The steps to getting Ready for and Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources

In the blog assignment for this week, we were asked to "Establishing Professional Contacts," with other professionals around the globe.  For this assignment, I chose the alternative method. The first set of steps that I took to locate and contact two professionals was, I reached out to and contacted a few colleagues from previous courses in the Masters of Early Childhood program.  I contacted and reached out to these colleagues from previous courses as a networking system because, although they are still in the U.S., they are in states around the globe.  I have also opted to utilize electronic messaging/communications as a faster method to stay in touch and receive updates from my contacts. In my attempt to establish communications, so far, I have contacted a previous colleague from Hawaii that is actively involved with Head Start and other early childhood organizations around the world.  I have also reached out to the “Globe Fund for Children Organization.  I have sent request to both entities and I am awaiting a response/update.

Neketha