No time to digress from cpd23. If I don't soldier on I'm afraid I will drop it all together. Sitting in the sun and listening to bands is rightfully taking up all my spare time
Thing 3 is to examine personal brand on the web. Browser searches contain more about my real estate transactions than I'd like, but otherwise nothing too odd or self-contradictory. No dopplegangers to contend with.
Twitter: My twitter account is linked with my full name, so I need to be even more careful than I realized in my tweets. My workplace doesn't endorse professional tweeting on its behalf, but my tweets are read by other library staff. Outcome: boring tweets. Ah well, not sure I could offer any other type...
Linkedin: The browser searches revealed that my Linkedin account was too secure! I've opened it up to appear on public searches for my name. As this is the social network I am most comfortable with, I am going to spend time fleshing out my profile. I also need an updated picture across all my social networks. If my twitter feed is going to be professional, I could attach it to Linkedin.
Facebook: aside from my postings on group pages I've been keeping security tight. Vigilance is the byword for my personal/family social network.
Blog: this blog is almost invisible, i.e. not read and not obviously linked to my full name. I will endeavor to keep it so by maintaining it as a Chartership/CPD blog. If this was a Jasper Fforde novel the characters would have plenty of spare time to sit in the sun and listen to bands :-)
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Thursday 23 June 2011
Thing 2
Wandering the blogs:
I garnered a folk festival recommendation that I'll follow up on 025.431
I asked an obvious question and received an obvious answer from laurens23things
Skimmed some useful notes on using social media with young people - morals and methods - which I intend to revisit at socialyouth
Thought about the number of blogs with book backgrounds vs. the number with grass backgrounds
Skeletons popped out of closets to hassle me - delicious tags; I remember why I abandoned them now. The old gmail account that I run this blog from; why is Google trying to ration my accounts and only let me log into one at a time? RSS feeds...haven't looked at my account in a year so it was a time capsule. Now we're creating all these cpd23 blogs, more detrius...time to think about the next Thing.
I garnered a folk festival recommendation that I'll follow up on 025.431
I asked an obvious question and received an obvious answer from laurens23things
Skimmed some useful notes on using social media with young people - morals and methods - which I intend to revisit at socialyouth
Thought about the number of blogs with book backgrounds vs. the number with grass backgrounds
Skeletons popped out of closets to hassle me - delicious tags; I remember why I abandoned them now. The old gmail account that I run this blog from; why is Google trying to ration my accounts and only let me log into one at a time? RSS feeds...haven't looked at my account in a year so it was a time capsule. Now we're creating all these cpd23 blogs, more detrius...time to think about the next Thing.
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Chartership and cpd23
Q: why am I resurrecting this corpse?
A: I've been a librarian in London public libraries for a few years and have decided to work towards Chartership.
For those of you outside the U.K., Chartership is a professional qualification earned by practicing librarians. Chartership used to be a ticket to the big bucks, but as jobs are de-professionalizing and operational areas merging it is more about the activity than a financial payoff. Blogging is one approach to the reflective writing requirement of Chartership and also the first task in the online course 23 Things for Professional Development that I've begun.
I have some questions about blogging
1. Can I write interestingly and analytically about my library life without causing trouble?
2. Isn't blogging old-fashioned?
The corpse is re-animated and will move in an unpredictable fashion. Next time: anecdotes about author events
A: I've been a librarian in London public libraries for a few years and have decided to work towards Chartership.
For those of you outside the U.K., Chartership is a professional qualification earned by practicing librarians. Chartership used to be a ticket to the big bucks, but as jobs are de-professionalizing and operational areas merging it is more about the activity than a financial payoff. Blogging is one approach to the reflective writing requirement of Chartership and also the first task in the online course 23 Things for Professional Development that I've begun.
I have some questions about blogging
1. Can I write interestingly and analytically about my library life without causing trouble?
2. Isn't blogging old-fashioned?
The corpse is re-animated and will move in an unpredictable fashion. Next time: anecdotes about author events
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