Goal 5: Update Your Online Profiles
Part of the 30 Goals Challenge Series
Think of the horror! I completed my Masters degree in September, but many of my online profles I
checked today listed this as incomplete! Not such a nightmare, but we probably do not realize how
many of our online profles are outdated. Therefore, I am challenging you today to update at least one
of your profles, with the long-term goal of maintaining a positve digital footprint. You never know
who you will run into or the opportunites that await you. Ofen, as part of my positon at Parentella I
search for possible conference speakers. Also, I am trying to organize tweet-ups at places I will be
traveling to. I browsed through Ning profles to fnd educators in specifc locatons since I have yet to
fnd an applicaton that will help me fnd locatons of educators I interact with on Twiter. Several of
the profles I sifed through lacked profle pictures, bios, actvity, or links to blogs or other
achievements. Just by having updated profles that I feel positvely refect my atributes and mission, I
have been invited to partcipate in conferences, ofered various positons, and established
relatonships with new colleagues!
Updatng Your Profle
To complete this task, update at least one of your profles on any site, such as on a Ning, Google
profle, Blogger (Commentng with your Google profle), Technorat, LinkedIn, or Twiter! If you do not
have any online profles, then I suggest creatng one. You can start small by creatng a ning or Twiter
profle. These take less than 30 minutes to create a really fantastc profle. Here are a few guidelines
for maintaining your online profle:
• Remember nearly every social website you sign-up for requires a profle!
o The obvious ones are LinkedIn and Facebook. Keep track of the other social sites you
signed up for such as Youtube, Vimeo, Twiter, Google Reader/Profle, Blogger,
Delicious, Flickr, SlideShare, and so forth. On most of these accounts you may have no
profle listed. My long-term goal is to get suitable profles on most of social networking
sites or get rid of them.
o Note: Try clicking on your avatar when you make a comment on diferent blogs to see
what comes up.
• Include an image, bio, and link to at least one portolio item!
o If possible the portolio item should be a video, slide presentaton with audio, wiki, or
blog. If you really want to draw atenton, then ofer a lesson, hand-out, presentaton,
or other product you created for free. I ofen include the PowerPoint templates I
created on the MicroSof network for educators.
o If you can add a reference leter to the website or a recommendaton, then ask your
friends if they will write one for you.
• It’s okay to use the same items for each profle!
o If you visit the several nings I partcipate in, then you will see the same informaton,
look, and image. I developed one profle I liked. Each tme I join a new ning, I copy and
paste the same informaton. I usually copy and paste what I can from my ning networks
for other networks as well. This saves me a lot of tme! Here’s my profle in the
Educator’s PLN ning.
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