{"id":5853,"date":"2017-02-07T15:21:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?page_id=5853"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T20:32:14","slug":"contributors-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/contributors-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Knowledge Center Contributors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5906\" src=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2017\/02\/computer-1185626_janeb13-pixabay-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Join our team of expert contributors to the Prospector Knowledge Center! Details here!\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/computer-1185626_janeb13-pixabay-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/computer-1185626_janeb13-pixabay-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/computer-1185626_janeb13-pixabay-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/computer-1185626_janeb13-pixabay.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Prospector Knowledge Center is always looking for new subject matter experts to share their expertise with our readers. We hope you will consider contributing your insights with an article!<\/p>\n<p>The Knowledge Center regularly\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publishes articles of interest to product developers, designers and engineers, generally contributed by recognized experts working in specific industries.\u00a0Articles are\u00a0educational in nature and\u00a0the author is clearly identified as the thought leader, with the option of including information about consulting\u00a0services in a\u00a0biography at the end of the article.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Knowledge Center complements the technical data in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prospector search engine<\/a> with additional supply chain, career and educational information. See our various article archives as reference:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/category\/personal-care-cosmetics-cleaners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal Care &amp; Cosmetics articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/category\/food-beverage-nutrition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food, Beverage &amp; Nutrition articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/category\/paint-coatings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paints &amp; Coatings articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/category\/plastics-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Plastics articles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The articles are meant to be short format and easy to read at around 700-1000 words. We encourage use of images, charts and graphs , provided you have permission to use them. Your content should\u00a0completely original and web published for the first time on the Knowledge Center. Aggregating properly sourced ideas is acceptable. Please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2017\/05\/ProspectorContributingWriterGuidelines-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contributing Writer&#8217;s Guidelines (PDF)<\/a>\u00a0for more details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We like to start with one article from a contributor, so both parties can make sure it\u2019s a good fit. If both parties want to enter a longer term agreement, we put a formal agreement in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would be interested in being one our thought leaders, please <a href=\"mailto:&#101;&#100;&#105;&#116;&#111;&#114;&#105;&#97;&#108;&#64;&#117;&#108;&#112;&#114;&#111;&#115;&#112;&#101;&#99;&#116;&#111;&#114;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;?subject=Knowledge Center: New Contributor Request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact our team<\/a>\u00a0and we&#8217;ll be in touch soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if you know of someone else who might be a good fit, please point them to this page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prospector Knowledge Center is always looking for new subject matter experts to share their expertise with our readers. We hope you will consider contributing your insights with an article! 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