Network accomplishments, achievements

[Laura]

In honor of CMAD I am interested to hear stories from Creators on the high points on your networks or communities. 

What are some of the most memorable stories or accomplishments?!

[The PL Team (d&e)]

Our highest point and greatest accomplishment was when Laura joined PL! Not only that but she joined and actually used a different profile photo!



















I dare anyone to top that on CMAD ;)

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[Laura]

Haha! Love it.

My achievement here is somewhat ongoing. I'm proud that the network launched, that we've had awesome and varied participation and have seen growth.

It's sometimes tough to keep up, but also gratifying to know that every member here has a Ning Network (or is in the process of creating one). It's fantastic to see the quality of discussion going on here and the variety of networks represented. :D

Laura

[Janettee McCrary]

When my high school's alumni network got me noticed by (one of) the school's alumni association(s) last week:) Now they are asking me for help and advice on creating sites:)

[Laura]

Oh wow - that's great! I'd love to hear more about external recognition!
Laura

[Janettee McCrary]

Thank you:) I searched for all of the various alumni sites for my school and used the following text to invite each person listed as the contact person:

Hello! I am a NWC class of 2002 graduate. I created a website for ALL classes and would love YOUR class to join! Visit http://nwchsalumni.ning.com to check it out! It has lots of great features:)

The next day, I got this email:
Janettee, thanks for sending your website. I would love to talk to you sometime this coming week. Will you call me at (phone number removed for privacy)?
Thanks, TH (name removed for privacy)-Class of 1965

So I called her, and it turns out she's part of the local alumni association, Friends of Northwest Classen (well, one of them anyhow lol... although she told me they are now combining the two). She was happy that one of the "younger classes" was interested in alumni things, and was really excited to talk to me:)

She invited me to participate in several of their activities, and informed me of some of the things they are trying to do (including getting Vince Gill, an alumnus of ours, to come and perform at a fundraiser). She also asked me about perhaps helping her with their website, which I thought was pretty cool:) I think I better contact her again about that, as I see their site is down.

[Laura]

Nice! It is great to get local notice from news outlets, also provides promotion for your network.

How did you get the articles?

Laura

[Janettee McCrary]

Ooh thanks for the idea:) I also tried to add an RSS feed but our (very large, as I live in Oklahoma City) newspaper only has a MAIN feed, and I only wanted LOCAL stories. I used to work for the paper and know quite a few people there, so maybe that will help me get in:)

[Janettee McCrary]

Thanks:) I will definately check it out:) Congrats on being in the paper, very cool:)

[Robert]

Laura,
Some of the external recognition I have received is the following :

1) I was in a featured on Logo Channel's Website .I was interviewed by Ongina from RuPaul's Drag Race and shared my personal story about living with HIV. At the end of the video the POZIAM network is mentioned.

2) I was featured in HIV PLUS Magazine and was honored as one of the top 25 LGBT leaders working to ensure the fight against HIV rages on. This was online and in print.

3) A fellow Blogger and I will featured on the cover of a HIV/AIDS magazine to be releases in mid February. I will post the cover when it is released.

I honestly couldn't of done this without the Ning Platform.

[Robert]

Well the time has come and the Magazine was released. I haven't gotten my hands on a copy yet but a friend scanned his copy for me to see what it looked like.

When the article is live on HIV PLUS MAGAZINE website I will post a link for you to read it. The guy in the photo with me is a Blogger on my network ..

[Tom]

I would like to say that my peace site made a huge difference in the world.

However, my biggest accomplishment is that my business sites are profitable.

[Eugene]

I would have to say that the most rewarding thing about running our site is enriching people's lives with information or cool things to look at.

On a personal level, I love the constant challenge of driving traffic to our site, and always trying to increase our ad revenue.

I'm very happy with our growth trend this last year and a half, and my goal is to double our traffic this year. If we can do that, I feel like we'll be in a great position, especially for a private company that hasn't received any VC investment.

Yes, there are a few things we need to tweak, but I hope with Ning's help, we can get there. Thank you Ning!