digital trails

I've been spending some time today doing some digital 'housework': tidying my desktop and checking/organizing some of my Facebook and other pages. Just like we all try to keep our physical house tidy, we should also do the same with our digital house!

Along with updating content to my CedarHill Facebook page I decided to 'Google myself'. If you've never done that - you should! Partly out of curiosity - hey, who else is out there with the same name? But mostly to see what your digital 'footprint' says about you. And if it doesn't say what you want, is there anything you can do about it? The answer to the last one is very debatable and dependent on circumstances.

So - what did I find?

= For a few years I was Program Coordinator then Executive Director at a non-profit for seniors in Nanaimo. There are a number of bits online about happenings there:

- this article in Senior Living was written by Anna Bunce, a Summer Intern we had in 2010 http://www.seniorlivingmag.com/articles/nanaimo-telephone-visiting-society

- this Rotary newsletter outlined a visit I made to their meeting http://www.daybreakrotary.ca/temp/wakeup/leads/20100113130000.pdf

- while at NSVS I organized a Fundraising dinner http://www.seniorlivingmag.ca/event/fundraising-dinner-for-nanaimo-seniors-visiting-society

= After working at NSVS I worked as a contract worker for StaffQuest in Nanaimo, working 2 days a week in the Printing Dept. of VIRL (along with several other short-term assignments. This article in Nanaimo Business profiled myself (2nd pic on the left) and several others http://nanaimobusinessnews.ca/2015/05/25/citizens-win-awards-tack-on-new-challenges/

And other than that, there were a number of announcements I sent out to various media about events (for Girl Guides and NSVS and homestay families)

Interesting exercise!