The Final Thought Blog Posts - Continuing the Conversation will feature blog posts written by members of the #SAChat network about their favorite tweets from weekly chat transcripts. The SA Blog leadership team will select tweets and invite those members to write a blog post discussing their "Final Thought" on the topic. Blog posts will become part of the regular post schedule. To help writers create the best posts possible, a team of "Final Thought Blogging Coaches" provides advice, such as keeping posts concise yet engaging, writing authentically from life experiences, focusing on a clear main point or thesis, using intriguing titles, adopting a casual rather than formal voice, and writing from the heart with stories.

1. The Final Thought Blog Posts - Continuing the Conversation
Each week, members of our #SAChat Leadership Team be mining our chat transcripts to look for some
Final Thought gold. We'll choose some of our favorite tweets and ask these members of the #SAChat
network to write a blog post about their Final Thought - anything that makes us want to hear more
fair game for an invitation to write! Blog posts will become part of our regular post schedule and be
featured on the SA Blog.
To help you write the best post possible, we've assembled a crack team of Final Thought Blogging
Coaches (superhero outfits included) to be an extra set of eyes (or ears) as you brainstorm ideas,
assemble a draft, and edit your final product. Check out some of their best blogging advice below:
Some blog readers will only
scan your post for a few seconds.
To accommodate these people,
make your post digest-able -
small paragraphs,
bullet points & bold text
to highlight important points.
(Tom Krieglstein, @tomkrieglstein)
Pull from genuine life moments and
write about them genuinely.
People will appreciate your authenticity
and the learning you
gleam from the moment in your life will resonate with
people who have also lived through something similar.
It's a great way to connect and share learning!
(Dustin Ramsdell, @HigherEd_Geek)
Remember your main point,
or thesis, of the post.
You're welcome to write
more than one post for us
if you realize you're tackling
too many things at once.
(Sabina De Matteo, @sabinaDeelight)
For titling, think,
would I click on this to read more?
Does it give enough information
for me to know to care?
(Sabina De Matteo,
@sabinaDeelight)
Despite your long
hours of dissertation writing,
writing a post isn't an academic paper.
The SAC is all about your voice,
your writing & your story.
Be more casual than formal.
This doesn't mean you can make up facts,
you just don't need to make it at formal (Krieglstein, 33).
(Tom Krieglstein, @tomkrieglstein)
Write from your heart.
Tell us a story!
(Ryan Bye, @ByeByeRyan)
For even more awesome blogging tips, check out this post written
by Kristen Abell: http://kristen-abell.com/writing-blog-posts/