Writing More

Today I am prompted to think back to my days at Stonehill College as Dr. Katie Conboy will be visiting the Washington D.C. area this weekend. While I do not want to remember the "less than" stellar works of art I handed in for the literacy class, her visit combined with the inspiring message from Fred Wilson at www.avc.com has prompted me to dust off my blog and enhance my blogging skills.

My problem with blogging is not "what should I say?" but rather is "when do I have time to write it?" That's really the amazing part for me is to understand when do people have time to sit down and bang out 4-5 paragraphs of anything? I am at work 0630 - 1800 M-F. Arriving home after 1900 does not really lead to my best thought time for blogging. Tonight, I committed to it and here I am at 2324.

My goal with blogging includes the following: 1. Improve my writing skills. Dr. Conboy would probably have some "suggestions" on my writing style if she were to review this post. Even at my advanced age, I think I can improve my skills in this area.

2. Become relevant by writing about topics that I see every day in the hopes that others can learn from my mistakes or they can help suggest an enhanced resolution. In my day I experience management topics that I do not believe are covered in any text book or case study. Let me just say, I can never find an answer to the topics. The central part of my day is collaboration. I struggle every day with: a. How do I find the relevant audience that cares about the emails I am crafting. Who really needs to know and who cares and who will help? b. How do we expedite our collaboration efforts to resolve issues and make decisions c. How do we help people find the issues they should be collaborating on and let them discard the one's' they should not be dealing with?

3. Focus the blog around technology and management

4. Try to blog using my mobile device.

I will start with the four goals for now. It is now 2326 and this took an entire 7 minutes to write. Maybe I do have time to blog after all?