A Blog Post about a Blog
BLOG
November 23, 2021 Author: Trina Prior, ANSER-ARES Board member
A common tip for writing a good blog post is to start with a catchy title to bring in the reader. A recommendation for launching a new blog is to not announce that it is new – just start your first entry like the reader is new, but the blog already existed. So far, this post is zero for two.
As you’ve probably figured out, ANSER-ARES is launching a blog. Well, if you are reading this, it has technically been launched. Anyway, it is a blog, and it is something new for the Association.
You may ask, why a blog and why now? Both good questions with equally good answers. Over the summer we were hard at work upgrading our website. Although the site doesn’t look much different, the improvements have vastly increased our ability to make updates and add new features (like a blog) to the site – something that has been sorely needed.
More importantly, as an association with a broad focus on non-profit organizations and social economy research, we have a lot of timely information we want to share. However, only so much is possible in 280 characters or less. Enter, the new blog.
We see this as a space to share what the Association is working on. Items like themes for an upcoming edition of the ANSERJ journal, an overview of how to make the most of the Congress experience, and Q+A with mentors and mentees of the new ANSER-ARES mentorship program. It will also allow us to shine a spotlight on the winners, and research, of the ANSER-ARES Masters and Doctoral Awards recipients, the winners of the Distinguished Service Award and excerpts from Best Book Awards.
Our goal with each post is to further our mission by providing useful and interesting content, and providing a place for people like you, our ANSER community, to contribute. This is where you come in. What would you like to share? What would you like to read?
Possible options include:
- Advice for completing (surviving) a thesis
- Tips for getting published in an academic journal
- Book reviews
- Key research findings (ideally yours)
- Interview with a presenter at the ANSER-ARES conference (May 12-15 – mark your calendar)
- (insert your own idea here)
The blog will be posted once or twice a month, hosted on our website and shared on social media. Submissions can be made in French or English and will be translated and made available in both languages.
Thanks in advance for sharing and following along (it can only get better from here).
Questions and submissions should be sent to: anser.ares@gmail.com
Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER) — Association de recherche sur les organismes sans but lucratif et de l’économie sociale (ARES) is a Canadian association, and registered charity, focused on research that pertains broadly to nonprofit organizations and the social economy.
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