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The University Seminar at the George Washington University entitled, “Creating a Culture of Collaboration at the George Washington University” or C3@GWU

https://blogs.gwu.edu/collaborativeculture

seeks blog authors for the upcoming academic year (2018-2019).

The C3@GWU Seminar Objectives are to:

  • Assemble knowledge communities (“think tanks”) of key contributors and stakeholders from throughout and beyond GWU to foster cross-disciplinary discourse and generate agendas for action in creating a collaborative culture at GWU.
  • Explore key topical areas critical to scientific collaboration within and beyond the GWU scholarly community.
  • Examine critical areas of academic and organizational collaborative functioning that will strengthen a growing culture of collaboration at GWU.
  • Propose collaborative and team protocols, policies, and activities to university leadership and decision-makers responsible for empowering GWU collaborative science.
  • Disseminate key products and create knowledge-sharing events that will enhance collaborative activity at the GW department, school, and university levels.

This program is in its 3rd year and a major goal is to introduce to the GW community to international voices dedicated to a number of key areas in collaborative science including:

  • Developing and educating team scientists
  • Measuring team effectiveness
  • Technologies for collaboration and scholarship informetrics
  • Required organizational supports for team science and collaboration
  • Faculty reward and recognition for collaborative activities,
  • Issues related to crossing cultural, ethnic, and gender boundaries in science.

If invited to publish your blog idea you will receive as a C3@GWU Blogger:

  • Editing and preparation assistance of your message for the blog site
  • Solicited participation of our over C3@GWU followers.
  • Distribution of your contribution through Twitter
  • A $50 Amazon gift card (GWU Blog authors are not eligible for the gift card)

Blog ideas might include:

  • A synopsis of one of your recent publications
  • An open editorial of a recently published seminal work
  • A report on a work in progress
  • Teaching and learning tips
  • Reflections on collaborative processes at your institution.
  • Others…

Interested Blog authors should provide:

  • Name
  • Contact Information
  • Institution
  • A brief (100-150 word) statement of a blog idea.
  • The key C3@GWU interest area listed above that your idea addresses.
  • Please identify a month in the upcoming year that might hope to publish your blog (October 2018-May 2019).
  • Return email materials to glotrecc@gwu.edu.
  • There is no deadline to this solicitation and all ideas will be considered for their fit with the key areas of the C3@GWU program.
  • In addition to individuals, teams and groups are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to submit.

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