7. Who am I online?
“I could be brown, I could be blue I could be violet
sky.
I could be hurtful, I could be purple, I could be
anything you like.”
(Mika, Grace Kelly, song lyric)
8. Online identity and
Professional Identity
• Professional identity stems from professional
socialization and development (McGowen & Hart, 1990).
• This includes the acquisition of specific
knowledge and skills and the development of
new values, attitudes and behaviours (Hall, 1987;
McGowen & Hart, 1990; Watts, 1987).
9. Too time consuming…….
• I don’t have the time…
Image: Blake Flynn http://home.comcast.net/~blake.flynn/paintings/timeconsuming.html
10.
11. Too Risky…..
• Identity theft
• Privacy
• Personal and Professional world may collide
• My mistakes might come back to haunt me
13. Crew sacked over Facebook
posts
Thirteen cabin crew staff have been sacked by
Virgin Atlantic over their use of a social
networking website, it has emerged.
– It launched disciplinary action last week following
claims staff had used Facebook to criticise its safety
standards and call passengers "chavs".
– The airline said the crew's behaviour "brought the
company into disrepute".
14. Too scary?
Some people think they can escape risk by
escaping being online, but which is worse--
having someone see you and know that you
have some flaws or being invisible?
15.
16. A modern day professional
necessity?
• Reputation enhancing
• Profile development
• Professional networking
• Engaging with a global community
• CPD
17. Our Vision: We are leading the way..
To reach those who may not
have thought about this before
To establish a
collective voice on an
international platform
To encourage access to
myriad learning and
development
opportunities
19. Tips
• Build you identity carefully
• Choose the best tools for the job
• Manage and monitor your identity regularly
• Maintain your visibility
20. “When you enter any new culture --
and cyberspace has its own culture
-- you're liable to commit a few
social blunders. You might offend
people without meaning to. Or you
might misunderstand what others
say and take offense when it's not
intended. To make matters worse,
something about cyberspace makes
it easy to forget that you're
interacting with other real people”
Virginia Shea http://www.albion.com/netiquette/introduction.html
21. Be ethical
• You are a professional first and foremost
• Don’t jump to conclusions
• Follow your Code of Professional Conduct
• Don’t plagiarise someone else’s work
22. Make yourself look good
• You won't be judged by the colour of your skin,
eyes, or hair, your weight, your age, or your
clothing.
• You will, however, be judged by the quality of
your writing. Spelling and grammar count!
• Know what you are talking about and make
sense
23. In summary
• Anonymity vs the real you
• Treat others as you would like to be treated
• Everything you write and put out on the web is a
reflection of you.
