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A Dream: Learner-Centered Professional Development for Growth

One of my favorite Steve Jobs stories is the one he told during this Stanford Commencement address a few years ago: Seventeen years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive...

Web 2.0 Wednesday: Try Out One of the "100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner"

It's Wednesday, which means it's time to play around with Web 2.0. This week's activity is to try out one (or more) of the tools on this incredibly comprehensive list of tools for every kind of learner and learning style....

Now Here's a Model Lifelong Learner!

| View | Upload your own I am completely digging on Sacha Chua's blog. To me, she's a model for great personal and professional lifelong learning and clearly someone with a growth mindset. You'll also see from her Slideshare presentation...

Do You Have a "Growth Mindset"? Are You Fostering Growth in Others?

From the NYT: WHY do some people reach their creative potential in business while other equally talented peers don’t? After three decades of painstaking research, the Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck believes that the answer to the puzzle lies in how...

In Honor of Independence Day: How Would Social Media have Shaped the Declaration?

Here in the U.S., tomorrow is the 4th of July, Independence Day, the anniversary commemorating when the 13 American colonies declared their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. This morning I started thinking about how things might have gone...

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Hometown:: Philadelphia, PA

About Me:: I am a Philadelphia-based consultant who is using social media, such as blogs, wikis and social networks, for learning and professional and organizational development. I am particularly interested in using these tools to create and manage professional development and personal learning environments and to help organizations perform more effectively in a changing world.

My Birthday (year is optional): September 11

Website:: http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog/

I'm Michele Martin

I've been blogging for over a year now at The Bamboo Project. Through that experience, as well as the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Challenge, I've come to believe that blogging holds so much potential for learning and connecting to other people. It's an area that I want to explore further.

Here are my blog posts from the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project.

Besides my blog, you can also find me at the Web 2.0 in Nonprofits wiki, where I'm collecting resources for nonprofits and other organizations on using blogs, wikis, social networks, podcasts, etc.

My latest project is Beyond the Glass Ceiling, a social network and blog to support women's career and professional development.

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One Goal Down. . .

So one of my goals for the next month was to create another Sneeze Page. I kind of cheated with that one because I knew I'd already started it, but hey--this community-building stuff is hard work! This one summarizes the entire 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Learning Experiment.

Posted on September 7th, 2007 at 8:07am — No Comments (Add)

31 Lessons Learned in 31 Days of Building a Better Blog

Today, 31 things I learned in 31 days of building a better blog. I may need to do a companion list on 31 Things I Learned in 31 Days of Building an Online Community!

Posted on September 6th, 2007 at 5:45am — No Comments (Add)

Results of 31 Days to Building a Better Blog--Growth in Community

Wrote today on The Bamboo Project about the growth in community that came from the 31 Days project. What was most striking to me in all of this was the extent to which I began to feel more connected to other people as a community. As I said in the blog post, I used to feel when I came online like I was looking for a place to sit in the cafeteria. Now I feel like I have a group that calls me over to j… Continue

Posted on September 5th, 2007 at 8:02am — 1 Comment (Add)

Weekly Challenge 1--My Goals for Getting Reorganized

Although I managed to make it through most of the 31 Days of activities, I know I still have a few I wanted to go back through. So the goals I've set for myself this month are to:

Finish my mission
Re-do my SWOT in light of my mission
Analyze my "competition" (easier once I have a mission)
Do at least one more Sneeze page, although I still need to decide on what.

I've also decided that I'm going to keep track of most of my efforts related t… Continue

Posted on September 4th, 2007 at 6:54am — No Comments (Add)

The Results of My 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Project: What the Stats Say

The results of my 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project:

Google Analytics
From July 31 to August 31.

Visits--Up 59.76%
Pageviews--Up 93.6%
Pages per Visit--Up 21.18%
Bounce Rate--Down 7.59% (remember, bounce rate measures how many visitors leave your site without visiting another page, so a lower bounce rate is good).
Average Time on Site--

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At 5:45pm on June 25th, 2008, Jerry Waxler said…: Hi Michele,

I don't know how I moused my way here, but I see we have a number of mutual interests. In addition to being a Philadelphian (sort of) I also am interesting in building a better blog. And if it results in a better world, that's good too.

I've been blogging for more than a year, and am happy with a steady stream of visitors, but I was hoping for an exponential growth. I'm still waiting.

Perhaps I can follow some of your advice, and find more of my audience. You have a lot of material here. I will try to find my way through it. Nice to meet you. I like the look and feel of your work. Keep in touch.

Jerry Waxler

At 7:48pm on April 21st, 2008, Nadiva Olivier said…: Thanks Michele. Now I go for hits. I think it is a long road till there.

At 7:25pm on April 21st, 2008, Carlos Leyva said…: Michele,

I love what you have started here! I have been lurking for a while and decided to jump into the water. I also have been out to visit the Bamboo Project. Good stuff...

At 5:53pm on April 4th, 2008, Nadiva Olivier said…: Dear Michele
I`ve been at your Building a better blog project in Feb 2008. I was sad because even working hard I did not had results with my blogs. Thalia, from your group of friends, made some comments on my blog and I made the changes she recommended. Now when I see my name in Google I have more than ten pages with my name Nadiva Olivier and the blogs I have, including Brazil Factor, which is the new name of the blog Thalia commented (Coach Nadiva, before). The change of the name was a recommendation too.

I am really happy and I came here to tell you that. A human being that makes a so helpful project to other human beings must have this feedback. You made me happy. Really. I was almost abandoning the blog activities when I came to you.

Tonight I am toasting (with a very good italian wine) to this event and toasting to you and Thalia. Thank you so much!

At 2:03pm on March 5th, 2008, Allison said…: If you could check into that, that would be awesome! I'd love to attend!

At 12:13am on March 5th, 2008, Allison said…: Hey Michele! Do you ever have workshops in Philadelphia where you discuss social media as an important learning tool for non profits or discussing non profits in general?

At 2:01am on February 23rd, 2008, bmtrnavsky said…: You should look at my network now! BIG changes!

At 10:37pm on February 22nd, 2008, Amir Ahmad said…: Thanks for the tip, yeah, been looking around and adding people. :)

At 12:18am on February 22nd, 2008, bmtrnavsky said…: Hey Michele,
I am having some issues growing my community and getting my forums active... Can you share any techniques with me on how to get the membership rolling in? I love ning, and maybe I am doing fine... but I want to grow quicker than I am. i have 12 m2mbers right now, half of witch I know personally and none of them are blogging or active in the forums.

At 10:46pm on February 18th, 2008, Amir Ahmad said…: Hi Michele. So how many are here in this network? :)

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The Original 31 Day Challenge Members

The Building a Better Blog site started after a group of bloggers worked together to go through Darren Rowse's 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Project. They were:

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miniLegends Class (group of 9-year olds from Australia is joining in the blogging fun!)
Nancy Riffer

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