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Greetings again. I’m now in Nairobi, Kenya, to facilitate some workshops. Shortly before this trip, I was in Seattle, a city in the northwestern United States. (Yes, I’ve been traveling …

Hello again. A few days ago I returned from the Council of Science Editors (CSE) annual meeting. At the CSE meeting, I learned of some good resources. I’ll now feature …

Hello again. A few days ago, at the AuthorAID proposal-writing workshop in Ethiopia, a participant requested more examples of grant proposals. I promised to look for examples available online. When …

To aid understanding, consider not using double negatives in the same sentence. For example, instead of writing "Our results were not unlike previous findings," write "Our results resembled previous findings." …

Greetings from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where I’m facilitating an AuthorAID workshop on proposal writing. Just as I was about to board the plane, I received e-mail stating that the new …

Hello again. Recently I learned of some articles that can help researchers communicate with policymakers and the public. I’m now featuring these articles as our Resource of the Week. These …

Some journals ask authors to provide keywords for their articles. When you think of possible keywords, try to use them in literature searches. If they yield articles with content similar …

Greetings again. I hope that May has started well for you. I just returned from Lahore, Pakistan. I was there, along with Sioux Cumming from INASP, on behalf of AuthorAID. …

Hello again. A few days ago, at a workshop that I gave in Pakistan, someone mentioned seeking a checklist to use in evaluating poster presentations. Some Internet searching led me …