Wednesday, 29 June 2011

No digressions!

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 :-)

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