12) About the Writer: Writing Effective Writer Biographies (OUTDATED)

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Saro007 has been an active verified listener on 7 cups since April 2021. She is also pursuing full-time studies as a student of social work where I can utilize the skills I have learned to help those in need here on 7 cups. Her main interest is to help other people by hosting sessions for listeners and members and by having 1-1 chats with members. She is also posting occasional forum posts and is currently enrolled in the student internship and in the Content and Developing Program. She is eager to improve her writing and graphic design skills. During her free time, Saro loves to write adult fiction and is working on publishing a book she has worked on for many years. She also loves to spend time with her beloved cat and family.

I am eager to learn, improve, and to share my experience with the community!

Expertise: I included when I first joined 7 cups. That I’m active in two academy programs. I’m a social work student and I am an adult fiction writer and have many years of experience with writing.

Authority: I host sessions and provide peer support both in the listener and in members' support room. And that I have 1-1 chats with members as well as posting in forums.

Trust: That I’m eager to learn, improve my skills, and to share my experience with the community

Yeon Hee Jenny Kang is a verified, trained active listener and is currently part of the Content Development and Marketing and Internship programs at 7 Cups. In addition to spending her free time providing online support, she has spent four years developing evidence-based curricula for students, using them to coach teachers, herself included, to create inclusive and positive educational experiences for all students.

She has two Honors BA degrees in Psychology and Spanish, and has had ample experience conducting research on topics such as: cognitive-behavioral therapy for eating disorders; authoritative parenting practices and child development; and the efficacy of community-based interventions. She aspires to provide multilingual counseling services to youth in the future after pursuing a PhD.

1. E: My academic background and work experience provide the credentials and experience needed to post on these topics. Also, being a member of two academy programs helps to establish my expertise for posting on the site.

2. A: All of my published content is either in an academic journal or thoroughly supported by academic sources and reviewed for quality before being published on a website.

3. T: All published content is of high quality and is academic/research based in nature.

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BlindHeart is the verified active listener since 2017 having 5 stars rating and 60 positive reviews.In all this year Heart had never stop giving their contributing to 7cups whenever possible.

Recently got into role of Room support as love hosting session and whenever get chance Spot host for sharing circle. Usually, you would find them in support room and Sharing circle as enjoy listening and connecting with member and make the group chat welcoming and warming, though their priority and love are 1 to 1 listening.

Believe in improving skills by learning new things and recently finished two academic programs back-to-back.

Heart is honest, non-judgemental , empathetic and caring person. Strong believe to give 100 percent attention and active listening with proper frame of mind. Else they would not hesitate to politely say No personal request.

E: year of experience and rating.
A: leadership role and academic program
T: review

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Meet gigglebubbles6722, one of our verified listeners. GiggleBubbles6722 have been with 7 cups for two months and is participating in a Content Development and Marketing (CDM) program. She also completed training in to assist inidividuals struggling with anxiety and chronic pain. She recieved many positve reviews from members she has helped. Eventhough she has only been with 7 cups for 2 months she ahs been providing mental health support on other social media platforms as well as in real time for more than a decade.
Expertise
⦁ Training completed through 7 cups
⦁ Time as a 7 cups listener

Authoritativeness
⦁ Positive reviews gotten
Trust
⦁ Other work apart from 7 cups listening

Using the factors discussed above, write a biography for your prospective articles at 7 Cups. Feel welcome to include your real name/pseudonym or first name - anything you are comfortable with being prospectively published!

BlueTurtle5 has been a Verified Volunteer Listener on 7cups.com for more than a year and is currently putting her years of lived experience with both chronic physical and mental health issues to use as she is attending a Peer Professional Training & Placement Program which includes both classroom work and an internship with the goal of being a Certified Peer Support Specialist in the near future.

After you have written the brief paragraph-form biography, point out what parts of the biography highlight each of the EAT factors.

Expertise - My expertise is backed by my pointing out my more than a year of volunteering and being a verified listener as well as my lived experience.

Authoritative - My authority is backed by my continued education and internship (therefore working) in the Mental Health field.

Trust - My profile shows my ratings and reviews and my forum posts often site sources and are upvoted regularly.

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sereneMango is a verified teen listener who began their journey in February 2021. Their lived experience with a variety of topics such as depression and anxiety has allowed them to reach more than 300 members. They are also active participants in the Internship Program as well as Content Development and Marketing. They've also gained experience in graphic design and writing from leading their own project to create a platform to amplify authentic stories of marginalized groups. They hope to gain experience to give back to the community that helped them grow.

