I'm not the expert. I just know how to get things done. I was in a meeting yesterday with a bunch of people at the Green Teams luncheon and was asked to talk about the group blog that I set up for our Sustainability Team in Student Affairs. I am pretty proud of it because I believe that it will be useful some day, but I had help to go get to that point. After I gave a run down on the blog, the person running the meeting said something like "So if you have any questions about setting up a group blog, ask April, she's the expert." Philip, my boss, was sitting next to me looked at me and said with raised eyebrows, "That's new." I just nodded wide-eyed back at him and said "Yes, it is." I hadn't agreed to help the 10-12 Green Teams from all across the University nor do I have the authority to speak for ETS which is the organization that actually has the experts and would need to do some "Blog Magic" to make it happen. Before I could say anything, the leader of the meeting moved on and I sat a little stunned. Chances are that none of the folks in the room will ask for my help, so it's probably a moot point. If they do, however, I will most likely have to give them some information, point them to the resources that I used, and pass them off to the real experts.
Having knowledge about how to do something successfully and being an expert are very different things to me. How about to you?
Having knowledge about how to do something successfully and being an expert are very different things to me. How about to you?
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