Freelance journalist, Meredith Lindemon, reached out to me for my first Virginia Living feature about the Blue Zones—places where the highest proportion of people 100+ years of age live—the article is taking off and bringing new opportunities with numerous organizations. I thought you might want to hear some tips for this dissemination option, too.

• Know yourself: Are you funny? Be funny! If you’re not funny, don’t be.... But definitely don’t talk like you’re giving a lecture
• Know who you’re talking to: What you’re doing is a dinner party conversation with their whole audience, but talk directly to the journalist
• Answer the question: Avoid jargon, skip the sound bite, don’t think “how can I give a great quote”
• Do your homework: What do they write? How do they address subject matter?
• Important conversion rate ~20-30% do what they read!
• Speak conversationally and the quote will emerge
• How do you know yourself?
• Grow where you’re planted- know your purpose- you can do this wherever you end up because you have it within you already
• Financial stability: Need to be able to do the work, but you also need to be able to be a human being
• Imagine your box of existence: Horizontal line = baseline (things need to be above this) and another horizontal line on top = limits (nothing above this) Boundaries within which you can exist: "I have to find another solution to this"
• How do you explore your baseline needs? Many of us are experiencing this through breakdowns
• Seek workshops, have fun, share your passions!

More at:  https://meredithlindemon.com/