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12) About the Writer: Writing Effective Writer Biographies

SoulfullyAButterfly March 10th, 2021

As discussed before, incorporating EAT helps enhance content quality and helps more people discover the developed content.

Apart from ensuring EAT within our content, we need to ensure that we have effective writer biographies that support the developed content.

In this discussion, we will understand how to ensure effective writer biographies through applying EAT and other best practices.

  1. Expertise

  • When considering the expertise factor for author biographies, expertise refers to the credentials or experience the author has.
  • Medical content is best supported/expertised through medical professionals, for example, and similarly, relevant experience or education qualifies as expertise.
  • However, if one does not have a degree, expertise can be demonstrated through lived experience or other ways. For example, being an active listener for 7 Cups for 3 years does demonstrate expertise in listening and supporting mental health concerns.

Note: To keep up with the Expertise factor’s need, 7 Cups currently either pairs content writers with experts and content is published through the expert profile with the writer biography contained at the end of the co-authored article, or publishes writer works through a shared account called “7 Cups Community, Global Support” - the biography of this account is optimized to reflect EAT.

  1. Authoritativeness

  • Authority in terms of an author biography refers to the number of citations the author has. This includes their publications and other published content, as well as any reviews or things that show the impact or quality of their work.
  1. Trust

  • Trust is also determined by an author’s citations - trusted authors have published content for websites and publications that score high on EAT factors.
  • Trust is also established through the quality of an author’s content.

Activity

Using the factors discussed above, write a biography for your prospective articles at 7 Cups. Feel welcome to include your real name/pseudonym or first name - anything you are comfortable with being prospectively published!

After you have written the brief paragraph-form biography, point out what parts of the biography highlight each of the EAT factors.

Respond to at least one other student’s biography and comment your feedback for improvement.

Bonus (Optional): Consider starting a 7 Cups creator portfolio here!

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DaisyDaph June 7th, 2021

Daphnie is a verified listener on 7cups, with a passion for social sciences and Philosophy. She began her endeavouring journey as a listener on 7cups, through the eyes of a child; eager and inspired by the works of all the other listeners and mentors she came across. Having attained a degree in Psychology with Marketing, she harboured a keen interest in taking mental health to the world, and contributing to making it accessible to one and all. Alongside other dedicated researchers and psychologists, she works across fields of social psychology and Marketing. She has a stark inclination towards mental health topics such as social anxiety, depression, and self-esteem issues to name a few; and she is almost always looking for ways to reach out to people who want to be heard, and those who are unable to find the voice to speak out, and help them find that voice.

On 7cups, she is a Forum Supporter in the Positivity and Gratitude Community; where she posts weekly discussions in certain forums and revels in engaging with members. Additionally, she is a Building Community Programme graduate and a current 7 cups intern. She has also contributed to Q&A’s pertaining to various mental health subjects; especially social anxiety and depression. When she is not busy working on various research papers and content, you would find her nose-deep in romance, mystery or sci-fi books, strumming away on her guitar to a song she was inspired to write, or painting just about anything she visualises within her mind.

- Expertise: I mentioned that I am a university graduate in Psychology and that I work in fields of social psychology and marketing. I briefly elaborate on why I am interested in mental health; including specific topics I work with.

- Authority: I have included links to my profile, the course I have graduated from and am interning in. Additionally, I have included links to the Q&A’s I answered. I also included a wiki link to 7cups and links to the definition of the specific topics I work with.

- Trust: This short biography was written with the intention of putting out a jist of my expertise, and the personal approach that my words take; to show that I truly care about the work that I do. I also briefly talked about my hobbies as well ^-^

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Creamyyy June 16th, 2021

@DaisyDaph

This is a detailed biography that highlights the author’s multi-faceted life — her education, her journey at 7 cups, and her hobbies. Her tone reflects a deeply caring attitude for helping others in their mental health struggles.

Improvement: The author could mention the name of the university she graduated from, for building greater credibility.

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Saro007 June 20th, 2021

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Saro007 has been an active verified listener on 7 cups since April 2021. She is also pursuing full-time studies as a student of social work where I can utilize the skills I have learned to help those in need here on 7 cups. Her main interest is to help other people by hosting sessions for listeners and members and by having 1-1 chats with members. She is also posting occasional forum posts and is currently enrolled in the student internship and in the Content and Developing Program. She is eager to improve her writing and graphic design skills. During her free time, Saro loves to write adult fiction and is working on publishing a book she has worked on for many years. She also loves to spend time with her beloved cat and family.

I am eager to learn, improve, and to share my experience with the community!

Expertise: I included when I first joined 7 cups. That I’m active in two academy programs. I’m a social work student and I am an adult fiction writer and have many years of experience with writing.

Authority: I host sessions and provide peer support both in the listener and in members' support room. And that I have 1-1 chats with members as well as posting in forums.

