Without going on a tangent with excuses I feel lost due to missing meetings... what an adventure today when I was trying to get into the meeting half way through!!! I managed to find last weeks recording. Eventually I found the meeting by going back to Sarah's email or blog (can't remember which one I was stressing majorly by then) and managed to get in and have two conversations going at once (the recording from last week and the current meeting - I'm not sure if that clever or not???
Probably not as my next challenge was to shut last weeks recording down without loosing the current meeting (YAY I WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH NO PROBLEM)!!! Joint half way through I was completely lost....spent my time reading through the previous comments but couldn't pick up the gist of learning! I am looking forward to being able to attend the next meeting as I feel disheartened with my lack of progress....
My gain from today's meeting which I really enjoyed was the discussion about network connections and interacting. Moving together through the overlaps and intersecting. I loved the diagram with the flowers that showed how each portion of the flower makes up the body of it and is crucial to the overall structure and design...
The discussion about diversity and subgroups was good it's interesting to think about being too big and being able to move into subgroups. I think Sarah may have been typing a note to some of us - how did she do this?
Great facilitators today and the timer was a good idea it's all so new and interesting if there was no timer it would be easy to keep going!
Happy progress to you all this week. I am about to go to the June Holley link you put on today www.networkweaver.blogspot.com and enlighten myself some more.
This concept of network weaver is one that I am new to, so just getting to understand what it is. I believe it is someone who moves in and out of networks, bringing people together. What is your understanding a network weaver is? How do you see yourself taking on this role?
ReplyDeleteMy understanding of network weaving is a community of people who use the internet to communicate learn and teach. Reading about this there are people who are natural participants on the internet and others who are interested in certain topics of gains.
ReplyDeleteI believe I am not a natural network weaver but I am an optimist and I do believe in taking steps to better myself.
I feel that the internet for me is paramount. I would like to use the internet to promote and support the small rural maternity unit I work in and I am interested in mentoring and e-portfolio.
I browsed your e-portfolio yesterday and it's really good. I like the idea of putting my portfolio on the web to show the women I care for who I am and what my credentials are - its a big step for me to have the confidence to 'sell myself' as you do:-) But I think it's great.
As for helping others by being a network weaver through mentoring I would love to support either new graduate midwives or midwives starting out in a rural area. The challenges facing them are very different