"In a single year of working with Milton Kornfeld's custom-tailored work plans and motivational tools, I was able to produce more writing than I had in the previous three years combined.I spent far too much time after becoming ABD bogged down and not making effective progress towards completing my dissertation. Milton Kornfeld helped me create and stick to a well-organized, realistically structured work plan that allowed me to stay focused and work steadily towards finishing my writing and graduating on schedule."
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All-But-Dissertation Mentoring

To sustain and accelerate your efforts to complete a dissertation, ABD Strategies provides consistent support and involvement by an experienced mentor-advisor-coach that will make a substantive difference in your efforts to complete your dissertation.

ABD Strategies provides you with personalized, focused mentoring by someone who is unaffiliated with your school or program. In the mid-to-later stage of dissertation writing this mentoring will clarify objectives, reduce obstacles and motivate you to make progress toward graduating with a Ph.D. degree and moving on to the next phase of your professional life.

The nature of that mentoring is outlined below.

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How I Work With You
  • I begin with an extensive assessment to understand the factors affecting and impeding your dissertation writing.
  • My work with you is non-judgmental. I am not affiliated with your school and do not know your advisor(s).
  • My connection with you is important. Students well into the ABD phase of their writing and research invariably feel isolated.
  • The nature of my involvement is important. I motivate, guide and structure your dissertation work to help you get and stay on track.

My fundamental commitments are to coaching, support and consistent and sustained contact to reach your goal: a completed, defended, accepted dissertation and a Ph.D. degree.
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