The V! Studios blog, or V! Blog as we call it, stands like many other company blogs. It relies on not a singular voice but rather many voices. To keep the blog fresh we lean on the input of several members of the team to provide interesting content for our readers.
By using a multi-headed approach to authoring, the blog presents a window into the many fields that the V! Studios team operates. Whether it provides a peek into the work created by our developers, deep discussion of techniques involved with cloud integration, or making shortcuts to simplify working within a high level animation software suite, the V! Blog covers a wide ranging field of topics.
Relying on the entire team to author the blog is great, when it works. While the blog covers a number of topics in a number of arenas, it covers nothing without the support of the team members tasked to supply content. Without the input of our subject matter experts, the blog risks withering on the vine to die so to speak.
As a driving member of the blog, I drafted a schedule for the team to follow. Comprised of V! Studios team members, the scheduled outlined the authors with a simple sequential dated order. The guide indicates who is to write an entry and when.
Simple right? Except when it isn’t. Some team members seem to choose to forget about their duties when it comes to crafting a blog entry. Why? I don’t know.
Perhaps they lack proper motivation. That is where I turn to you, our readers, to help me help my teammates be more…punctual in supplying timely updates to the blog. My predecessor utilized the carrot. If a blog entry received the most number of views in a month, you won a prize. I, on the other hand, prefer a more measured approach. I want to bring a stick, the stick of shame.
Perhaps a public shaming of my colleagues will encourage them to support our efforts to keep the V! Blog current and relevant. Thus, I ask for your input with the simple, totally scientific survey below. Please answer truthfully and honestly. Should I leverage shame to steward my colleagues toward acting as fully competent blog writers? Please vote early and often.
The results will be posted at a later date.