Jane Rosenzweig's guest appearances

Jane Rosenzweig

Write With Impact with Glenn Leibowitz

The Peak Performing Team

Neil Patel

Jeff Goins

Pamela Wilson

Chris Fox

Joan Dempsey

Paul Jarvis

Monica Leonelle

Paul Smith

Tom Morkes

Joanna Penn

Shane Snow

Brian Clark

Laura Brown

Sean McCabe

Libbie Hawker

OwlTail

Before I introduce today’s guest, I’d like to make a special announcement about this podcast: Write With Impact is now 8 years young!   Thank you to all of my guests who have shared their wisdom and experience so generously. I couldn’t have done this without you. And thank you to my listeners from around the world who have taken the time listen to one or more of the 80 episodes I’ve produced since April 2015. As you may know, since 2021 I’ve been conducting these interviews on video. So if you would like to watch these episodes head over to Write With Impact Academy, my learning community for writers hosted on Substack. Just go to writewithimpact.academy. You can also watch my interviews on my YouTube channel. Just search for Write With Impact. Okay, let’s dive into today’s episode. Since the roll-out in December of the powerful new AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, I’ve been trying to sort out what this new technology means for professional writers and editors like myself. One writer who has been thinking through the impact of ChatGPT is Jane Rosenzweig. Jane is the Director of the Writing Center at Harvard University, where she’s been teaching undergraduate and graduate students how to improve their writing for nearly 23 years. Jane has been sharing her initial impressions of ChatGPT on her Substack, Writing Hacks, published opeds in the Boston Globe, and even shared her thoughts in an interview on CBS Sunday Morning, the nationally-broadcast TV program. I first spoke with Jane when she joined my podcast a year and a half ago to talk about her advice for writers. So I invited her back to help me parse through the implications of this new technology. She covers a lot of ground in our conversation. She examines how ChatGPT might impact t learn the process of discovering and articulating their own ideas and interests through writing, to how the use of ChatGPT to generate blog posts and even novels could potentially sever the human link between author and reader. Jane also shared some practical writing advice drawing on her experience teaching at Harvard, as well as her work with corporate clients. She talks about cutting repetitive language, removing words that weaken the impact of your message, being more selective about when you should use active versus passive verbs, eliminating what she calls “fake transitions,” and writing shorter and more impactful sentences. There’s a lot in here, and I strongly encourage you to listen through to the end. To watch a video of the complete conversation with Jane, head over to Write With Impact Academy, my learning community for writers, hosted on Substack. Just go to writewithimpact.academy, enter you email address, and you’re in. It’s free. And be sure to check out Writing Hacks, Jane’s excellent Substack about writing. You can find her at writinghacks.substack.com.

Before I introduce today’s guest, I’d like to make a special announcement about this podcast: Write With Impact is now 8 years young!   Thank you to all of my guests who have shared their wisdom and experience so generously. I couldn’t have done this without you. And thank you to my listeners from around the world who have taken the time listen to one or more of the 80 episodes I’ve produced since April 2015. As you may know, since 2021 I’ve been conducting these interviews on video. So if you would like to watch these episodes head over to Write With Impact Academy, my learning community for writers hosted on Substack. Just go to <a href="http://www.writewithimpact.academy" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">writewithimpact.academy</a>. You can also watch my interviews on my YouTube channel. Just search for Write With Impact. Okay, let’s dive into today’s episode. Since the roll-out in December of the powerful new AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, I’ve been trying to sort out what this new technology means for professional writers and editors like myself. One writer who has been thinking through the impact of ChatGPT is Jane Rosenzweig. Jane is the Director of the Writing Center at Harvard University, where she’s been teaching undergraduate and graduate students how to improve their writing for nearly 23 years. Jane has been sharing her initial impressions of ChatGPT on her <a href="https://writinghacks.substack.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Substack, Writing Hacks</a>, published opeds in the Boston Globe, and even shared her thoughts in an interview on CBS Sunday Morning, the nationally-broadcast TV program. I first spoke with Jane when she joined my podcast a year and a half ago to talk about her advice for writers. So I invited her back to help me parse through the implications of this new technology. She covers a lot of ground in our conversation. She examines how ChatGPT might impact t learn the process of discovering and articulating their own ideas and interests through writing, to how the use of ChatGPT to generate blog posts and even novels could potentially sever the human link between author and reader. Jane also shared some practical writing advice drawing on her experience teaching at Harvard, as well as her work with corporate clients. She talks about cutting repetitive language, removing words that weaken the impact of your message, being more selective about when you should use active versus passive verbs, eliminating what she calls “fake transitions,” and writing shorter and more impactful sentences. There’s a lot in here, and I strongly encourage you to listen through to the end. To watch a video of the complete conversation with Jane, head over to Write With Impact Academy, my learning community for writers, hosted on Substack. Just go to <a href="http://www.writewithimpact.academy" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">writewithimpact.academy</a>, enter you email address, and you’re in. It’s free. And be sure to check out Writing Hacks, Jane’s excellent Substack about writing. You can find her at <a href="https://writinghacks.substack.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">writinghacks.substack.com</a>.

