What is a Blog and Why are we doing this?

Yesterday, I mentioned in a meeting that I had posted my first blog. Someone asked me what a blog was. To be honest, I, too, am new to all this – and I do not even pretend to know all the answers – but here’s what little I know…

Blogs are like little written monologues or journal entries. In our case, Payal has set this up as an opportunity for us to test, trial and learn. Each person on staff can create a running blog (post as often as interested) and we, the other NTEA staffers, can read each blog and, if interested, then post a comment to the blog. I happen to have a personal gmail account – and can attest, it was not hard (especially with Payal looking over my shoulders!) to start my blog. And, now, look at me, I am writing again!

Instead of broadcast emails, we can post once and everyone can view the original message and all the comments. This is the future, folks, and it is likely we will someday get to a point in helping our members to network in this way.

So, let’s take advantage of this great opportunity to test the waters and get more comfortable in this universe… and just think what we can learn from each other!