CES, Me and a User Guide...
CES got shoved to the back of my mind while I pursued different diversions... I played around ideas for creating my own classified ad website using credits or points but each time I would run into one road block or another.
I fell in and out of love with different web designs, programming languages, wiki engines, etc. During this time everyone I knew jumped on Facebook so I followed the crowed so I wouldn't get left out of the the latest social fade.
During this time I saw CES had a Facebook group so I joined that, but was disappointed that there wasn't more activity or much happening with the maillists.
Then suddenly I see on facebook that CES is opening up on Ning! I really like Ning because it is like Facebook but since you have control over your own social network, you can get rid of all of the irritating stuff (spam).
So now the different groups don't seem so far away. I realize how many groups there are and how many people are using it... Even in the United States! Now a Group of my own seems much more attainable, especially since I don't feel like I am out there all alone.
Which takes me to my discovery of the CES Users Guide which I printed out (lot of pages!) so I can become more familiar with the details.
Once I get done reading that, I hope to get some friends signed up and start practicing.
My dream is to have a thriving exchange in my community where people, businesses and organizations all benefit from this wonderful idea.
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Comment by Dawn Pilatowicz on October 17, 2008 at 5:37pm - Good luck to you - it IS amazing. Easy way to start - have a social evening - get everyone to bring a bottle and a plate and sell their goodies to each other for Talents (or whatever you decide to call your currency). Start your group and sign them up there and then on your computer. It's great fun getting everyone to help each other decide what to offer. It can get totally out of hand of course dependent on the number of bottles of wine sold during the evening.
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