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← Return to Mentor Teleconference - October 2017
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My Contribution to the pre teleconference
1. Introduction Round Robin
My name is Rosemary Huckleberry, I live in central Kentucky. I follow Transplant Group and the Visiting Mayo Clinic Group. I also venture into other groups, that are within my experience/comfort level.-Kidney, autoimmune, PICS.
- aspects of personality/skill - I have been on the terrifying and complicated journey to organ failure. Liver failure caused kidney failure. I think that I understand the fear that exists behind the words in the written messages that are posted. I don't want them to feel alone. And I also try to be sensitive to the painful reality that not everyone will have success.
-my favorite past time/activity - I knit/crochet - I have started a Prayer Shawl group at my church. I enjoy the challenge of knitting a sweater. A spiritual joy for me is to be able to play my violin at mass on Sunday mornings (after putting it away for years). Working thru difficult pattern instructions, practicing difficult music passages, and working Sudoku puzzles are challenges that "I can" work thru - and I get a great sense of accomplishment. My favorite is being outdoors, and an annual hiking vacation.
2. Creating Table Talk - I am experiencing a 'hit and miss' with this. Sometimes questions get response. Tagging other members does seem to help. I also notice occasional 'likes' from silent members.
-What's working well - I have noticed 3 distinct categories members in transplant. 1) "Seekers" those with a specific question - get answer, and go silent. 2) "Supporters" - on/off participation, with a few terrific regulars. 3) "Seekers/Supporters" - looking for information and are supporting others at the same time.
I would welcome more of a supporting involvement by the caregivers and living donors.
And any technology is beyond me even knowing what to ask! I still am burdened with my 2-finger keyboarding! And this week, I just realized last week, that I can click on the Mayo shields at the you of page to access the Mayo information that I sometimes need. This may have been mentioned previously, but....
Rosemary
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Nice picture Rosemary!
@rosemarya, I think I will try to evaluate the hits and misses of the discussions mentors and moderators initiate. What ingredients contribute to success vs. lack of response. I suspect it is not the chosen topic in most cases. It is likely a combination of circumstances, not all of which are in our control. However, the more that we can understand what makes successes work, they more likely we are to making more successes. I'll get started on this as part of the next phase of strategic planning and bring it back to the moderators and mentor group for feedback. It'll be an interesting project.
The 3 categories you outlined describes the behaviors or "engagement" ladder in all the groups. We are increasing the number of Seeker/Supporters, i.e., return members. Six months ago they only constituted 7.5% of Connect members. Now more than 11% return. I hope to continue to increase this percentage. The target for next quarter (Oct-Dec) is 15%. Fifteen percent is ambitious since most online communities consider 10% to be a success. I'm confident we can do better than 10% and sustain it.
That is a fabulous idea to evaluate the hits and misses, @colleenyoung. That would be so helpful for us to know.
I also think I feel a journal submission coming on! 🙂
@rosemarya , You two are adorable!
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My attempt to post a photo. Hubby and I at 12,005 ft Alpine visitor center RMNP