As I begin to endeavour on my quest of inquiry all feedback, opinions, advice, answers - the list is endless - would be most appreciate. I want to know what you know, and likewise would love to get involved in your questions. Being performers we are all interlinking somewhere along the line, making our SIG groups even more applicable.
Get in contact and lets discuss !!
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My kind of SIG, I'm in please. You are so visual on here with your blogs. I really like that about you. You use images to tell your story - a true artist...
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Ahmet
Hi Simone, This looks like an interesting SIG and I copy what Ahmet says about your visuals. A very rounded creative.
ReplyDeleteFeel free to take a look at my SIG and see if it sounds relevant to you.
Best Wishes,
Jo
I am please to have you both on board! And am more than happy to be part of yours. I greatly value both of your input! I am still unsure as to how is the best way to collaborate, any advice?
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Well I think you've got it right with Linkedin, it seems a good way to gather a group of people and create a tangible sense of a group. I had an idea of having different groups within my groups. Some of my network won't be on Linkedin and some of them not even have a facebook, so for them it will be a classic coffee and chat. I think it's about knowing who you are talking to and being adaptable. Hope that helps...
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Hi Simone,
ReplyDeleteI think it's important to appreciate that collaborating is "working together" on a journey with a common theme which continuously evolves. Potentially, one group subject may in fact change and evolve in time, dependent on who has joined "the group".
I agree with Ahmet re. collaborations can occur through meeting people for coffee / chatting as well as through technological networking. However, I think that trialling different methods of connecting with people is important to understand which method is best suited to your practice.
I personally find LinkedIn much more professional than Facebook and it has opened me up to a completely different network of people than when I was performing.
There may well be some important contacts on LinkedIn that could advise and assist you with your journey towards a career in media. As you stated previously, it is often not what you know but who you know that gets you through the door.
However, (I doubt that I have to tell you this, but I am a cynic!) I am always cautious when it comes to "socializing" as opposed to "networking", so choose your meetings cautiously with your head and not your heart.
I look forward to reading more!
Best Wishes,
Jo
Thanks Jo, I definitely agree. I am finding Linkedln much more professional to use as I have not yet created a separate professional Facebook account, and like you said would be very cautious to mix socialising and networking. I am still struggling to work out how to find others to join my group though, what is the best way to go about this?
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