Comments on: Finding your Student Affairs compass http://thesabloggers.org/2010/03/finding-your-student-affairs-compass/ Know-how from peers and professionals Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: edcabellon http://thesabloggers.org/2010/03/finding-your-student-affairs-compass/comment-page-1/#comment-809 edcabellon Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:42:10 +0000 This post made me smile :-) Meeting you and all the #SAchat folks over the last month was a huge highlight and met every expectation I ever had. It certainly has helped shaped my next moves and direction :-) This post made me smile :-) Meeting you and all the #SAchat folks over the last month was a huge highlight and met every expectation I ever had. It certainly has helped shaped my next moves and direction :-)

]]> By: Debra Sanborn http://thesabloggers.org/2010/03/finding-your-student-affairs-compass/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Debra Sanborn Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:53:19 +0000 Thank you Sean, Stacy and Liz. It is an honor to count each you in my community and network! Thank you Sean, Stacy and Liz. It is an honor to count each you in my community and network!

]]> By: Debra Sanborn http://thesabloggers.org/2010/03/finding-your-student-affairs-compass/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Debra Sanborn Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:52:39 +0000 Thank you for the feedback, Sean, Stacy and Liz! It's an honor to count each of you in my community and network! Thank you for the feedback, Sean, Stacy and Liz! It's an honor to count each of you in my community and network!

]]> By: Liz Van Lysal http://thesabloggers.org/2010/03/finding-your-student-affairs-compass/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Liz Van Lysal Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:51:42 +0000 If this were facebook, I'd be hitting the "like" button. The #sachat community has become a much larger and more knowledgeable network than I could ever find without Twiter. If this were facebook, I'd be hitting the “like” button. The #sachat community has become a much larger and more knowledgeable network than I could ever find without Twiter.

]]> By: StacyLOliver http://thesabloggers.org/2010/03/finding-your-student-affairs-compass/comment-page-1/#comment-790 StacyLOliver Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:44:03 +0000 And sometimes, just like a GPS, our networks remind us when we need to make a U-Turn or recalculate. <br><br>I've been fortunate to have great professional networks throughout my career, inspired by a supervisor early in my time in the field who believed that the strength of your network correlated with your success. There are days I feel like the Verizon commercial with thousands of people trailing me (thought my network is not *that* big). And sometimes, just like a GPS, our networks remind us when we need to make a U-Turn or recalculate.

I've been fortunate to have great professional networks throughout my career, inspired by a supervisor early in my time in the field who believed that the strength of your network correlated with your success. There are days I feel like the Verizon commercial with thousands of people trailing me (thought my network is not *that* big).

]]> By: Sean Cook http://thesabloggers.org/2010/03/finding-your-student-affairs-compass/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Sean Cook Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:41:40 +0000 Great post Debra. I especially identify with what you said about losing yourself in work and not connecting enough with your network. The SA Blog and #sachat helped me to reconnect with some of the things I lost sight of in the daily grind of my work in Residence Life...love of writing, sharing ideas, supporting grad students and young professionals. I did these things, but not enough, and I pined for more opportunities to connect in these ways. I didn't realize the impact this lack of connection was having on my work and my life , until I became a part of this community. Along the way, members have helped me rediscover those parts of myself that I not only put away a long time ago, but feared I would never have the time or energy to get back. There is such a huge value to having a network that is accessible on a moment's notice, when you need ideas, support or to be challenged. The SA Blog and #sachat are true models of this ideal. Great post Debra. I especially identify with what you said about losing yourself in work and not connecting enough with your network. The SA Blog and #sachat helped me to reconnect with some of the things I lost sight of in the daily grind of my work in Residence Life…love of writing, sharing ideas, supporting grad students and young professionals. I did these things, but not enough, and I pined for more opportunities to connect in these ways. I didn't realize the impact this lack of connection was having on my work and my life , until I became a part of this community. Along the way, members have helped me rediscover those parts of myself that I not only put away a long time ago, but feared I would never have the time or energy to get back. There is such a huge value to having a network that is accessible on a moment's notice, when you need ideas, support or to be challenged. The SA Blog and #sachat are true models of this ideal.

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