As defined in Wikipedia an Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site. It is the modern equivalent of a traditional bulletin board. From a technological standpoint, forums or boards are web applications managing user-generated content.
When I began to think about expanding my on-line presence, I considered having both a blog and a forum. I decided to focus on the blog first, but I soon realized that Pelleyblog's small (but growing) list of regular readers sharing similar interests might allow us to create a forum on any topic of interest to us. We could use the blog comment function for that purpose. Later, when we get enough readers generating enough comments to make that process unwieldy, then we can move to create an official forum site in addition to Pelleyblog.
The post on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week set the stage for the "abrasive employee" issue initiated by Nancy and posted yesterday. If you've read that post, you know I gave Nancy my input. But she asked for yours as well. If you'll respond to Nancy's request, we'll have our first forum; a group of people dealing with an issue of common interest in a bulletin board fashion. If we all worked together in the same place, it would be the same as putting a huge sheet of paper on the wall so you could read what others say, and add your thoughts as well. As often as you wish.
If you're a manager of people, as most of our readers are, I think you know most problems have more than one answer, and most issues we face can be approached in more than one way. If you'll share your experiences, your perspectives and your points-of-view, and if others will as well, all of us can collect more perspectives, insights, approaches, and answers that we can add to our managerial knowledge base for our own potential future use.
Please join us won't you? I know Nancy is reading today (and will be in the future) hoping to see your comment on her issue. Feel free to comment on yesterday's post, the abrasive employee, and/or on any article, post or comment in the blog.
If you are not sure how to comment or what commenting is all about, see our post on Tuesday, February 10.
About Pelleyblog: We focus on topics of interest to supervisors, group leaders, foremen, department managers, project managers, team leaders, assistant managers, associate managers, office managers, nurse managers, crew leaders, unit managers, and other first-line managers. But managers at all levels, and people interested in management topics are welcome and are encouraged to join us.
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