Welcome
So you’ve found your way to “The Voice.” Welcome. We have been working diligently to address social networking and your web 2.0 experience with SCIP and this blog is the newest feature in that area. Have you noticed the other work we’ve been doing in this area?
The LinkedIn group has worked out very well. Already more than a quarter of SCIP members have chosen to join the LinkedIn group and are using the advanced networking features that go along with that platform.
The discussion forums have seen some very interesting threads started but there haven’t been as many conversations as we had expected. We’re going to go back to the web task force to get their feedback on why that is. One thing we believe after conversations with members is that we may have given people too many options. We may need to scale back the number of forums to one and not have them so categorized. I’d like your feedback on that idea.
Did you catch the “I’d like your feedback.” Many of the tools and features we’ve implemented over the past several months enhance your ability to communicate with other members or visitors to scip.org. What was missing was a way for you to add SCIP into that communication. SCIP needed a way to be able to “talk” with our audience in a different way than we had done in the past. We needed a way to start a new type of conversation. That’s why we decided to call this blog “The Voice.” It’s our chance to have a different type of conversation and “speak” with you.
And I invite you to begin that conversation with me here. What can we do at SCIP that will help you in your work and career? I’d also ask that you tell us what we are doing well that you value at SCIP so your fellows members and the SCIP staff can see what you value about SCIP.
I’m not a blogger. I had a fair level of anxiety about doing a blog before I decided that it was something that SCIP needed. I’m learning much of this technology on the go as the SCIP staff does a great job of helping me use it effectively. However, like many things in life, this blog will only be as valuable as what goes into it.
From time to time, I’ll come here to address different topics within SCIP. We’re also going to have staff and volunteers blog about topics of which they are knowledgeable. Take advantage of this. Join this conversation.
I’m going to start slowly and ask a single question again. Why aren’t you using the discussion forums more? Share your thoughts using the comments link at the beginning of this post.