Do you know about the NCFDD?

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) was founded in 2010. Their mission? They provide workshops, tools, mentoring, buddy networks, and more to faculty, graduate students, and postdocs for success in the academic world. As they put it, "We focus on four key areas that help achieve extraordinary writing and research productivity while maintaining a full and healthy life off campus: strategic planning, explosive productivity, healthy relationships, and work-life balance."

I’ve been on their mailing list for years now, from the beginning or very near it, and I am consistently impressed by the quality of their offerings: I love the Monday Motivator newsletter in my inbox at the start of each week, I take their webinars, and I even found a writing partner through them years ago (and we still meeting regularly!).

So why am I promoting a coaching organization that's not my own? Several reasons: first, their robust tools are outstanding; second, I inadvertently took the same year-long writing seminar that the founder did and I can tell you it's quality training, especially in learning to beat writing resistance; and finally, what I do is complementary to, not competing with, what the NCFDD offers.

You’ll even see some overlap in the materials that the NCFDD and I create. That’s no accident—we both draw on best practices and thought leaders in the fields of time management, organization, productivity, and writing habits.

For my faculty, postdoc, and grad student readers, see if your college or university has purchased a membership (if they haven't, recommend that they do). That's the best way to access NCFDD's content. After that, if you need one-on-one support, get in touch with me! You'll get the most bang for your buck, and time, when you have a coach cheering you on while you implement the tools—and crush your writing and life balance goals.

As always, you've got this!