TechTalk Article Guidelines

• Appropriate Topics: Articles about any aspect of information technology at Miami likely to be of interest to a good portion of Miami students and/or faculty or staff are appropriate for TechTalk.
  
  Please note: topics that are likely to be of interest only to TSRs and/or IT Services staff are not appropriate for TechTalk as those groups are only a portion of the TechTalk audience and other communication avenues are available for those groups.
  
  
• Length: Generally shorter is better - with a desired length of less than 350 words if possible.
  
  
• Title: Titles should be 10 words or less (again shorter is better - as long as it conveys the article's focus).
  
  
• Opening: The first two to three sentences should be catchy and indicative of the contents of the article as a whole. These sentences appear on the TechTalk home page along with a "more" button so individuals interested in the topic can click to read the entire article. Keep in mind that many times people don't "drill down" so the first few sentences should contain anything you want to make sure as many people as possible see.
  
  
• Closing: If appropriate, please include references to sources of additional information.
  
  
• Images: Articles should include images if possible. Potential images can be photos, product logos, clipart etc. If you don't have images available but have some ideas about images that would be appropriate to include, please share those suggestions when you submit your article and we will try to find or create appropriate images if time allows.
  
  Please note: if you have images for your article, please submit them in .gif or .jpg format. We suggest you create a zip file with your article and the image files before using the article submission form as you can only submit one file at a time.