Here is my survey that I have created for this project. I want to know what CCAA baseball team had the most players selected in the 2013 MLB draft? The answer to this question typically means that the team with the most players drafted often has the best recruit class come in for the following season.
<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3MVXV3H">Click here to take survey</a>
There is no doubt in my mind when it comes to getting a job a lot of it has to do with people you know. Obviously your own knowledge and skill is most important but knowing the right person can only help. I have only been involved in the coaching world for a little over a year now but I have made many connections. Just as was the case when I was a player, other coaches have taken me under their wing and provided me with opportunities I would not of had if it weren't for them. For me the most important thing I can do as a new face in the world of college baseball coaches is meet as many people as I can and make an impression that demonstrates who and what I am all about. Since entering into the coaching world I have reached out to just about every baseball connection I have ever had, high school coaches, college summer coaches etc. Even since being involved in this class I have met people whom I could potentially work with one day and that fires me up. Another helpful way of meeting people in my profession is doing camps. I worked a scout camp last winter and met a bunch of college coaches both young and old. At that camp I met an assistant coach at Hartnell Junior College In Monterey who told me about this program at FPU and here I am getting my masters. This world works in misterious w Like I said I don't care if its the professional coaching world or finding a job as a burger flipper, its not necessarily about what you know but who you know. Some people might cringe with disgust when reading this comment but its true and it is how this world works.
What a concept. For a long time I have used wikipedia for information both educational and personal. Having the ability to communicate with a group using one document is pretty cool. I am a big camper/fisherman and I try to go on as many trips as I can each year ( I always go on two big ones, one in the early summer and one in the late fall). When I go on these trips my friends and I are constantly asking each other what to bring and whose bringing what. I definitely think that with the use of this technology I will have the most dialed in camping trips ever.
I could also see the use of wiki in a professional sense for other coaches and myself. For example when we go on the road for games there are many checklist we have to cover before we leave. Whose got equipment? Who has made the food arrangements? Hotels, etc. This whole notion of effectively communicating through the use of wiki is pretty dialed in and I will use this for professional and personal situations.
Obviously Linkedin is tailored toward your profession career. Your Facebook profile might expose parts of someones life that are not peoples business at work unless you choose to make them apart of it. Facebook is good for keeping up with friends and family whereas linkedin showcases a professional profile of you and your professional attributes that potential employers might see. The seperation of your professional life and personal life is important for peoples privacy and that is why I am an advocate for sites like linkedin. The linkedin site is much more direct with its infomation in the sense that it is all about professional credentials and skills whereas facebook is really a colla