Bruce A HayesProject Manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and freelance Trainer.| Available to partner with you. Let's review your needs to see if we are
a match.Fort Wayne, IN, United States
How selective are you when someone requests to be included in your network? too often I see people without a profile nor much activity on there but they have very large networks. I tend to ignore these requests fearing they'll figure out a way to send me SPAM. What are your standards for accepting a request? How do you decide to whom you will submit a request? Saving Changes...
Rick PascoeIT Project Manager| Toshiba America Inc.Costa Mesa, Ca, United States
Although I have a small network, I have not and don't think I would decline any invitation to connect. I do, however, look at the profile of everyone who does send a request. This isn't to filter, but to learn a bit (sometimes a small bit if their profile isn't detailed) about the individual. This is a worldwide organization and I like the international flavor that comes from connecting with PMs outside my geographic location or industry segment.
As for who I send connection requests to, I do like to have some reason for doing so. It may simply be that I read a reply to a question and liked the way the person expressed themselves. There may be no obvious reason for my request such as being from the same city or industry. Who knows, I might someday travel to Fort Wayne and will check my network to see if Laura or Bruce want to meet for coffee (assuming they accept my connection request....). Saving Changes...
Very interesting conversation on this chain. I had not thought of the various different perspectives before. I started sending Connect requests when I first learnt that the site uses Connections as a variable in calculating the Influence Score - and I wanted to work on increasing my score.
Through sending the various requests, I started getting to know more people due to the articles we commented on, replies we posted to questions etc. So while normal process (for example LinkedIn) is to first know the person and then request a Connection, I feel that the projectmanagement.com site and network seem to work more in the opposite way in that you Connect first and then get to know them better. Saving Changes...
"To learn a language...is to have one more window from which to look at the WORLD" - Chinese proverb
ProjectManagement.com offers a platform (world) for likeminded people (coming from diverse background and industry), who wish to learn and share their best practices (all contributing to the community).
Does it really matter?
“Learn things from those around you, enjoy life with those beside you. Don't underestimate those below you”.
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1 reply by Bruce A Hayes
May 27, 2016 1:35 PM
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I prefer to think no one is below me. An individual may have had fewer opportunities or, perhaps a person is less able to do something I can do. However, that doesn’t mean they don't bring something to the table from which the entire team can benefit.
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
I'm here to be part of a community, from as many aspects as possible. I see your point that some members don't post much, but that should not always drive your decision. You could also then look at the quality of posts. Are no post any worse or better than many 'Thanks for posting' comments?
Many here may just be here to lurk and learn, and by connecting to other members who are more active, they then have a better activity feed to learn from. I'm okay with that.
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1 reply by Bruce A Hayes
May 27, 2016 1:31 PM
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Thank you for the response. I agree. I so often wonder “what is the point of ‘Thank you’" in a thread.
For that matter, I don't like emails that say thank you to someone and are set out to everyone. Who's trying to be appreciated? Is the appreciation better if everyone knows? Why should everyone have to read "thank you" when his or her time would be better spent working?
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Bruce A HayesProject Manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and freelance Trainer.| Available to partner with you. Let's review your needs to see if we are
a match.Fort Wayne, IN, United States
May 27, 2016 1:25 PM
Replying to Drew Craig
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I'm here to be part of a community, from as many aspects as possible. I see your point that some members don't post much, but that should not always drive your decision. You could also then look at the quality of posts. Are no post any worse or better than many 'Thanks for posting' comments?
Many here may just be here to lurk and learn, and by connecting to other members who are more active, they then have a better activity feed to learn from. I'm okay with that.
Thank you for the response. I agree. I so often wonder “what is the point of ‘Thank you’" in a thread.
For that matter, I don't like emails that say thank you to someone and are set out to everyone. Who's trying to be appreciated? Is the appreciation better if everyone knows? Why should everyone have to read "thank you" when his or her time would be better spent working?
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1 reply by Elizabeth Harrin
May 28, 2016 7:48 AM
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I do take the time (sometimes, when I remember) to say thank you to people to the people who have left comments on my blog posts, because I think it's polite to acknowledge their effort in creating a discussion and contributing.
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Bruce A HayesProject Manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and freelance Trainer.| Available to partner with you. Let's review your needs to see if we are
a match.Fort Wayne, IN, United States
May 27, 2016 7:52 AM
Replying to Anupam
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"To learn a language...is to have one more window from which to look at the WORLD" - Chinese proverb
ProjectManagement.com offers a platform (world) for likeminded people (coming from diverse background and industry), who wish to learn and share their best practices (all contributing to the community).
Does it really matter?
“Learn things from those around you, enjoy life with those beside you. Don't underestimate those below you”.
I prefer to think no one is below me. An individual may have had fewer opportunities or, perhaps a person is less able to do something I can do. However, that doesn’t mean they don't bring something to the table from which the entire team can benefit.
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1 reply by Anupam
May 27, 2016 10:39 PM
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That’s the motivation.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
I prefer to think no one is below me. An individual may have had fewer opportunities or, perhaps a person is less able to do something I can do. However, that doesn’t mean they don't bring something to the table from which the entire team can benefit.
That’s the motivation.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
Thanks!! Saving Changes...
Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
May 27, 2016 1:31 PM
Replying to Bruce A Hayes
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Thank you for the response. I agree. I so often wonder “what is the point of ‘Thank you’" in a thread.
For that matter, I don't like emails that say thank you to someone and are set out to everyone. Who's trying to be appreciated? Is the appreciation better if everyone knows? Why should everyone have to read "thank you" when his or her time would be better spent working?
I do take the time (sometimes, when I remember) to say thank you to people to the people who have left comments on my blog posts, because I think it's polite to acknowledge their effort in creating a discussion and contributing. Saving Changes...
Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
The number of connections itself isn't really a badge of honour because the quality of the network is what should be important. I've never really considered or rejected any of the network requests because I don't think the Gantthead (as it was) network was ever designed to be used in the same way as LinkedIn. I have never received spam and I don't think that I receive particular support either from my network here overall, but the general, wider community (of which the people in my network are a big part) has always been very supportive. When you are in someone's network you get to see what they are posting on this site, so I have always thought that if someone wanted to be part of my network it was because they were interested in what I had to say here, not necessarily outside/offline connections. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that outside of your site influence rating, does it really matter? Saving Changes...
Linda MillerProject ManagementHuntington, Ny, United States
I happily accept all connections like others have said. I have not yet experienced any downside from doing so. Saving Changes...
