AAFCS Weblog

Like many of you, I don’t have time to just sit and learn new technology processes/software/systems for the sake of learning it. I look to technology when I have a need to improve my communications delivery and management. And I can tell you that through my work at AAFCS, I have specifically:
o learned how to create a web-based “Doodle” survey as the most efficient way to get input on people’s availability for a meeting,
o developed my professional contacts database that allows me to easily track interactions,
o created electronic file folders connected to my virtual email “inbox” for access anywhere to time-sensitive information,
o observed successful virtual group brainstorming sessions,
o shared a computer desktop with people from all corners of the nation to simultaneously to review and edit a document,
o experienced an electronic “threaded” conversation,
o gained excitement for the multitude of possibilities for group member interactions via our online Communities shared web space, and
o learned how to blog!

Through all of these uses of technology processes/systems the AAFCS leaders and members with whom I interact learn along with me.

So while we typically think of the professional development provided by AAFCS as content-related seminars, research reports and other information-sharing, your membership in our association can give you a reason to stay state-of-the-art savvy with technology. It’s a skill that increases your professional marketability and boosts your ability to be seen as “current” in the eyes of technology-proficient new professionals.

Won’t you join me today in staying tech savvy through AAFCS engagement? Every member can join an online AAFCS Community. It’s fun! It’s efficient! And it’s a meaningful way to communicate across the nation and around the world!