ILC Blog Post Submission

Thank you for submitting a blog post to The #IlliniLeader’s Digest!

This blog is a digital space for ILC stakeholders to voice their general perspectives about leadership. We encourage you to create a post that inspires, guides, promotes, and entertains other leaders!

Questions? Email Marcus Kelley at mkelley7@illinois.edu

If you're looking for assistance with creating a post, please use this link to access resources to guide you in the process: https://uofi.box.com/v/ilcblogresources 

Within this folder, you will find a list of prompts for post topic ideas, a step by step guide to creating a post outline, and tips for writing the actual post.

 

Review Process

Submissions are reviewed to ensure post content correlates to the Illinois Leadership Center’s mission, vision, and core values, as well as the university’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected.

The ILC supports diversity of worldviews, histories, and cultural knowledge across a range of social groups including (but not limited to) race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, abilities, economic class, religion, and their intersections.

Please note any submission not related to the essence of leadership education or does not support an inclusive Illinois community will not be added.

 

Optional: In 50 words or less, provide the readers some context on who you are.

Consider including details about your academic and/or professional background, or context about your experience with the blog post topic. 

Optional: In 50 words or less, provide the readers some context on who you are.

Consider including details about your academic and/or professional background, or context about your experience with the blog post topic. 

limited to 50 words.

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Blog Post Content

You can submit a written or video post. 

  • All written post must be saved as a Word Document. 
  • All video post must have a link (ideally a YouTube link) provided to be publish. Copy and save the link to a Word Document and upload here. 

 

To help you avoid plagiarism, check out these resources below:

Tips on Preventing Plagiarism in Blog Writing- https://www.bisend.com/blog/prevent-plagiarism-in-blog-writing 

Blogging Basics: How to Avoid Plagiarism- https://reusserdesign.com/resources/articles/blogging-basics-how-to-avoid-plagiarism 

 

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limited to 70 characters.

Each submission needs to include a 75 words or less summary highlighting the main points of the post and encouraging subscribers to read it. 

Each submission needs to include a 75 words or less summary highlighting the main points of the post and encouraging subscribers to read it. 

limited to 75 words.

Each submission is tagged to a theme based on the primary post format. Choose the format which best describe the theme style for your post.

Click here for a full list and descriptions of post format styles: https://uofi.box.com/s/kloykkfll5wl8jy8drpjd5n74s496qwc 

If submitting a post primarily focused on articulating your personal definition of leadership, please select the "What is Leadership?" Series option. 

Each submission is tagged to a theme based on the primary post format. Choose the format which best describe the theme style for your post.

Click here for a full list and descriptions of post format styles: https://uofi.box.com/s/kloykkfll5wl8jy8drpjd5n74s496qwc 

If submitting a post primarily focused on articulating your personal definition of leadership, please select the "What is Leadership?" Series option. 

Keyword tags are words highlighting the essence of your post. Up to 20 keyword tags per submission.

For multi-word tags, please input words using a scriptio continua writing style (no spaces, or other marks between the words)-- for example, it should be “effectiveleaders” instead of “effective leaders”

Keyword tags are words highlighting the essence of your post. Up to 20 keyword tags per submission.

For multi-word tags, please input words using a scriptio continua writing style (no spaces, or other marks between the words)-- for example, it should be “effectiveleaders” instead of “effective leaders”

Images and Graphics

Each submission should include at least two (2) photos, charts, or other artwork to provide visual representation of the post content.

Up to five (5) total images/graphics for each submission. 

Please be aware of copyright infringement for images on your post. Click here to learn three ways to avoid copyright infringement: https://onward.justia.com/2015/08/26/three-ways-to-avoid-copyright-infringement-for-images-on-your-blog/   

Here are some sources recommended for free and royalty-free images for your post:

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Royalty-Free

 

Please note there are no guarantees or assertions as to the copyright status of these images. 

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required Include your email address in your submission to:

  • Get a copy of your answers
  • Receive a link to delete your submission later