@sergeling wrote:
Hi everyone, I have a question about earning CPE through writing/contributing.
I’m participating in an event/competition which participants have to write one article everyday for 30 consecutive days to share their professional knowledge. The articles will remain on the event website as knowledge base after the event conclude. I wrote each articles in Chinese.
1. Will this activity fulfill CPE Under the “Contributions to the profession” category for the articles I write?
2. Do I need to repost the articles on my personal blog for the CPE? Or my entry into the competition will suffice? (The link to the articles can be provided from event website. I just don’t know if it had to be posted in actual blog to make it count?)
3. Would this count as “articles”(20CPE) or “professional blog” (10CPE)?
4. Do I need to gain a place in the event/competition with my entry for the CPE to count? (Since gaining a place means judge validate the content)
The event/competition require at least 300 words each post but I always have close to 1000 words each day. The topic is about Network Security Monitoring, from introduction to some open source/free tools demo.
Frank,
My read of the CPE guidelines is that this work definitely counts, especially since you are not doing it as a required part of your job. In such circumstances my practice for years has been to go ahead and submit, include relevant attachments, and see if it gets approved. If they put audit status, send them more artifacts. Most of the time the approval for the CPE's is automatic.
You asked about placing your articles on your blog. If you already have a blog, then that is an excellent solution. If you do not have a blog for your infosec comments, I recommend you start one. I reactivated mine recently, now that I no longer need employer approval to publish.
Good luck, and congrats on diving into the competition, that sounds pretty cool.
