Monday, 2 February 2015

The power of the Internet...

As I am sure I have mentioned many times I am a guide leader. I absolutely love it and choosing to do it was one of the best things I have chosen to do.

During our planning meeting at the start of the year, we decided that we would do a week on esafety. Our guides range from 10 - 14 so are at that prime age for needing to understand the importance of esafety. 

I had seen a couple of things online with ideas about esafety and got a couple of ideas. One idea I had seen was about a couple of people who had posted a picture of themselves holding up a message saying please share. I thought I would give it a go and 2 weeks ago posted the below picture on my personal Facebook page. 


I wanted to make the point that a photo you post on your Facebook can be quickly passed on. I gave it 3 days - I posted on the Sunday night in prep for te talk at guides on the Wednesday- I figured if I got 100 shares it would totally make my point. 

By the time I went to bed 5 hours later I was already up to nearly 350 shares and over the next 3 days it quickly rose to nearly 24,000 by the time I went to guides on the Wednesday! It has continued to rise and at the moment is on nearly 87,000!!! I can't actually believe it! It's been seen by people all over the world! 

It really does make a point about staying safe online and making sure your vigilant about what you post!