12) About the Writer: Writing Effective Writer Biographies
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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@SoulfullyAButterfly
Azuladragon34 (Tashia) has been a listener on Cups from March 2019. She has listened to over 100 people on Cups and has gained a 5 star rating and many positive reviews. Azula is currently a trainee in the Content Development and Marketing (CDM) program. She is interested in developing content for autism and ADHD as well as mental health awareness, stigma and a variety of topics. She has a lived experience where autism and ADHD are concerned. Azula has a background in psychology and is interested in starting her Masters soon.
E- Background in psychology, lived experience and been a listener for 2 years
A- Positive reviews
T- Verified listener
@azuladragon34
I really like how concise your biography is yet how much information you included! I like how you were specific about the specific topics you want to focus on, as well as your relevant educational background.
considerateOrange2567 (Lucas) is a Verified Teen Listener and current intern at 7 Cups. As a full-time student, a member of the LGBT+ community, and having lived with both depression and anxiety, he understands how difficult it can be to struggle with different challenges in life. Lucas uses his direct experience to connect with members, completing over 200 hours of active listening with an average 5 star rating. In his free time, Lucas can be found reading and writing stories, hiking, and enjoying a hot cup of coffee. Lucas is currently part of the 7 Cups Content Development and Marketing Program, where he hopes to write mental health awareness articles on a variety of topics of expertise to reach those who are seeking support.
Expertise: I’m a verified listener at 7 Cups and an intern.
Authority: Listener experience and ratings.
Trust: Lived experience and showing that I am very understanding and supportive of others.
@considerateOrange2567
Awesome! It has much information, but it is accessible and easy to read. It also gives us a good idea of the topics you're comfortable with, so great job! ❤️
Despite being a recently verified Listener, Alexandra has always been passionate about the topic of mental health. Indeed, she has participated in several workshops and online courses on related topics, like psychological first aid. She is a Medical student and she has a special interest in understanding the psychological and emotional aspects of disease. In her free time, she enjoys reading, warm-hearted philosophical debates and learning new languages.
Expertise: I am a Medical student.
Authoritativeness: I participated in workshops and online courses about mental health before joining 7 Cups.
Trust: I am a verified Listener.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Textingpals aka "Tex" or "Pals" is the bunny of 7 Cups. She has been a dedicated listener of the 7 Cups community since February 2020. A proud 7 cups internship grad (with honors), a verified and passionate listener, she continues to serve the community with zeal and assiduity by listening to both Adults and Teens. Till now, she has over 790 chats, 69 ratings, and 62 written reviews. The lady holds a few badges of honor which she carries with pride, some of them being the 'Tulip' badge, 'Mod Major', 'Rocket Listener', 'Listener Verifier' badge among many.
By active participation in the groups and forums, she has earned over 676 forum upvotes, 101560 cheers, and a few titles like 'Teen Community Star' and 'Forum Supporter'. Some of her fields of specialization include Self-esteem, relationship stress, Grief, Student life, loneliness and social anxiety.
With a warm hug and a friendly smile, she welcomes anyone who might want to contact her.
Please find the profile of the subject of discussion here: https://www.7cups.com/@Textingpals
@Textingpals
E A T
Expertise: The clear mention of the amount of time I have denoted to 7 Cups.
Authoritativeness: Number of forums posts, upvotes, cheers, reviews, ratings, etc.
Trust: Mentioning the fields of specializations along with the link to the profile makes it trustable.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Emotional Current recently joined in 7cups and a Content Development and Marketing Trainee. Though she recently joins she already reached a career growth points of 571 and actively participating in different sub communities. She believes that there's always a reason for everything and that we meet people not by accident. She graduated in 2008 with the degree in Psychology.
Expertise- Mental Health, Parenting, Spirituality
Authoritativeness- A Compassionate Heart with positive feedback in 7cups
Trust- 7 Cups verified Honest Voice
My name is Ruth. I am from the Caribbean. My family is a mixture of cultures this is what I just found out. As a little girl I knew nothing about racism, but I learned it as a child when my friend told me that when we got older he couldn’t date me. His father seemed to be teaching him racism at an early age. My friend is no longer close to me, but he taught me some lessons as a child which I am very grateful for and I learned.
