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

Steve Bridger

Hello!

It's been a while since I asked such an open question to all of this wonderful community.

- what do you like about the Communities?

- what single thing can we improve?

- what gets your goat (I mean mean 'what', and not 'who')

- are you an 'answer' person? Why? what do you get out of it (and by the way, thank you for doing what you do)

- has the community helped you get stuff done, and make your life easier? 

- has the community helped you grow your network? Is that important to you? Are we friendly and welcoming?

- what would your #1 piece of advice be to those thinking about posting for the first time?

I'm not expecting you to answer these precise questions. They're simply a guide, a prompt... in case you need prompting :)  

I'm very keen to hear from as many of you as possible. 

Big caveat: I can't promise to implement any of your suggestions - you know, technology & resources and stuff. But I will listen. Listen well, and pass on your thoughts. And you never know. 

Feel free to email me directly at s.bridger@cipd.co.uk if you would prefer not to go public. On the other hand, I do encourage you to share your thoughts with your peers, below.

Thanks in advance!

Steve 

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  • Mark,

    The phrase "straw man" comes to mind.

    We would never seek to re-publish a whole thread, just a single sentence as a testimonial. Hence the request for permission. But this is a diversion.

    On a general point, a number of us connected with the community have *a lot* of experience with online communities, not just this one, and we look at a whole range of stuff that indicate a community's 'health'. Hey, I would even call myself an 'expert'. There; said it. This community is by far the best I have ever been associated with - and that's down to the thousands of members who have contributed in many different ways.

    If you look back at the questions I 'asked' (just to kick us off), they are not by any means all skewed to invite only positive comments. 

    I am however, always keen to hear of examples of individuals gaining real value from a particular thread (which they can tell me about by direct email if they like), because it's often difficult to get that kind of information back (without asking).

    Anyway, I *really* don't want this thread to be deflected by these last few posts.

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  • Mark,

    The phrase "straw man" comes to mind.

    We would never seek to re-publish a whole thread, just a single sentence as a testimonial. Hence the request for permission. But this is a diversion.

    On a general point, a number of us connected with the community have *a lot* of experience with online communities, not just this one, and we look at a whole range of stuff that indicate a community's 'health'. Hey, I would even call myself an 'expert'. There; said it. This community is by far the best I have ever been associated with - and that's down to the thousands of members who have contributed in many different ways.

    If you look back at the questions I 'asked' (just to kick us off), they are not by any means all skewed to invite only positive comments. 

    I am however, always keen to hear of examples of individuals gaining real value from a particular thread (which they can tell me about by direct email if they like), because it's often difficult to get that kind of information back (without asking).

    Anyway, I *really* don't want this thread to be deflected by these last few posts.

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