New England Learning Association Blog
January 20, 2006
I read recently that there are 80,000 new blogs a day. As Dorothy Parker might say, “What fresh hell is this?” But I am confident that, just as the early days of Web “home pages” gave way to better and more organized directories and portals like Yahoo, the current noise of the blogosphere will be replaced by more and better ways to find, understand, and read high-quality new blogs.
In the meantime, we have fine new blogs being launched amid the “daily 80,000,” and the one I learned about today is from The New England Learning Association (NELA). NELA is a fine organization, which has been doing top-tier events around Boston for several years. If my memory serves me correctly, it grew out of some ad hoc meetings among like-minded professionals several years ago, and then became a more formal organization. Allan Cole founded it and remains as Executive Director.
Association blogs have an important place among blogs. Associations already represent a community of interest, obviously, and a well-run association listens to its members, helps build consensus where it can, and gives its members platforms for expressing the important issues and themes of the community (through journals, meetings, and other events). Blogs are a natural product of this kind of community building, and the NELA blog is off to a strong start.
Posted by Bill Trippe at January 20, 2006 12:33 PM
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Hey Bill. I believe Doug Foster of Doug Foster Associates put that blog up for them. Let me know if you want an intro. -pete
Posted by Peter Caputa at January 23, 2006 10:12 AMPost a comment
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Nice post and plug for NELA and the new blog! I just learned about it today, though have been a member of NELA since it was BELA. I agree about NELA's high caliber events and this is a great addition. I see it as a way for NELA to be a little more like CM Pros -- a way for the community to participate in vendor neutral, open discussions, share expertise, best practices, etc.
Posted by Brian Miller at January 21, 2006 12:42 PM