Campus session 3

Hi all. Here's a quick summary of yesterdays Campus session for anyone who couldn't make it, or those who did. 

We broke into groups and discussed Networks. The whole point was to Start exploring this word, as a first layer of thoughts. This is why the outcomes were so broad, no less interesting but very diverse. 
I will try, to cover the points as I understood them below for you, but keep in your minds as you read that these are nothing more than first explorations for you to begin your own personal thinking on the subject. 
We covered THE Network being different from MY Network again being different from PROFFESSIONAL Network. I would post a picture of our groups mind map on our discussions but it is quite abstract and without having been there at its conception, it would probably confuse rather than help. 
Types of networks; family, friends, social, corporate, work, artistic, academic, BAPP, colleagues, tutors, mentors, students, parents/children of any of the above etc you get the idea. 
The following have an influence over networks; social media, casting forums, YouTube comments. 
Other interesting points; you must make decisions on your network they don't just happen, you can look at your network from past, present and future as well as in the frequency, method, context of your contacting them or indeed by category. Category could be; you know them through a common interest such as kite flying (?!?) or through common location such as school chums (likely to have a variety of different interests). 
Also discussed was the amount of energy or time spent on a certain area or group of people amongst your networks and how this grows and shrinks depending on what you are doing at the time or what need them for. In addition we covered the give and take of relationships within networks and how this changes as your position/status within that same network grows. 
As well as this we discussed if you only have a finite amount of energy, time, resources to share or spend on your networks. One of the groups came up with a time line, project planning model, which they compared to being a bit like snakes and ladders. Alan picked up on this and added to it saying that as you learn and develope through your network it causes you to grow so if you were to hit a snake, sacked or injured, that you are able to start higher up on the next ladder you start to climb. 
I know that this is awfully vague and a bit general but it gives us all a chance to 'puzzle' our own way through using it to begin the thinking and questioning process. 
I truly do hope that even just one of the ideas mentioned above gave you cause to think, hmm interesting, not thought of that. If not... Then... (shoulder shrug)...sorry(?!?)

Let me know if this has been of...ANY help at all. 

Lovely to see those of you who were there at the session.

Stay safe - Phil