Discussion Questions:
1. Are you involved with any form of professional networking? If so, which one/s?
2. If you belong to multiple sites, what was your reasoning behind joining more than one? Do they each serve a unique role in your professional presence? Are they mutually exclusive or do they share certain characteristics? Is the information that you provide on each consistent with the next?
3. If you are yet to develop an online presence in the realm of professional networking, what has been holding you back from doing so? Do you resort to more traditional forms? Is it something that you would be interested in?
1. Are you involved with any form of professional networking? If so, which one/s?
2. If you belong to multiple sites, what was your reasoning behind joining more than one? Do they each serve a unique role in your professional presence? Are they mutually exclusive or do they share certain characteristics? Is the information that you provide on each consistent with the next?
3. If you are yet to develop an online presence in the realm of professional networking, what has been holding you back from doing so? Do you resort to more traditional forms? Is it something that you would be interested in?
4. Do you believe that online networking will eventually take over professional relations much like online publication has trumped the written word? Do you think that our generational reliance on online communication is hindering our ability to succeed in face to face conversations and interviews?
5. Have you had any particular successes in your trials and tribulations with online networking? Any failures?
6. In regards to non-professional networking sites, keeping in mind that all information on the internet is ultimately public regardless of your selected privacy settings, do you censor what you post? If an employer requested access to your Facebook account or other social profile, would you grant it to them? Why or why not?
6. Do you have any particular concerns regarding developing a professional online presence? If so, what are they? If not, what factors contribute to your comfort?
7. In regards to online writing communities, are there any in particular that you favor? Any that have failed you? What factors do you contribute to said successes and failures; what makes a site worth your time?
6. In regards to non-professional networking sites, keeping in mind that all information on the internet is ultimately public regardless of your selected privacy settings, do you censor what you post? If an employer requested access to your Facebook account or other social profile, would you grant it to them? Why or why not?
6. Do you have any particular concerns regarding developing a professional online presence? If so, what are they? If not, what factors contribute to your comfort?
7. In regards to online writing communities, are there any in particular that you favor? Any that have failed you? What factors do you contribute to said successes and failures; what makes a site worth your time?
