I take pride in keeping the Drama-level in my life at low but recent events have taken my Drama-level to new heights. I'm really okay with - and am even enjoying the excitement of - some of the Drama but a Web 2.0 World has totally changed how Drama occurs.
This past year I joined the Board of Directors of an association. We have a big event coming up in June and, as always when deadlines approach, pressures are mounting.
In person meetings are manageable...unless there is someone on the other end of a speakerphone.
Chats are tolerable...but conversations and threads overlap...and there is always a record of what was "said." (Have you ever read a chat transcript after the fact? OUCH!)
Email strings go on forever...and cc lists are long (and not always edited correctly!) And who is being bcc'd???
Thankfully, I don't think FaceBook and Twitter have picked up on our Drama yet which is good. I hope we can keep it a little private.
I'm happy to say that our June event will be magnificent (though there may be a few dead bodies along the way) and lots of lessons will be learned. For me, I'm learning how to manage Drama in a Web 2.0 World.
