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5 Secrets to a Super Productive Semester

October 27th, 2026 | 1 PM ET

Make Consistent Progress on Your Writing and Research

Every semester starts with good intentions. You plan to protect your writing time, move your research forward, and finally make progress on that manuscript or proposal.

Then teaching, meetings, service, and competing priorities take over.

It doesn't have to be that way.

Join one of NCFDD's most popular webinars and learn practical strategies for creating a more productive and sustainable academic semester.

The strategies you'll learn are at the heart of NCFDD's Faculty Success Program, where more than 90% of participants consistently report improved productivity.

In This Webinar, You'll Learn How To:

• Avoid common mistakes that keep academic writers from making consistent progress.
• Maximize your research and writing productivity without burning out.
• Build sustainable writing habits that work even during busy semesters.
• Combat professional isolation and create a supportive writing community.

Make This Semester Different

You don't need an empty calendar to make meaningful progress. You need strategies that work within the realities of academic life.

Register today and start building a more productive semester.

Rachel McLaren, PhD, is a professor at the University of Iowa in the Department of Communication Studies. Her social-scientific research focuses on how people talk about and make sense of significant experiences in their relationships, including instances of conflict, transgressions, and hurt feelings. She participated in the Faculty Success Program in 2012, which transformed her connection to her work and writing, allowing her to feel less stressed and resulting in her earning tenure. She is a head coach for the Faculty Success Program as well as a workshop facilitator. In her downtime, Rachel enjoys hosting friends with her husband and three children, teaching group fitness classes, and dabbling in various creative hobbies, including knitting and sewing.