference (telephone) for three consecutive weeks. For more information and to register please contact us at successwiz@msn.com (subject: ABD V-group).