81: A Chat About ChatGPT with Jane Rosenzweig, Director of the Harvard Writing Center

Jane Rosenzweig and I had a beautiful, vulnerable, courageous conversation about her experiences as a white DEI practitioner, wrestling with helping majority white organizations integrate their DEI values into the daily behaviors of all associates. Jane has spent her career developing corporate DEI strategies anchored in social justice foundations. Through her 20+ years experience in this industry, Jane formulated a support and racial literacy program for white leaders and corporate stakeholders loosely framed 'make better white people'. This program grew out of her own experiences as a practitioner, noticing that white associates in corporations needed a different type of education and accountability than their BIPOC counterparts and these differences must be identified within the DEI implementation plan. Listen as we talk through a specific intervention that Jane participated in and what she leaned as a result. If you want to your values infused into every aspect of your team’s work, let’s have a virtual coffee (schedule at FaithClarke.com) to brainstorm some strategies specific to your team. About Jane Rosenzweig: As the first Head of DEI (CDO) at W.L. Gore &amp; Associates (www.gore.com), Jane developed a philosophy and strategy that built on Gore’s humanistic values and innovative business model. Relying on culture change and social movement methodologies, Jane galvanized the involvement of thousands of Associates from around the world. Using curiosity and conversation, teams deepened their understanding of identity differences and committed to disrupting bias in day-to-day life. Jane’s approach is rooted in her belief that empathy and dialogue can solve most things. (Along with a strong focus on systems and structures!)Prior to Gore, Jane spent 11 years at J.P. Morgan Chase in NYC. As part of the Corporate Diversity team, she was responsible for the employee engagement and communication strategy. She began her career at the US Attorney's Office in Washington, DC, where she had her fist formal DEI role: EEO Investigator.Contact Jane by email: janerosenzweig1@gmail.com

Jane Rosenzweig and I had a beautiful, vulnerable, courageous conversation about her experiences as a white DEI practitioner, wrestling with helping majority white organizations integrate their DEI values into the daily behaviors of all associates. Jane has spent her career developing corporate DEI strategies anchored in social justice foundations. Through her 20+ years experience in this industry, Jane formulated a support and racial literacy program for white leaders and corporate stakeholders loosely framed 'make better white people'. This program grew out of her own experiences as a practitioner, noticing that white associates in corporations needed a different type of education and accountability than their BIPOC counterparts and these differences must be identified within the DEI implementation plan. Listen as we talk through a specific intervention that Jane participated in and what she leaned as a result. If you want to your values infused into every aspect of your team’s work, let’s have a virtual coffee (schedule at <a href="http://FaithClarke.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FaithClarke.com</a>) to brainstorm some strategies specific to your team. About Jane Rosenzweig: As the first Head of DEI (CDO) at W.L. Gore &amp; Associates (<a href="http://www.gore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.gore.com</a>), Jane developed a philosophy and strategy that built on Gore’s humanistic values and innovative business model. Relying on culture change and social movement methodologies, Jane galvanized the involvement of thousands of Associates from around the world. Using curiosity and conversation, teams deepened their understanding of identity differences and committed to disrupting bias in day-to-day life. Jane’s approach is rooted in her belief that empathy and dialogue can solve most things. (Along with a strong focus on systems and structures!) Prior to Gore, Jane spent 11 years at J.P. Morgan Chase in NYC. As part of the Corporate Diversity team, she was responsible for the employee engagement and communication strategy. She began her career at the US Attorney's Office in Washington, DC, where she had her fist formal DEI role: EEO Investigator. Contact Jane by email: janerosenzweig1@gmail.com

Jane Rosenzweig: Race in the Workplace

Jane Rosenzweig is the Director of the Writing Center at Harvard College, where she has taught thousands of undergraduates how to improve their writing skills for the past two decades. Prior to Harvard Jane was an editor at The Atlantic. Jane holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in fiction from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Earlier this year, Jane launched a newsletter on Substack called “Writing Hacks” where she shares some of the tips and techniques she teaches in her classroom. You can sign-up at writinghacks.substack.com. One more thing: this episode is just an excerpt from a much longer conversation we had. To listen to the entire conversation, go to writewithimpact.academy and subscribe.

Jane Rosenzweig is the Director of the Writing Center at Harvard College, where she has taught thousands of undergraduates how to improve their writing skills for the past two decades. Prior to Harvard Jane was an editor at The Atlantic. Jane holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in fiction from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Earlier this year, Jane launched a newsletter on Substack called “Writing Hacks” where she shares some of the tips and techniques she teaches in her classroom. You can sign-up at <a href="https://writinghacks.substack.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">writinghacks.substack.com</a>. One more thing: this episode is just an excerpt from a much longer conversation we had. To listen to the entire conversation, go to <a href="http://www.writewithimpact.academy" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">writewithimpact.academy</a> and subscribe.