Hi Rose @WhiteRoses25
That's a good opening paragraph. Perhaps you can add the E.A.T factor? 🙂
Biography
The author of the article is Marina Lecubet, 56 years old. Marina has studied at Liberty University and volunteered at Goodwill as a human resources advisor. While at Goodwill she wrote articles on advisement that referred to employment. Marina also has extensive training in human resources. Creatively, Marina studied at College of Business & Technology, Web Design- and was a student worker. After graduation she interned at the college and at Miami Today newspaper as a graphic designer where she also did editing for the editor. Marina after graduation was invited by her professor to speak to the previous class on her successes and how they may succeed in design.
@MarinaLecubet
Nice bio! Did you go to college as a non-traditional student? That could be another area for you to share your expertise, so might be worth a mention if the moniker applies.
good workk
GoldenNest2727 is a freelance ghostwriter and military veteran, having served as a medic in the United States Army. She enjoys hiking, reading, solving logic puzzles, and has a passion for animal welfare.
I'm pretty reserved/private about my personal life, so this is what I came up with. I have two degrees, but I don't use them for anything, and I don't feel comfortable naming my degrees, school, or anything like that. Hey, I don't have a genuine social media account for a reason. By keeping it vague, maybe the reader will think I'm some cool spy on a wickedly dangerous mission who has to hide his or her identity. But since I'm a benevolent spy, I took the time to write an article or two for 7 Cups. It could happen, right? 😄😂
@GoldenNest2727
GoldenNest2727 is a freelance ghostwriter and military veteran, having served as a medic in the United States Army. She enjoys hiking, reading, gardening, and solving logic puzzles.
My friend pointed out that readers might expect me to be vegan if I add the bit about having a passion for animal welfare. I think she's right, so I've taken it out.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Oh, writer biographies! Exciting! Here's mine 💜
Sunidhi, a trained and verified listener on 7 Cups of Tea, has been volunteering here since 5th July, 2018. On 7Cups, her current focus is on volunteering as a Chatroom Mentor Leader and Quality Mentor. As a part of her role, she supports listeners and creates resources to guide them on their journey. She has past experience working for the Support Plus Sub-community where her focus was creating, verifying and editing resources related to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Body-focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs), and more. She has made 299 posts with 1211 upvotes here. Some of her writings on 7Cups can be found here: Support Plus, Listener Learning and Journey, Content Volunteer Team. She has also worked on a Community Growth Path on “Self-Esteem and Boundaries”.
She has worked across multiple teams on 7Cups and has finished several mental health related training courses and she has earned certificates up to Active Listener - Level 7. All her achievements on 7 Cups are reflected in her profile. She’s a med student, has years of experience in community volunteering, is an avid reader and writing is her path to freedom.
Expertise: Experiences and credentials listed on and off 7Cups indicate my expertise.
Authority: Achievements and experiences are reflected on 7Cups which is widely known across global media.
Trust: The posts hyperlinked above, certificates, forum contributions on 7Cups, and services off 7 Cups point towards trustworthiness.
@amazingNutella24
I love how you have included so many of your writings with hyperlinks to each of them, as well as how you incorporated a lot of your leadership roles and described them a little. It really made your biography strong and fun to read!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
optimisticMoment4139 is a trained active listener since 24 november 2021 , 5 stars rating . this listener has depression and anxiety which helped her to believe strongly in her heart and that she's meant to live a life full of passion , people describe her as a friendly and encouraging person , and some of them said that this listener is patient and supportive , she really loves to help others
she have worked so hard around 7 cups which is reflected in their badges
-lived experience with depression , anxiety
- has helped over 17 people on 7 cups
-supportive and understanding
@optimisticMoment4139 I like how you incorporated the EAT factors very short and precisely, though it might help to use capital letters so it's more professional (:
