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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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  • Hi.

     

    I havent visited the communities pages for a long time (mainly due to an expanding family and lack of time) so it is something I need to get back into, but then and now I have found the communities web pages very useful.

    I think I mentioned before (a long time ago now) that it is useful just to get everyones spin on an topic or idea, even one that I have not specifically searched for previously.  Working in a standalone role, I have found it excellent as it fills the gap where I might ordinarily have batted ideas off of colleagues.

     I am afraid that I am more of a questioner than an answerer, but feel I now have a duty to turn things around and play a more active role in answering queries, but again I would worry that I might not give the exact advice (so would always put my 'personally, I would' disclaimer to a response). 

    In the absence of a mentor I also found it useful to get ideas on the development of my role, what areas I could improve on or learn more about - in addition to technical issues.

    For new posters, I think before writing you need to be as punchy and clear with the facts you are providing as possible and with critical question you are posing. I remember when there were issues it was sometimes difficult not to write down ALL the minor details, but found that this led to less replies.  When I considered my issue carefully and wrote down more concisely the problem I was up against, it actually helped me understand the issue myself and dig into the real questions I needed answering - therapy perhaps!

    As a pledge I hope to find myself here more often, so that I can give back on all the times I used the communities pages to build my own novel into different HR case studies (for my commute home from work!)

    Teresa


     

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  • Hi.

     

    I havent visited the communities pages for a long time (mainly due to an expanding family and lack of time) so it is something I need to get back into, but then and now I have found the communities web pages very useful.

    I think I mentioned before (a long time ago now) that it is useful just to get everyones spin on an topic or idea, even one that I have not specifically searched for previously.  Working in a standalone role, I have found it excellent as it fills the gap where I might ordinarily have batted ideas off of colleagues.

     I am afraid that I am more of a questioner than an answerer, but feel I now have a duty to turn things around and play a more active role in answering queries, but again I would worry that I might not give the exact advice (so would always put my 'personally, I would' disclaimer to a response). 

    In the absence of a mentor I also found it useful to get ideas on the development of my role, what areas I could improve on or learn more about - in addition to technical issues.

    For new posters, I think before writing you need to be as punchy and clear with the facts you are providing as possible and with critical question you are posing. I remember when there were issues it was sometimes difficult not to write down ALL the minor details, but found that this led to less replies.  When I considered my issue carefully and wrote down more concisely the problem I was up against, it actually helped me understand the issue myself and dig into the real questions I needed answering - therapy perhaps!

    As a pledge I hope to find myself here more often, so that I can give back on all the times I used the communities pages to build my own novel into different HR case studies (for my commute home from work!)

    Teresa


     

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