I've been blogging for a year now, time flies! But with one year down my mind has turned to the question I'd imagine many bloggers ask themselves "Why do I write a blog?"
I've written on books I've read, webinars, design thinking, presentation skills, twitter, informal learning, personal learning spaces and more. Am I an expert on all these areas - the answer is simple, no, I am not!
So what value is there in blogging?
Putting fingers to keyboard and then publishing your thoughts isn't always the easiest thing to do, you do make yourself vulnerable. Some things you write may be good, some very good, some (possibly) 'utter tosh'! Everyone sees things differently!
The benefits I get from blogging
- It encourages me to read more books and blogs
- I need to think more about ideas when I blog about them
- I interact with others and share ideas
- It makes me question ideas, my own and others'
- I think more
- I think about things in new ways
- I learn more
- I become more thoughtful
- I leave some ideas behind and take on new ones
- I hope I get other people thinking as well!
A few months ago I saw this video (you may have seen it before) featuring Seth Godin and Tom Peters. I think this sums up why blogging is important.
For those who have read a number of my posts over the year I hope you have found ideas that have made you think differently. Many of my posts in the last year have been around the influence of design thinking on how we design successful learning. From this came my interest in Informal Learning. These two topics have been the most important things I have taken away from the last 12 months and I can only see these forming the basis for further posts into the next year!