E- lived experiences
A- leading their own project
T- verified listener, reached 300+ members

Using the factors discussed above, write a biography for your prospective articles at 7 Cups. Feel welcome to include your real name/pseudonym or first name - anything you are comfortable with being prospectively published!

Izzy started her 7 Cups journey in march 2020 and is currently a sharing circle host and room supporter in the community rooms at 7 Cups. She has also completed a 15-week internship with 7 Cups with honours and become a verified listener. She is currently participating in the Content Development and Leadership programme to help develop her written communication and extended writing skills, as well as starting to write Q&A articles to put these skills into practice. Izzy is a student aspiring towards a healthcare career and spreads awareness for mental health online. In her time at 7 Cups, you can find her in the group support rooms and sharing circle, or connecting 1-on-1 with members.

After you have written the brief paragraph-form biography, point out what parts of the biography highlight each of the EAT factors.
Expertise: Verified listener, completed an internship, long term 7 Cups listener.
Authority: Long term listener on 7 Cups, room supporter and sharing circle host
Trust: Available in the chatrooms, supporting through spreading awareness.

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Icecream2Day is an active listener on 7 Cups for over a year already and became a Verified Listener a few months ago. She has a five star rating and 38 positive reviews.
Outside of 7 Cups she has published an aritcle and a radio report for a German radio station on why Germans need to wait so long for specialist appointments.

Expertise: being a verified listener
Authoritativeness: number of reviews
Trust: extern publication for a radio station

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Biography:

kindLemonade (Lemo) has been helping over 200 people since they joined as a 7Cups listener in August 2017. With over 4 years of experience volunteering on 7Cups, Lemo has successfully achieved a 5-star Listener Rating, Veteran Listener level. They are currently Academy Mentors for the GLDD & CDM program. Not to mention, they graduated from 7Cups Academy’s Leadership Development Program, Group Leadership Dynamics & Development, and graduated with honors from Quality Listener Program. Lemo was recently reviewed by a member as a “Great listener but also provided a very good resource for me to read about the problem I'm having. so happy to have a direction to investigate.” - More reviews can be seen on kindLemonade’s 7Cups profile page.

• E: I demonstrated how many years of experiences I have had as a listener here and what I’ve done on this site.

• A: I provided websites of credible mental health organizations where my writing was published.

• T: I showed an example of reviews from members which were approved on my profile.
  

Going by her nickname as part of the pseudonym ouiCherie, in life, she is an Architect by degree, worked and built her career in the Marketing and PR field where she resigned as a Marketing Director from a media marketing company under Asatsu DK by the end of 2018. As HR & GA Manager for a family business, she conducts one-on-one sessions with employees, drafts agreements, and monitors the content website.

Cherie loves volunteer work. In 7 Cups Community, she is mainly a Listener for Members, a Peer Supporter for Listeners, a member of the Content Volunteer Team, Sub-Community Center, and the Academy Mentor team as a Mentor for Quality Listening Program (QLP), and a newly appointed Mentor Leader for Content Development and Marketing (CDM) Program. Additionally, Cherie contributes to a free encyclopedia and a platform for ADHD. In her spare time, Cherie blogs about marketing and human behavior.

Quote to live by:

“You have to pick a pretty finite number of things to tell your mind to work. You have to decide what you should care about.” - Bill Gates.

Top Interests/Categories I would like to Focus On:

Self-esteem, Relationship, CBT

Contents I have worked on in the community as part of my tasks:

❍ Expert Path: Path to REACH Forgiveness adapted from self-directed learning exercises by Everett L. Worthington, Jr. Ph.D. under direct supervision from the Program Coordinator.

❍ Community Path: Trauma Support Exercise

❍ Build evergreen forum posts for The Self-Care Lounge to promote self-care, self-esteem, and self-improvement in the community.

Other works related to writing
Discussion scripts for Healthy Living Support sub-community:
❍ Understanding Anger - posted by Support Team Leader.
❍ External and Internal Approval - posted by Support Team Leader.

EAT
E: Information about my experiences related to marketing, listening, and writing.
A: Roles I am taking in the community.
T: Works I have done for the community.



*Credentials for relevant purposes are available upon request via 7Cups Community.