My good colleague Amy Gahran has written a terrific post called "How To Blog Without A Time Sink." It written for journalists, but the advice is very relevant to nonprofit staffers. Amy suggests that it is mostly a matter of a mind shift, from producing a final polished to sharing a work in progress. I love the phrase "back up brain."
The clincher to all this is to use your blog as your backup brain — or at least as a public notebook. Why not get more mileage out of work you would have done anyway by changing your habits toward managing information and communication publicly? Instead of keeping your thoughts, notes, and conversations to yourself, post them.
This is a good idea. I'm finding it very hard to keep up with my blogging and work at the same time. Maybe I'll try this...
Posted by: Michaela Hackner | September 19, 2007 at 11:02 AM
This is a good idea. I'm finding it very hard to keep up with my blogging and work at the same time. Maybe I'll try this...
Posted by: Michaela Hackner | September 19, 2007 at 11:02 AM
This is a good idea. I'm finding it very hard to keep up with my blogging and work at the same time. Maybe I'll try this...
Posted by: Michaela Hackner | September 19, 2007 at 11:02 AM
This is a good idea. I'm finding it very hard to keep up with my blogging and work at the same time. Maybe I'll try this...
Posted by: Michaela Hackner | September 19, 2007 at 11:03 AM