I recently had an exchange on twitter on why the OR community is not more effective on using twitter, facebook, and so on to get the story out. People like Laura McLay, Aurelie Thiele, and many others listed on the sidebar do have blogs and many of us twitter and facebook away, but we are a pretty small group. As I replied in Twitter, “We have lots of stories, but not enough storytellers”.

If you are a student (or recent graduate) have wanted to do some writing about operations research, INFORMS is ready to give you a chance, and will even provide some walking around funds. From an email making the rounds: