Well, Connect turned Five just a couple of months ago, and today I’m turning Five too, as I joined Connect exactly five years ago (five years and an hour, to be exact).
I want to start the post with the words that a friend, @KarenVChin , wrote in a reply in my post about Connect turning Five: “I know I have become much more of a risk-taker, willing to try new things in the past 7 years. Being on Connect has opened many doors, opportunities that I would never had the chance if I did not become a Local Guide 5 years ago”
Mi first photo
My first photo, on the background of the cover photo of this post was a flower, like for many others. A post with no text, like many others. A post with zero replies, anonymous, lost in Connect, like many others. The first of many other flowers, and four Local Guides Gardens, with thousands of contributions from all over the world. I’ve learned a lot from that useless post. I have learned that, if you want to interact with others, you need to read, you need to write, you must be proactive, you need to be creative.
So I did it, I started to read other posts, to interact with others, I started to learn more about this amazing Community and the Local Guides Program.
My scope for being in Connect was not to post Flowers, I was here because I had a mission, as you can read in #ConnectTurns5Challenge : my first post - sharing memories
However, taking photos of flowers has been always my passion, and for a long time a lot of Local Guides called me “Mr Five Petals Only”
So I can echo what Karen said, and definitely Being on Connect has opened many doors, opportunities that I would never had the chance if I did not become a Local Guide 5 years ago.
Now I can say that I am not the same person.
- I learned that if you believe it, you can
- I learned that, if you have a dream, you can make it come true
- I learned that to do something, you have to love what you do
- I learned that rules are important in a group, and that by respecting the rules, the group grows together
- I learned that if you want to be respected, you have to respect others first
- I learned that the points are not important, what matters is the value of the content. When you understand this, the points, the likes, the badges will come by themselves when their time comes
- I learned that you can be friends even if you literally live on the opposite side of the planet. My first Connect friends Karen and Farid are now my friends in everyday life
- I learned that in Connect you can learn new things every day
Looking back, I can say that I learned a lot
What about you?
Have you learned something new by joining and participating in Connect?
Have you got new friends here in the community?
If so, what have you learned?
If you are new, what would you expect to learn by attending Connect?
I dedicate this post to two of the Local Guides who first offered me a true friendship, @KarenVChin and @FaridTDF , which then went beyond the boundaries of the virtual to become concrete and real.
to you for completing 5 years on connect. I always wait for your post to be publish on local guide connect. Your post are so descriptive and informative and teaches a lot I personally think so. Wheather it is about posting photos on map, publishing post on connect, about fair use of connect policies, moderating post on connect or giving solutions for map related issues on connect Q&A section.