Other social media

There was a lot of discussion for social media task of CPD23 of Linkedin but I have just remembered that I also have a profile on Researchgate and Menderley and wonder if anyone else is using these tools

I do reflect

On Friday I did my first presentation to a  group of staff using a Powerpoint presentation that is used service wide. I did the presentation to 2 groups and reflected how it is  that you can do the same presentation to two groups of people carrying out the same work and yet get two very different reactions and how these affect the way you present. Is it possible to not to react to audience reaction?

I have reflected and feel quite down. Everyone else seems so up and so more tecchy savvy than me - I know I need to try new things as it is the only way to learn (particularly on the Storify task from last week) - nothing bad can happen, I can always delete things and its only for 'fun' and not a work thing but I feel reluctant. I will reflect further.

Twittered!

Have posted my first tweet - though I don't really know what to say. Can chat away on facebook very easily but want to keep blog and twitter for professional things and not yet sure of how to express myself. But I am very impressed that I have got my twitter feed on to the blog - nothing to do with skill on my part but the due to the magic of google.

Change

Today marks 3 months since I started my job in the NHS in a healthcare library. I knew that I was starting at a time of great change and it does seem fairly relentless. I am trying to keep up with various news feeds to understand more about the organisation and today the Department of Health has launched a new information strategy http://informationstrategy.dh.gov.uk/.  I think this in the long term will  impact the way that we work within the Library but may also present new opportunities for us to support patient care - the reason for our being.

Not found on Google

Because of a common name, not having published anything and not ever sat on a CILIP group comittee I think I am virtually impossible to find on Google. The fact that I have never published anything or sat on a group comittee is more of a concern than not being found on Google. My linkedin profile is also fairly down the list but as I am not in the job market at the moment this is also not a great concern of mine. And I still can't think of anything to twitter about so my brand at the moment is anonymous librarian.

A brand?

I think I will need to think quite a lot about my brand - probably the last time I described myself like that was when I was putting an advert in the personal columns (Cuddly caring xx year old seeks caring chauffeur - I couldn't drive then!) In a mystery shopping exercise I was once described as  having an excellent smile so perhaps I should be looking for pictures of smiles. I think most people would describe as being a 'people person' which I know is a cliche but it is the part of my library career that I enjoy the most talking to people and helping them and has been the consistent part of my working life. So how do I represent that?
I use facebook for socialising and love that I can keep up with people that I wouldn't normally get to see but keep it for friends rather than professional contacts. I have a linkedin account so perhaps need to make more of that. I also have a twitter account but have never thought of anything to tweet but am happy to follow people. I have not tried to google myself so will try that and will be back when I have thought