On the last hour of last day in 2009, in this decade, I have few recaps of the year. Doing it now is a nice way to close the year and yeah, get a head star for 2010.
No doubt 2009 has proven to be challenged for many, especially those unemployed, I for one is included. Fortunately I have a very supportive husband, who pulls all the weight the whole year while I don’t have regular income, and still being the best daddy. That is why I nominated him (Vincent Chang) as one of the five “Dads We Love 2009″ in Today’s Parent magazine, right, he is kind of a celebrity in our eyes.
I am also blessed to have two healthy, beautiful girls that I can ever ask for, they are so loving and compassionate to throw an amazing surprise birthday for me.
While not working full time this year, it’s actually quite a busy year for me. I got to work with few clients helping them with strategic intelligence needs, from data gathering to research analysis to information optimization. When possible, I attended average 2~3 webinars every week, topics with broad interests from information/content/knowledge management, to social media building, to how to communicate effectively. I also managed to obtain some certificates in my fields, including;
- IOA (Information Organization & Access), I am actually an AIIM IOA Practitioner !
- Legal Research on the Web, understand the resources for legal research
- Information Professional as Educator, being an advocate educate information seekers/users the importance of information and WIIFM
- Records Management Fundamentals, how to identify records and manage them
All of these opportunities which I cherished wholeheartedly, allow me to hone my social media skills; most importantly, to reassure my passion both personally and professionally. Many people have said that, social media changes their lives, I couldn’t agree more. It brings people together and closer, through it I have met some amazing people and I’ve had some wonderful experiences, I have all of you to thank for.
I can hear the fireworks now, 2009 was good and 2010 is going to be great.
