1. Presented at Innovations, March 6, 2012 How to Get your Idea Published Dr. Deborah L. Floyd Editor-in-Chief, Community College Journal of Research & Practice, CCJRP@Fau.Edu Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Dfloyd@Fau.Edu Dr. Cynthia Wilson Exchange Editor, Community College Journal of Research & Practice Vice President, League for Innovation in the Community College

2. How to Get Your Idea Published Community College Journal of Research & Practice What’s the Big Idea? 1.Is it well articulated? 2.Is it research or practice based, theoretical/conceptual, or essay/opinion? 3.The So-What Factor: who is your audience, is your topic relevant to them, what is the significance, and what are the implications for policy, research, and practice?

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5. How to Get Your Idea Published Community College Journal of Research & Practice Taylor & Francis Author Services Choose your journal for fit. Write something new to contribute to the field. Prepare a cover letter. Submit once article to one journal at a time. Revise your dissertation to fit author guidelines for submission. Once published, publicize yourself. Blog about your writing. Present your material at conferences. Add your article to CiteULike. Visit: http://www.citeulike.org/http://www.citeulike.org/

6. How to Get Your Idea Published Community College Journal of Research & Practice The only two-year college journal that is international in scope and purpose, and published twelve times per year. A multidisciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners in higher education and the behavioral and social sciences. Promotes an increased awareness of community college issues by providing an exchange of ideas, research, and empirically tested educational innovations.

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10. How to Get Your Idea Published Community College Journal of Research & Practice Don’t Take These Missteps 1.Being disrespectful or rude. 2.Being disorganized. 3.Being indecisive. 4.Being angry or vengeful. 5.Being unresponsive. 6.Being disregarding of reviewer suggestions. 7.Being sloppy and ignorant of publication guidelines.

11. How to Get Your Idea Published Community College Journal of Research & Practice Do Take These Steps 1.Be respectful in all communications with an editor or publishing staff. 2.Be organized and attach your final documents in the correct publication format, in order, per publisher guidelines, and with clear file names. 3.Be confident, humble, and don’t take rejection personal, rather accept reviewer comments as constructive criticism and take them an opportunity to develop your idea, improve your writing, or expand your research.

12. How to Get Your Idea Published Community College Journal of Research & Practice Do Take These Steps 1.Be responsive and reply to editor communications when they are received. 2.Be professional and return revisions and query responses by the editor’s or publisher’s deadline, or request an extension if you need more time. 3.Be responsive to editor and reviewer suggestions and incorporate all recommendations for improvement in your revisions. If you must deny a suggestion, provide rationale as to why. @FAUDrDeb on twitter – Dr. Deborah L. Floyd