Trust: That I’m eager to learn, improve my skills, and to share my experience with the community

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SupportiveSpace8282 June 21st, 2021

@Saro007 I wouldn't change a thing! You clearly have the experience and credentials to support the article you will be writing in the future. :) It was well written and very informative for any interested readers after finishing your article.

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SupportiveSpace8282 June 21st, 2021

Yeon Hee Jenny Kang is a verified, trained active listener and is currently part of the Content Development and Marketing and Internship programs at 7 Cups. In addition to spending her free time providing online support, she has spent four years developing evidence-based curricula for students, using them to coach teachers, herself included, to create inclusive and positive educational experiences for all students.

She has two Honors BA degrees in Psychology and Spanish, and has had ample experience conducting research on topics such as: cognitive-behavioral therapy for eating disorders; authoritative parenting practices and child development; and the efficacy of community-based interventions. She aspires to provide multilingual counseling services to youth in the future after pursuing a PhD.

  1. E: My academic background and work experience provide the credentials and experience needed to post on these topics. Also, being a member of two academy programs helps to establish my expertise for posting on the site.

  2. A: All of my published content is either in an academic journal or thoroughly supported by academic sources and reviewed for quality before being published on a website.

  3. T: All published content is of high quality and is academic/research based in nature.

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BlueTurtle5 June 27th, 2021

@SupportiveSpace8282

Very professional bio and your Expertise, Authority, and Trustworthiness are truly backed up by your cited reasons. Great job.


RationalMe7 July 24th, 2021

@SupportiveSpace8282

That's a perfect bio, @SupportiveSpace8282. Your educational and work-related experience is a powerful factor for authority. You've also been specific in the topics that you handled which in my opinion enhances trust.

Zahraa000 January 17th, 2022

Good jop✨

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blindHeart12 June 21st, 2021

@SoulfullyAButterfly
BlindHeart is the verified active listener since 2017 having 5 stars rating and 60 positive reviews.In all this year Heart had never stop giving their contributing to 7cups whenever possible.

Recently got into role of Room support as love hosting session and whenever get chance Spot host for sharing circle. Usually, you would find them in support room and Sharing circle as enjoy listening and connecting with member and make the group chat welcoming and warming, though their priority and love are 1 to 1 listening.

Believe in improving skills by learning new things and recently finished two academic programs back-to-back.

Heart is honest, non-judgemental , empathetic and caring person. Strong believe to give 100 percent attention and active listening with proper frame of mind. Else they would not hesitate to politely say No personal request.

E: year of experience and rating.
A: leadership role and academic program
T: review

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giggleBubbles6722 June 23rd, 2021

@blindHeart12

Very informative and gives a personality perspective as well. ETA distinguiding needs a bit more clarification. It's needs a bit more detail

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blindHeart12 June 23rd, 2021

@giggleBubbles6722
thank you for feedback. Maybe i could have includer my professional experience that might have given point to write et point.

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giggleBubbles6722 June 23rd, 2021

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Meet gigglebubbles6722, one of our verified listeners. GiggleBubbles6722 have been with 7 cups for two months and is participating in a Content Development and Marketing (CDM) program. She also completed training in to assist inidividuals struggling with anxiety and chronic pain. She recieved many positve reviews from members she has helped. Eventhough she has only been with 7 cups for 2 months she ahs been providing mental health support on other social media platforms as well as in real time for more than a decade.
Expertise
⦁ Training completed through 7 cups
⦁ Time as a 7 cups listener

Authoritativeness
⦁ Positive reviews gotten
Trust
⦁ Other work apart from 7 cups listening

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Happy900 June 26th, 2021

@giggleBubbles6722 I loved your beginning line.
Overally I thought it was very imformative.
Nice Job.

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BlueTurtle5 June 27th, 2021

Using the factors discussed above, write a biography for your prospective articles at 7 Cups. Feel welcome to include your real name/pseudonym or first name - anything you are comfortable with being prospectively published!

BlueTurtle5 has been a Verified Volunteer Listener on 7cups.com for more than a year and is currently putting her years of lived experience with both chronic physical and mental health issues to use as she is attending a Peer Professional Training & Placement Program which includes both classroom work and an internship with the goal of being a Certified Peer Support Specialist in the near future.

After you have written the brief paragraph-form biography, point out what parts of the biography highlight each of the EAT factors.

Expertise - My expertise is backed by my pointing out my more than a year of volunteering and being a verified listener as well as my lived experience.

Authoritative - My authority is backed by my continued education and internship (therefore working) in the Mental Health field.

Trust - My profile shows my ratings and reviews and my forum posts often site sources and are upvoted regularly.

