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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 

  • Steve

     I like the idea of having postings listed in order of latest postings, something Cally suggested and Mike gave as a link to demonstrate.  This makes it much easier to see which posts are still 'hot' or still being discussed regularly.  I only noticed this thread when I looked at the side bar and saw it was listed as a 'most discussed' or whatever. I obviously missed this - and some of the others on that side bar when they were first posted. It is also easy to see whether (and who) someone has posted something after your post.

    Dave P

  • Thanks, David. That seems to be a commonly -held view. Noted.

  • Hi Steve


    Peter has raised the issue of glitches in the contact another member feature. I have always had problems with this. In addition, I once again am not getting emails for the threads on which I've clicked "email me when replies are posted" - including this thread. Very frustrating when I want to be part of the discussion :)


    Before we add any more bells and whistles, please please can we get the current technology to work properly more often?


    Kind regards


    Anna

  • Hi Anna,

    If you're 'subscribed' to this thread, you should see this button (with the bell).

    isable email when replies are posted 

    If you can see this, and have the correct email address in your profile, and you're *still* not receiving email alerts... then there is a glitch - although no one else is reporting this at the moment :( 

    Steve 

  • I stopped receiving email notifications from this and all my other threads 4-5 days ago. It has the disabled sign Steve demonstrates. I didnt report it.
  • I find the forums very useful.  They appear to me to be as Wenger put it a “community of practice”   (of course “Communities of practice” in this case)

     

    “ Wenger saw the acquisition of knowledge as a social process where people can participate in communal learning at different levels depending on their level of authority or seniority in the group, i.e. whether they are a newcomer or have been a member for a long time. Central to their notion of a CoP as a means of acquiring knowledge is the process by which a newcomer moves from peripheral to full participation in the community as they learn from others; they termed this process Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP). Since then, the notion of a CoP has now been expanded to encompass a far wider range of groups. The term Communities of Practice (CoPs) has now been applied to a range of different groups, from project teams to functional departments. There have also been several attempts to redefine CoPs in such a way that they are relevant to the needs of commercial organizations and attempts by some management consultancies to formalize methods to create them.” http://www.chris-kimble.com/Courses/mis/Communities_of_Practice.html

     

    I enjoy just surfing the entries and reading the items that take my fancy.  I do contribute when I think I can add value or just when I have a strong opinion about something.

     

    Things I like; sensible moderation of posts, Steve and friends do a great job in what can be a very sensitive area.  I also like the variety of views expressed.  I have been in HR more than twenty years and I still learn something new on most occasions when I visit.  I like the fact that the vast majority of users treat each other with respect; contrary views are expressed politely and in most cases thoughtfully.

     

    I also like the fact, as others have commented, that a community sense of humour appears from time to time – this I love.  It is important, I think, that we do not take ourselves or our profession too seriously.  Some on this forum appear to think humour is a mortal sin – no it is just being human; often in the face of difficult circumstances – long may it continue.

     

    At a personal level I would like to see more discussion on some of the “big” HR and economic issues.  Thoughts on some of the underlying paradigms of our profession, for example.  But I also appreciate that many users of the communities are simply seeking answers to operational questions – and that is good too.

     

    I worry about some of the questions posted in two different ways.  Sine if the questions are so basic that I worry how the practioner got their role in the first place – although perhaps I am being unkind!  The second, again mentioned before, is students asking members of the community to provide answers to essay questions and so on.  I have on occasion helped in these circumstances; but I would have thought there was enough information or even knowledge (in a social action sense) to answer any essays that may be set. 

    Overall I like the forums and find them interesting, useful and fun – there is little in life that fulfils all those adjectives.  Keep up the good work.

  • Hi Steve


    Yes, I'm subscribed to this thread and see the button as described. Since "reporting" this glitch on this board a flurry of earlier postings suddenly arrived in my inbox today, and I am now up to date.


    Could I ask you to investigate where they have been hiding? Have they, for example, been sitting in the nice staff refreshment area at CIPD House, having a drink and waiting for drier weather before making their way to my inbox :)


    Kind regards


    Anna


     

  • Anna when I spoke to the web team yesterday - it appears that they were being held hostage by the server as someone had changed the servers JD and it was doing a work to rule...
  • Apparently its had worked through its lunch hour and was not happy with its work/work/work no life balance.
  • Hi Steve; just to confirm: Since my posting I've not had one alert and have only noticed due to Anna's posting elsewhere. There is clearly a major "glitch" somewhere. Could it have anything to do with my discovering that all the "browse" entries now appear to be showing the "padlocked" symbol when I seek to open them (althogh they still open)?