ARTICLES
& REPORTS
- Writer's Guidelines -
MindPlay is the member newsletter for the Innovation Network. It is published four times a year and generally runs 12 pages. Articles are short, informative and practical. There is no advertising within the newsletter but it is possible to insert information in the mailing package. For more information about advertising, contact Cynthia Carlisle at 512-302-4123 or e-mail her at editor@thinksmart.com.
We invite article submissions from anyone working in the field of organizational innovation and are especially looking for stories about actual innovation initiatives. The following information is intended to help you submit articles of interest to MindPlay readers.
The Audience: Innovation Network members are a sophisticated group of organizational change agents. Typically, they have done a lot of self-education in the realm of innovation, creativity and organizational development. They do not need Creativity 101-type articles. They do need practical ideas they can use.
Especially useful would be articles in the following areas:
- Training tips
- How to improve group communication
- How to increase collaboration
- How to implement ideas
- How to "sell" ideas and get buy-in from groups and senior
management
- Stories about innovation implementations -- why they worked or
why they failed
- How to improve personal creativity and effectiveness
- Wonderful quotes or short blurbs
- Stories about people who have been particularly successful in creating organizational change
Length: Articles should
be short ... especially useful are the 500-750 word articles that focus
on practical issues. Feature articles can be up to 1,200 words but check
before submitting a feature article.
Payment: There
is no payment for articles although each author will receive 15 copies
of MindPlay and permission to reprint at his or her own expense as long
as the MindPlay issue and date are noted along with a contact phone number
and e-mail address on the reprints.
Rights and Credits:
By submitting articles, authors grant the Innovation Network the right
to print the article in MindPlay and subsequently to post it on the Innovation
Network website (www.thinksmart.com). Authors will be given a byline at
the top of the article and author credit and contact information at the
end of the article. Authors who are professional members of the Innovation
Network and who also have their own websites, will be entitled to a hotlink
to their websites.
Submission Dates:
Deadlines for 1999 are as follows
Issue Date Deadline:
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March - February 1
June - May 1
September - August 1
December - November 1
Submission formats:
All articles should be submitted in Word or Rich Text Format either on
disk or through e-mail to editor@thinksmart.com
For More Information:
Contact Cynthia Carlisle at 512-302-4123 or e-mail her at editor@thinksmart.com