Journal #2
Joining an Online Affinity Group
I have found the group “Books and Writers” on LinkedIn as my Affinity group. It is a group that is dedicated to
established and amateur professionals interested in the literary industry,
specifically publishing.
Considering that I am in the process of narrowing down the career path I
wish to follow, I figured this group would provide me with personal accounts
from people already experiencing how this industry works.
The link to this group is:https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1697027&trk=groups_most_popular-h-logo&goback=.anb_1697027_*2_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1
Q1: What do you plan to take away from this group and what
will you do with the information gained?
A1: I plan to find out more about the publishing business. I have always had an interest in
writing, and now that I’m in the EMM program I have discovered that I would
like to produce written learning materials. Being that this program focuses on multimedia elements I understand
that I will gain the tools to manipulate technology to my advantage when time
to create new learning materials for the future. I hope that this group will shed some light on what the
process is like for getting involved in this industry and hopefully I can
combine what I’m learning from the EMM subject matter with real life accounts
on how to become successfully published.
Q2: Do you think you will be able to gain any professional insight from the RSS Digg blogs?
A2: The RSS Digg blogs are nearly dependent on your personal preferences and how you acquire the information shared. If I start to follow blogs that are providing information or any resources that would assist developing my professional path, then I'm bound to gain and an advantage with what's provided.
I think you second question is good, whether the information that we get from Digg stream is useful depend on our professional preference.
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