I am very excited to find that two lovely people have commented on my first post. This makes me even more determined to comment on other people's posts in future. Rather than doing the 'lurking' thing of reading, agreeing inwardly (or not!) and keeping all thoughts to myself.
I decided to get straight in and write my 2nd post today, Saturday, as we are due to have our self issue machines installed on Tuesday. An exciting week ahead... but with no time to blog.
So far I have really enjoyed exploring other participant's blogs. It's good to see some people I recognise and great to see some of the imaginative names people have chosen. In recognition of my 1st sentence I feel I should go back and add some comments on the blogs I've enjoyed.
Which kind of brings me to #cliquegate. In case you missed it there was a suggestion at the new professionals conference this week that people felt the new professionals were a clique. I don't want to rehash the discussions as they have been made very eloquently by others. If I knew how to add links to other people's blogs I would here... I'd recommend Lauren Smith and Rachel Bickley or you could follow the hashtag on twitter when we get to thing 4. Suffice to say that it was excellent timing that it came up in the 1st week of cdp23 as it made a superb reason to check out blogs. It has also made me consider my feelings towards new professionals and whether there is a 'clique'.
In some ways I have to admit I am jealous that people entering the profession today have social media to help keep in touch and support each other, plus a conference to go to. In more ways I regret that I didn't do more as a new professional to keep in touch with others or form networks of my own. So the cliquegate business has made me even more determined to find time to continue with cpd23 so I can get over my reluctance to join in and stop lurking.
...and just for looking at your blog, i shall leave a comment...well done!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you about the social media thing, it seems to have revolutionised the way the profession networks, hopefully cpd23 will help us to get to grips with it better. Have enjoyed your first posts, look forward to more.
ReplyDeleteJust come across your blog through Twitter :)
ReplyDeleteDid you work out how to add links into your post? See http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41379 if not.
It's a really useful way of linking to other blogs as the author of the original post will also be alerted to your post (which is likely to be of interest to them and their readers).