Well yesterday was my first day as a full member of ETS. I'm apparently
only "the new person" for this week as someone else starts next Monday.
I should be an old pro by then... riiiiggghhhttt. At least I'll have someone fooled into thinking I know a lot!
I'm obviously still in the learning mode with it only being day two but I've been given a project involving studying the differences between the blogs MT4 and 4.1/4.2 platforms. This blog in particular is killing two birds with one stone--informing everyone of what I've been up to and letting me play with my blog settings and postings a fresh time in MT4 so that I can better notice differences on the 4.2 development site.
We're trying to brainstorm how to get the word out to more people about the blogs project, the changes from MT4 to 4.2 for current users, and tips/interesting features for use. It was suggested to have something like a "Tip/Feature of the Week" idea. This created one of those wonderful snowball effects while meeting with Brad yesterday. But of course this also created about a million more questions that I've been pondering ever since.
We first thought about emailing all current bloggers and setting up an optional listserv for those that wanted to get the weekly tips/features. But when we're trying to promote blogging, isn't it sort of anti-campaign to email instead of hmmmmm BLOG?!?! So this is a cool idea. We can maintain a blog that we update once a week (maybe more if we get a few dedicated people on board) that is beneficial for users to come check out. Best part, since it's a blog, they can add info too! Get them into trackbacks and such and we are on our way!
I'm so excited.
I'm obviously still in the learning mode with it only being day two but I've been given a project involving studying the differences between the blogs MT4 and 4.1/4.2 platforms. This blog in particular is killing two birds with one stone--informing everyone of what I've been up to and letting me play with my blog settings and postings a fresh time in MT4 so that I can better notice differences on the 4.2 development site.
We're trying to brainstorm how to get the word out to more people about the blogs project, the changes from MT4 to 4.2 for current users, and tips/interesting features for use. It was suggested to have something like a "Tip/Feature of the Week" idea. This created one of those wonderful snowball effects while meeting with Brad yesterday. But of course this also created about a million more questions that I've been pondering ever since.
We first thought about emailing all current bloggers and setting up an optional listserv for those that wanted to get the weekly tips/features. But when we're trying to promote blogging, isn't it sort of anti-campaign to email instead of hmmmmm BLOG?!?! So this is a cool idea. We can maintain a blog that we update once a week (maybe more if we get a few dedicated people on board) that is beneficial for users to come check out. Best part, since it's a blog, they can add info too! Get them into trackbacks and such and we are on our way!
- So what's the best way to go about getting started?
- How do we get non-bloggers to start a blog and join in the fun?
- What if we run out of features to talk about? Do we just switch to general blogging info such as innovative uses of blogs?
I'm so excited.
Welcome to the ETS party! You are asking good questions ... I think there are answers in the ways we've been doing things for years. Sharing new ideas takes time and the idea that you are socializing not only new technologies but new ways of thinking about these technologies will take even longer. I like that you're taking the time to understand the new tools and I like even more that you and the rest of the team are dreaming of new ways to use the app. We'll find the right champions in Colleges and will work with key faculty to do new things, watch what they do, have them present at the Symposium, and ask them to be Faculty Fellows. I'm just excited we're having conversations like this and that we are continuing to push our field further.