Establishing Professional Contacts
After reading the Blog assignment for this week, I figured it was going to be a bit difficult to connect with someone from another county to share information with, so I decided to e-mail several individuals and organizations. On Monday, I e-mailed 17 individuals only to receive 13 undeliverable e-mails, 1 read receipt, and 1 response. I was excited to see that I had received a response from at least one individual, that is until I read the response Buzov (personal communication, March 8, 2011) noted Dear Brenda, This is very good news but are you sure that this e-mail is for me!?! Regards Prof. Emil Buzov. I replied by explaining to her how I obtained her e-mail information from The Global Alliance of NAEYC. On Tuesday I decided to e-mail some of the organizations from UNICEF. I e-mailed 11 organizations and received a response on Wednesday from EGY-Cairo UNICEF (personal communication, March 9, 2011) stating Thank you for your interest in UNICEF, your email will be forwarded to the concerned staff. When I checked my e-mail on Thursday, the following e-mail was in my box; Rios (personal communication, March 10, 2011) noted it’s our honor to be part of your coursework just send us the details. Needless to say, I was ecstatic!
After reading the Blog assignment for this week, I figured it was going to be a bit difficult to connect with someone from another county to share information with, so I decided to e-mail several individuals and organizations. On Monday, I e-mailed 17 individuals only to receive 13 undeliverable e-mails, 1 read receipt, and 1 response. I was excited to see that I had received a response from at least one individual, that is until I read the response Buzov (personal communication, March 8, 2011) noted Dear Brenda, This is very good news but are you sure that this e-mail is for me!?! Regards Prof. Emil Buzov. I replied by explaining to her how I obtained her e-mail information from The Global Alliance of NAEYC. On Tuesday I decided to e-mail some of the organizations from UNICEF. I e-mailed 11 organizations and received a response on Wednesday from EGY-Cairo UNICEF (personal communication, March 9, 2011) stating Thank you for your interest in UNICEF, your email will be forwarded to the concerned staff. When I checked my e-mail on Thursday, the following e-mail was in my box; Rios (personal communication, March 10, 2011) noted it’s our honor to be part of your coursework just send us the details. Needless to say, I was ecstatic!
Expanding Resources
I looked at a few websites to see what their concerns and issues were. I subscribed to several other sites, but Save the Children were the first to respond with an Enewsletter. I decided to subscribe to Save the Children website because it focuses on the betterment of children in over 100 countries globally. The organization focus is on empowering the health, education, and opportunities for at risk children as well as provides assistance to children who fall victims to war and natural disasters. This touched home for me, because I work with military families and I want to ensure that I’m well informed about trends and issues they are experiencing so that I am better equipped to meet their needs.
Brenda,
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that you received a response! I am still trying to make contact with someone. I have a contact in Costa Rica and am hoping that will work out. This is much more difficult than I originally thought it would be. The website you reviewed sounds very interesting and informative. It is wonderful that you are learning more so that you can assist the children you work with.
Brenda
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you got a response from someone, the first 2 I emailed one came back undeliverable and nothing from the other, so I emailed two and still nothing, so I am moving onto the ALternative assignment. Save the children website was very interesting. However, I was drew to the Zero to Three and the Pre-k now websites. I looke forward to hearing about your visits to Save the Children and communications from a different part of our world.
I'm glad you have made your contacts. I think I waited too late in the week to start so I'm still waiting for response. I hope I am as lucky as you to make these contacts. I look forward to blogging with you about the international contacts we have made and also the things you learn from Save the Children. I chose the National Black Children Development Institute.
ReplyDeleteThat is great that you made your contacts. I have not heard anything back at this poit, and I am starting to get a little worried I think it is really great to have the opportunity to connect with ECE professionals from around the world. I cannot wait to hear more about the connections you have made, and I hope that I hear from mine soon! Good luck
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