This is my first foray into the mist of CIPD online discussions and I have to admit to being a bit disappointed with the quality of some discussion for debate.
Not to say that the items listed are not relevant but I think it would be better to have an 'advice section' for those individuals who have simple questions about practice to be answered?
Then the space for discussions can be recogised and valued more as one where real debate will occur.
Just read this thread and got to the end – phew quite a read. So here’s the abridged version if anyone hasn’t got the time to spare:
Amanda: “Sheesh! Quality of discussion eh?!”
Steve: “Well Amanda, yes and no…”
Julia: “Different strokes – horses for courses.”
David B: “Loads of good stuff on here!”
Julia: “I’m in my bathrobe.”
Peter C: “Here are a few theories, but in essence…welcome to the bearpit!”
Mike: “We reflect who we are…”
Mark: “I don’t think so…”
Anna: “I do.”
Mark “!”
Amanda: “Blimey! Hello everyone!”
Nick: “Stick around Amanda and check it out.”
Julia: “Absolutely Amanda – and post some more!”
Mike: “Linkedin have something going…”
Peter C: “Beware statistics, the silent majority, but more importantly beware Schroedinger’s Cat!
Anna: “Time for a poll?”
Ruth: “Bad Mark!”
Peter: “A quantum physicist walked into a bar…”
Mark: “Well Ruth…yes…but essentially no. Also 2 out of 10 cats might have died”
Steve: Feedback from the trenches is good!”
Peter C: “8 out of 10 cats, Roman Catholics, homosexuals and activists say “no comment” …unless someone opens the box!”
Peter G: “Lots of good stuff in here, but could we have ‘debate’ and ‘advice’ sections?”
Mark: “Deidre?”
Anna: “Don’t bring Deidre into this!”
Megan: “Live and let live folks.”
David P: “What’s the matter with a bit of ‘non-quality’ every now and then? Also, if quality is ‘fit for purpose; what is ‘fit’ and what is ‘purpose’?”
Peter C: “No exam cheating!”
David B: “But we are the community and we need to live!”
Emily: “And you never know how a discussion is going to develop.”
Jackie: “Wait for meee! …and ‘Action’!!
Jackie: “Oops, me again. I also find that someone has already said what I was about to say!
Maria: “Same here Jackie…Dammit!”
Steve: “God bless you Maria!”
Peter C: “Don’t mind us Maria!”
Fiona: “I don’t just ‘lurk’ inanely, I ‘lurk’ purposefully…and now I’ve posted – Huzzah!! Hello everyone!”
Steve: “Hello Fiona! And keep it coming folks!”
Peter C: “Hello Fiona!”
Mike: “What about 'vote' buttons?!"
Steve: “Like it!”
Mark: “Hmmm…”
Steve: “Wadja mean ‘hmmm’?!”
Rachel: “I love communities! Bring on the buttons!”
Julia: “Blimey O’Riley Amanda! Look what you’ve started!”
Peter C: “Hello newbies!”
Mark: “Need to big up your profile Steve.”
Nick: “Mark!”
Peter: “ OK – That’s it!”
Megan: “It’s OK not to contribute.”
Mark: “Yeh but, no but…let’s enjoy the experience though.”
Julia: “But, back to that ‘button’ thing…”
Mike: “Absolutely! Lots of buttontastic possibilities here!”
David B: “Yep, buttons…”
Julia: “Make buttons easy though…”
Peter C: “OK Mark, a, b, c and d…QED!...but buttons…now there’s a thing…”
…Now everyone tends to join in with a ‘buttonic’ discussion fest until…
Megan: “Nooooooo!”
Julia: “Well not entirely ‘no’, in fact in some cases definitely ‘yes’!”
Johanna: “We love our threads! Thanks everyone!”
David B: “When I were a lad…”
Steve: Anyone else as old as David?”
David B: “We wandered lonely as a bunch of clouds…”
Peter C: Quality Dave son! Lovely Jubbly!”
Sue: “Amanda? You still there?”
Peter C: “Oops! I think we went off on a tangent…was it me?!”
