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On this episode, I talk about strategies for successfully drafting and implementing a five-year plan for your research and writing. As always, I would love to hear from listeners about whether you create multi-year research plans and how you implement them. Please also share any other helpful tips you have for planning your research pipeline. Contact the podcast via Twitter @RIA_podcast, by emailing riapodcast@oregonstate.edu, or by calling the Research in Action voicemail line at 541-737-1111. Segment 1: Strategies to brainstorming the next five years [00:00-9:58] In this first segment, Katie talks about the challenges of drafting a five-year plan and offers suggestions for how to brainstorm what you might want to include for both your personal and your professional development. Segment 2: Drafting a plan with realistic goals a concrete, actionable tasks [9:59-19:38] In segment two, Katie discusses how to create SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound) action items associated with the goals in your five-year plan and offers an example of one of her own goals broken down. Segment 3: Revisiting and revising your five-year plan [19:39-28:07] In segment three, Katie shares some strategies for how to implement your five-year plan once it’s drafted, how often to check-in, and when to make revisions. To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, post a comment below or contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcastEmail: riapodcast@oregonstate.eduVoicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review.