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sereneMango3007 July 3rd, 2021

@BlueTurtle5
Although short, your biography definitely hits all the points for EAT! I love how concise it is. I don't think there's anything to change ^-^

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sereneMango3007 July 3rd, 2021

@SoulfullyAButterfly
sereneMango is a verified teen listener who began their journey in February 2021. Their lived experience with a variety of topics such as depression and anxiety has allowed them to reach more than 300 members. They are also active participants in the Internship Program as well as Content Development and Marketing. They've also gained experience in graphic design and writing from leading their own project to create a platform to amplify authentic stories of marginalized groups. They hope to gain experience to give back to the community that helped them grow.

E- lived experiences
A- leading their own project
T- verified listener, reached 300+ members

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Izzy274 July 5th, 2021

@sereneMango3007

Mango! This is such a great biography, I really love it (:

You used EAT really well to write your bio and it sounds really friendly and professional overall.
Perhaps one Idea for next time would be to link in one of the projects/ articles you've written or contributed to to increase the Authority and trustworthiness of your bio? It was amazing though!

sophiasanae August 3rd, 2021

@sereneMango3007

This looks great! I would just take out one of the also's to make it flow more!

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Izzy274 July 5th, 2021

Using the factors discussed above, write a biography for your prospective articles at 7 Cups. Feel welcome to include your real name/pseudonym or first name - anything you are comfortable with being prospectively published!

Izzy started her 7 Cups journey in march 2020 and is currently a sharing circle host and room supporter in the community rooms at 7 Cups. She has also completed a 15-week internship with 7 Cups with honours and become a verified listener. She is currently participating in the Content Development and Leadership programme to help develop her written communication and extended writing skills, as well as starting to write Q&A articles to put these skills into practice. Izzy is a student aspiring towards a healthcare career and spreads awareness for mental health online. In her time at 7 Cups, you can find her in the group support rooms and sharing circle, or connecting 1-on-1 with members.

After you have written the brief paragraph-form biography, point out what parts of the biography highlight each of the EAT factors.
Expertise: Verified listener, completed an internship, long term 7 Cups listener.
Authority: Long term listener on 7 Cups, room supporter and sharing circle host
Trust: Available in the chatrooms, supporting through spreading awareness.

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Icecream2Day July 15th, 2021

@Izzy274

Very well done! It's informative and you used the EAT skills very good :)

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Izzy274 July 16th, 2021

@Icecream2Day

Thank youuu (:

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Icecream2Day July 15th, 2021

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Icecream2Day is an active listener on 7 Cups for over a year already and became a Verified Listener a few months ago. She has a five star rating and 38 positive reviews.
Outside of 7 Cups she has published an aritcle and a radio report for a German radio station on why Germans need to wait so long for specialist appointments.

Expertise: being a verified listener
Authoritativeness: number of reviews
Trust: extern publication for a radio station

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kindLemonade July 19th, 2021

@Icecream2Day
Congrats on becoming a Verified Listener a few months ago ❤️

I don't understand German so I had to use google translate to understand your published article. It was a good read, strong argument and easy to understand well done.

Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.

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kindLemonade July 19th, 2021

@SoulfullyAButterfly


Biography:

kindLemonade (Lemo) has been helping over 200 people since they joined as a 7Cups listener in August 2017. With over 4 years of experience volunteering on 7Cups, Lemo has successfully achieved a 5-star Listener Rating, Veteran Listener level. They are currently Academy Mentors for the GLDD & CDM program. Not to mention, they graduated from 7Cups Academy’s Leadership Development Program, Group Leadership Dynamics & Development, and graduated with honors from Quality Listener Program. Lemo was recently reviewed by a member as a “Great listener but also provided a very good resource for me to read about the problem I'm having. so happy to have a direction to investigate.” - More reviews can be seen on kindLemonade’s 7Cups profile page.

Apart from being an active listener, a member of Lightship Team, peer supporter, group moderator, discussion host, and mentor on 7cups, kindLemonade also supported mental health organizations in their birth country Vietnam and has got a few writings published in Beautiful Mind Vietnam and Criminal Psychology.

EATs Factors:
  • E: I demonstrated how many years of experiences I have had as a listener here and what I’ve done on this site.

  • A: I provided websites of credible mental health organizations where my writing was published.

  • T: I showed an example of reviews from members which were approved on my profile.

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ouiCherie July 21st, 2021

@kindLemonade Awesome bio Lemo *thumbs up* definitely will enjoy reading your article 💜

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kindLemonade July 21st, 2021

@ouiCherie



I am thrilled to hear that, thank you 💚

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Star996 July 28th, 2021

@kindLemonade

Wow, I really like your biography! I think it covered all the factors and the structure also looks awesome! I have got a lot to learn from you for sure, twinnie! Man, this is really awesome. I can already imagine your article being published and a lot of people reading it, hehehehe cheekylaugh

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