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Applying for second badge This piece is for the Online networker badge. I've been using the tools mentioned in this section for almost ten years now and I have never really given much thought on how incorporate them professional persona or use them in a professional way. These last three things were quite eye opening in a way in that I have had to reassess some of attitudes and actions online.  Twitter I have long used as a networking tool for professional use. Most of the people I follow are librarians, Archivists or some other form of Information Professional, indeed I tend to avoid or block celebrities or political hashtags. I try to engage with #uklibchat each month and before that I used to join the conversation on the now inactive Irish lib chat. I use twitter to send questions to people who work in areas I'm interested in such as @iaphistorians or @irachaeology for history or @Disability&I for disability matters or @CnaG for Irish language issues. I think my p

My most recent collaboration was with Saoirse when writing our communication strategy. We did this through email and sharing documents over google drive. I am a also member of the WRSLAI group and we use a lot of different tools to work together to organise our events. We are a geographically spread committee so use a lot of different tools to communicate with each other. For all the criticisms aimed at google it offers a lot of tools that allow that to happen hangouts allow us to have face to face interaction, google docs and google drive allow us to share and create and edit documents.  Doodle polls I have used to mostly decide when people want to meet up.  The last group project I worked on was the organising of the group seminar held in sixmilebridge.    Did you work face to face, virtually or via a combination of the two? We worked face to face by using hangouts and by meeting in person to discuss issues dole out jobs etc. It is easier to try to meet people in p

Before I read this blog post I disliked the idea of personal branding it has a business  language, right wing, corporate, privatisation, free market style connotations to me. It seems to be say that I should replace my image with a brand and brands come with slogans. Did I need to think of a tag line for myself? I think the idea of it reinforced the notion of private business outlook seeping into other areas which they don't belong. Schools no-longer produce students but units. Later the on its explained that what is meant is your professional identity. This is a much better and more acceptable term and more appropriate for the many areas of work information professionals find themselves in.  Looking at my linkedin page I think there is a few things I can change to better improve my professional identity. Reading through I don't know if my skills and experience stands out as particularly unique. I have changed the web address to give my name and title to make me easier f

Networking tools Facebook, Twitter etc I have had a Facebook profile for at least the last ten years and a twitter for about seven. I mostly use twitter for professional networking as I tweet from most conferences and seminars I go to either as myself or from a group profile. I have been engaged in several #uklibchat over the years. I found the topics here interesting and people engaging and helpful. They always seem willing to answer questions or point you in the right direction, or on occasion disagree and have a discussion with you.  I find tweeting can be quite challenging even with the new 280 limit it can be difficult to get a complicated point across. Using correct grammar, correct spelling and good vocabulary and generally sounding professional is hard work. The point about online networking being the same as real time face to face interaction is well made. When tweeting or posting anything online it should be polite and on topic. Going to a networking event and talk