Juan: "What I want to say I find is already there. If I could type faster I would probably post more!...would love a button though!"
David P: “Amanda…?”
Just read this thread and got to the end – phew quite a read. So here’s the abridged version if anyone hasn’t got the time to spare:
Amanda: “Sheesh! Quality of discussion eh?!”
Steve: “Well Amanda, yes and no…”
Julia: “Different strokes – horses for courses.”
David B: “Loads of good stuff on here!”
Julia: “I’m in my bathrobe.”
Peter C: “Here are a few theories, but in essence…welcome to the bearpit!”
Mike: “We reflect who we are…”
Mark: “I don’t think so…”
Anna: “I do.”
Mark “!”
Amanda: “Blimey! Hello everyone!”
Nick: “Stick around Amanda and check it out.”
Julia: “Absolutely Amanda – and post some more!”
Mike: “Linkedin have something going…”
Peter C: “Beware statistics, the silent majority, but more importantly beware Schroedinger’s Cat!
Anna: “Time for a poll?”
Ruth: “Bad Mark!”
Peter: “A quantum physicist walked into a bar…”
Mark: “Well Ruth…yes…but essentially no. Also 2 out of 10 cats might have died”
Steve: Feedback from the trenches is good!”
Peter C: “8 out of 10 cats, Roman Catholics, homosexuals and activists say “no comment” …unless someone opens the box!”
Peter G: “Lots of good stuff in here, but could we have ‘debate’ and ‘advice’ sections?”
Mark: “Deidre?”
Anna: “Don’t bring Deidre into this!”
Megan: “Live and let live folks.”
David P: “What’s the matter with a bit of ‘non-quality’ every now and then? Also, if quality is ‘fit for purpose; what is ‘fit’ and what is ‘purpose’?”
Peter C: “No exam cheating!”
David B: “But we are the community and we need to live!”
Emily: “And you never know how a discussion is going to develop.”
Jackie: “Wait for meee! …and ‘Action’!!
Jackie: “Oops, me again. I also find that someone has already said what I was about to say!
Maria: “Same here Jackie…Dammit!”
Steve: “God bless you Maria!”
Peter C: “Don’t mind us Maria!”
Fiona: “I don’t just ‘lurk’ inanely, I ‘lurk’ purposefully…and now I’ve posted – Huzzah!! Hello everyone!”
Steve: “Hello Fiona! And keep it coming folks!”
Peter C: “Hello Fiona!”
Mike: “What about 'vote' buttons?!"
Steve: “Like it!”
Mark: “Hmmm…”
Steve: “Wadja mean ‘hmmm’?!”
Rachel: “I love communities! Bring on the buttons!”
Julia: “Blimey O’Riley Amanda! Look what you’ve started!”
Peter C: “Hello newbies!”
Mark: “Need to big up your profile Steve.”
Nick: “Mark!”
Peter: “ OK – That’s it!”
Megan: “It’s OK not to contribute.”
Mark: “Yeh but, no but…let’s enjoy the experience though.”
Julia: “But, back to that ‘button’ thing…”
Mike: “Absolutely! Lots of buttontastic possibilities here!”
David B: “Yep, buttons…”
Julia: “Make buttons easy though…”
Peter C: “OK Mark, a, b, c and d…QED!...but buttons…now there’s a thing…”
…Now everyone tends to join in with a ‘buttonic’ discussion fest until…
Megan: “Nooooooo!”
Julia: “Well not entirely ‘no’, in fact in some cases definitely ‘yes’!”
Johanna: “We love our threads! Thanks everyone!”
David B: “When I were a lad…”
Steve: Anyone else as old as David?”
David B: “We wandered lonely as a bunch of clouds…”
Peter C: Quality Dave son! Lovely Jubbly!”
Sue: “Amanda? You still there?”
Peter C: “Oops! I think we went off on a tangent…was it me?!”
Juan: "What I want to say I find is already there. If I could type faster I would probably post more!...would love a button though!"
David P: “Amanda…?”
