Hello, wonderful people in Hive! How have you been? I hope you’re all safe and sound. I’ve been on hiatus from posting blogs for more than a week already due to some significant errands. But today, allow me to share with you this orientation we had just last February 3, 2024, at Workplace Café in Mandaue City.
I’ve requested another orientation in the city from the OCD onboarders because there have been other enthusiastic and aspiring people that want to join Hive. They’re from the same university as mine, some are my classmates and some are from the other sections.
If you ever bumped into my previous blog, we already had a Hive orientation through the support of OCD onboarding program at Workplace Café in Guadalupe Cebu City branch. That was my first time requesting an orientation in Cebu City and gratefully has been granted, with 10 invites in total onboarded by my esteemed OCD onboarder, sir @intoy.bugoy. From that, 7/10 has already entered Hive namely @maryjolly, @mxrvieee, @digdeeper2, @gracialicious, @jenny0113, @ladyciudad, and @ikaycutie. ✨
Last February 3, our second orientation in the city was held in Workplace Café in Mandaue. This was supposed to be pushed through in the last weeks of January, but our heavy paperwork at school won’t allow us. Thus, we finished everything first. After that, I coordinated with sir @intoy.bugoy if we could conduct another orientation in the city. We had a quick discussion in terms of everyone’s availability, location, and meeting time. Sir @ybanezkim26 joined us in this orientation as well. Following that, sir @intoy.bugoy then booked a meeting room in Workplace Café from 9:00 am – 11:00 am. I arrived there at exactly 8:14 am. I left home early to avoid being stuck in the traffic and to be able to locate the café first so that I could provide better direction to the attendees, who mostly also came from places far from Mandaue.
When everything about the Hive ecosystem was already tackled, sir @intoy.bugoy tasked me to discuss the Peakd interface and navigation tools. Peakd was presented due to its rich features and user-friendly functionalities. It'll be very easy for the attendees to understand how the world of Hive works. But of course, they've been told also about the alternative applications that they could use such as hive.blog, Ecency, and more. I discussed everything regarding the Peakd interface and provided them with helpful tips in terms of posting, commenting, reblogging, subscribing to communities according to their likes, and engaging. Yes, everyone was taught, encouraged, and reminded of the importance of engagement as a way of showing appreciation and support to other content creators. Also, is the significance of posting quality blogs, putting them in the right community, and following the corresponding rules of a specific community.
Most importantly, everyone was mentored on the DOs and was instructed of the DON'Ts. Though it's already given that everyone should write original content, everyone is constantly reinforced and reminded to publish original and quality write-ups only. The dos and don'ts have been highlighted especially plagiarized and AI content has become rampant today. Everyone was told beforehand of the negative repercussions and consequences they might face when abusing integrity, the rules, and the regulations.
As one of the essential parts before ending the orientation, attendees were asked if they had any questions or clarifications. All the questions have been addressed, and they are all happy and excited at the same time to enter Hive! By the way, there are already two attendees who have successfully joined Hive, and they are @cherryblossoms9 and @layyy21.
