This unique 3-day course, among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, will provide physicians and other healthcare professionals with the tools they need to publish health-related content.

Reasons to Attend:

• Understand the dynamic publishing industry
• Improve and expand writing in healthcare advocacy
• Make invaluable contacts with editors, writing coaches, and literary agents
• Discuss how to secure and prepare for speaking engagements on television, radio, and at live events
• Develop and deliver Persuasive Pitches: Oral book pitches and elevator pitches (Afternoon Workshop)

Learning Objectives:

• List the elements of a nonfiction book proposal writing
• Determine the key strategies that successful writers use to publish their work and apply them to own writing
• Craft compelling blogs, blurbs, and bios
• Evaluate common mistakes in narrative writing that lead to errors and poor communication
• Compare and contrast narrative, memoir, self-help, and other nonfiction genres and develop powerful content
• Apply the three phases of the book publishing process
• Analyze various forms of writing and how they are used in educating the public
• Determine the next steps in advancing publishing goals
• Name the most useful social media outlets for healthcare professionals
• Develop narrative writing skills
• Describe the roles of various publishing professionals

Advanced Workshops (select one): Social Media Bootcamp; Writing a Winning Book Proposal; Techniques to Maximize Creativity; Memoir Writing; Transforming Your Writing from Good to Great; Cultivating Humanism through Narrative Writing; How to Develop a Medical Podcast; Advanced Social Media Skills to Build Your Professional Reputation.

27 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™