What's good about this Community and how can we improve it?

Steve thanks for inviting feedback.   I am curious that you have asked for our feedback when you have your caveat "I'll pass it on, Can't promise anything".  It does beg the question for me of well, why are you asking?  It raises expectations that "things might change" when you are asking for feedback in any form so I am interested why you have asked if you aren't sure what you can change?  As there are so many people viewing and contributing to these messages, should you have be more influence as clearly this is where you must find out what your members are thinking/discussing etc more than from any other source.

Anyway, moan over.  I love these boards (you can tell, it's a Saturday am), I am really interested to see what topics are of interest, what people are discussing, what interests/challenges people.   I feel that it keeps me up to date on some elements of the HR profession in which I am no longer directly involved, but all my clients are so it is helpful for me to share best practice.  I also think it's good that you are asking for feedback!

I enjoy having got to the level of experience (and age!) where I can contribute to problem solving encourage less experienced colleagues.  My main contribution is to answer and help those studying.

I don't have many suggestions to change.  The whole threads, favourites etc I haven't paid any attention to.  I may or may not be typical of users.  I tend to log on, see what's being discussed, contribute, or not.  I don't have lots of time to navigate my way around any more than the basics, so not sure what I might be missing.

What gets my goat?  (cue for Grumpy old woman)  SPELLING.  It makes me quite cross when people post either unchecked posts or misspell what I would consider quite basic words.  What example are people who either don't check their posts, or can't spell, setting to their colleagues.  

I also feel quite irritated when a lot of help is offered and individuals don't respond/acknowledge/ thank.

Could you write a fact sheet that can be uploaded for people on writing an assignment, where to start etc then for the endless posts asking the same question they can just be directed to this.  (Although if they search, another irritation, they will find).

 I ponder sometimes that there are a lot of people looking at these posts, but a relatively few that respond, because whenever I pick up a query it seems to be the same group of people answer, although maybe that is simply because we have similar interests.   Another thought, if there are a relatively few, it might be a small enough group to provide some type of forum for Linda Holbeche to use as a research pool.

That's all! 

Oh, and would be interested in some type of summary of key themes as a result of this discussion.

Steve thanks for inviting feedback.   I am curious that you have asked for our feedback when you have your caveat "I'll pass it on, Can't promise anything".  It does beg the question for me of well, why are you asking?  It raises expectations that "things might change" when you are asking for feedback in any form so I am interested why you have asked if you aren't sure what you can change?  As there are so many people viewing and contributing to these messages, should you have be more influence as clearly this is where you must find out what your members are thinking/discussing etc more than from any other source.

Anyway, moan over.  I love these boards (you can tell, it's a Saturday am), I am really interested to see what topics are of interest, what people are discussing, what interests/challenges people.   I feel that it keeps me up to date on some elements of the HR profession in which I am no longer directly involved, but all my clients are so it is helpful for me to share best practice.  I also think it's good that you are asking for feedback!

I enjoy having got to the level of experience (and age!) where I can contribute to problem solving encourage less experienced colleagues.  My main contribution is to answer and help those studying.

I don't have many suggestions to change.  The whole threads, favourites etc I haven't paid any attention to.  I may or may not be typical of users.  I tend to log on, see what's being discussed, contribute, or not.  I don't have lots of time to navigate my way around any more than the basics, so not sure what I might be missing.

What gets my goat?  (cue for Grumpy old woman)  SPELLING.  It makes me quite cross when people post either unchecked posts or misspell what I would consider quite basic words.  What example are people who either don't check their posts, or can't spell, setting to their colleagues.  

I also feel quite irritated when a lot of help is offered and individuals don't respond/acknowledge/ thank.

Could you write a fact sheet that can be uploaded for people on writing an assignment, where to start etc then for the endless posts asking the same question they can just be directed to this.  (Although if they search, another irritation, they will find).

 I ponder sometimes that there are a lot of people looking at these posts, but a relatively few that respond, because whenever I pick up a query it seems to be the same group of people answer, although maybe that is simply because we have similar interests.   Another thought, if there are a relatively few, it might be a small enough group to provide some type of forum for Linda Holbeche to use as a research pool.

That's all! 

Oh, and would be interested in some type of summary of key themes as a result of this discussion.