This presentation was done for a doctoralnet.com virtual retreat - it helps people organize a lot of "stuff" to make sense of what they have as they write their phd dissertation or thesis

2. ORGANIZATION Set up Document Map
or Navigation Pane
OF YOUR DOCUMENT with Headings – Your
TOC will Flow Easily
and Your Reader will
be able to jump
around as necessary
Your Table of Contents
Says it All

3. STYLE GUIDELINES
READ YOUR MANUAL
SET UP A CHECKLIST

4.  Keep Track of Terms as You Write
• Hanging Indents
• Must be backed up by Expert Cites
• Quotations?
• Capture in Bibliographic Software
 If you can diagram it you can talk about it
 Mind Maps etc
 There is a lot to organize
 Keep a journal
 Use bibliographic software
 Consider dictation software
 Use Your software wisely
 Have your paragraph mark on in Word
 Use page and section breaks
 Dictation allows you to access your whole brain

5. In general Membership at
And on the community
http://www.bigmarker.com/doctoralnet
Now recruiting for November virtual retreat where
you work at home with others through conferences
like this one. Everyone focused on getting past the
blocks they are facing and either finishing a
proposal or the entire study.