It has been over 6 months that I have been blogging. There have been times that I thought I would never have anything more to write about but then some issue or interesting thing appeared. The number of posts each month has declined but I'm not sure that is a bad thing.
I have categorized my blogs now into topics. You can find the list on the right. One thing I learned from that is I seem to be interested in three broad areas: communicating audit results, independence, and transparency. So...maybe my thoughts aren't so random.
Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, August 22, 2008
How reading blogs can lead to results
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Why blog?
I am a fan of blogs and read them regularly for information and points of view. We get insulated from different opinions and blogging is one way to expand the scope of information you would normally receive in conversations with co-workers, friends, and family or via standard news media. I have discovered many things from blogs that I wouldn't have seen without them - photos, You Tube videos, documents, and news stories.
I thought about blogging in the context of performance auditing because it is such an interesting profession. Audits are reported on in newspapers occasionally but the process, why and how conclusions were reached, rarely is. What is it that we do? I thought perhaps I could add to the information available. So goal #1 was to increase understanding.
But Goal #2 is the more risky and scary one. I wanted to start a dialogue, to share my thoughts and have others respond. As I have learned from email conversations, writing can easily be misinterpreted when you are unable to see how someone responds to what you are saying. But I decided to take the plunge and keep this online journal, recording thoughts as I have them about auditing.
I thought about blogging in the context of performance auditing because it is such an interesting profession. Audits are reported on in newspapers occasionally but the process, why and how conclusions were reached, rarely is. What is it that we do? I thought perhaps I could add to the information available. So goal #1 was to increase understanding.
But Goal #2 is the more risky and scary one. I wanted to start a dialogue, to share my thoughts and have others respond. As I have learned from email conversations, writing can easily be misinterpreted when you are unable to see how someone responds to what you are saying. But I decided to take the plunge and keep this online journal, recording thoughts as I have them about auditing.
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