Freelance journalist, Meredith Lindemon, reached out to me for my first Virginia Living feature about the Blue Zones—places where the highest proportion of people 100+ years of age live—the article is taking off and bringing new opportunities with numerous organizations. I thought you might want to hear some tips for this dissemination option, too.
- Know yourself: Are you funny? Be funny! If you’re not funny, don’t be.... But definitely don’t talk like you’re giving a lecture
- Know who you’re talking to: What you’re doing is a dinner party conversation with their whole audience, but talk directly to the journalist
- Answer the question: Avoid jargon, skip the sound bite, don’t think “how can I give a great quote”
- Do your homework: What do they write? How do they address subject matter?
- Important conversion rate ~20-30% do what they read!
- Speak conversationally and the quote will emerge
- How do you know yourself?
- Grow where you’re planted- know your purpose- you can do this wherever you end up because you have it within you already
- Financial stability: Need to be able to do the work, but you also need to be able to be a human being
- Imagine your box of existence: Horizontal line = baseline (things need to be above this) and another horizontal line on top = limits (nothing above this) Boundaries within which you can exist: "I have to find another solution to this"
- How do you explore your baseline needs? Many of us are experiencing this through breakdowns
- Seek workshops, have fun, share your passions!
More at: https://meredithlindemon.com/
