Wednesday 24 August 2011

Thing 8 Google calendar


I have known about Google calendar for some time and have used it in the past.  I added CPD 23 Things to my Google calendar early into CPD 23.  I still use it for personal use but no longer use it at work as we use Outlook within the service.  

When our team first came together we tried to use it but found it easier to use Outlook which is what we use for e-mail.  It just saved everyone from having to use two different calendars which could have caused problems.

I think Google calendar is a very useful tool which I would be using in a work environment if Outlook was not used internally.   


Thing 7 Face to face networks and professional networks


I am presently a member of CILIP which is the only professional group I am currently involved in.  This is mainly down to doing Certification and now onto Chartership. Being a member keeps me up to date with career development opportunities and courses although most of them seem to be in England which is no use to me.  There are face to face networking opportunities within CILIP but again mostly in England.  I am however keen to get involved when the right opportunities arise.

I signed up to a couple of CILIP special interest groups to help with my career development but haven't fully explored them probably because I thought signing up to their mailing list would get me involved.

I have recently found out that being a member of CILIP automatically makes me eligible for membership of IFLA which I have now had the chance to look at.  I looked at some of the groups which seem interesting but noticed some of the pages were last updated as far back as May 2009 so I will have to investigate it further.

I would have to say CPD 23 is the best opportunity I have had for networking out with my own organisation.  There are some groups I mentioned in Thing 6 which I will be exploring further.