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MACUL 2010 at Devos Place
March 10, 2010 at 8:30am to March 12, 2010 at 3pm
Join us for our 2010 MACUL Conference at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, MI March 10-12.
Online Registration - Link to register online for the 2010 MACUL Conference
MACUL will host our 34th annual conference at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids. We look ...
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(1) What was your goal in creating this network?
To offer the MACUL membership an opportunity to continue the typically fantastic conversations at our annual conference through the rest of the year. So many educators think of MACUL as a conference, and not as a way to develop professionally throughout the year. Also to provide a means for educators throughout the state to experience Social networking and Web 2.0 in a safe environment with colleagues.
(2) Assuming your network is still growing, how successful has it been so far?
Through word of mouth alone we grew to about 300+ members in less than a year. However, after the conference, membership on the site has been exploding, and we've gained over 200 members in less than a month. The real success is that educators from around the nation are joining, not just those in Michigan.
(3) What frustrations have you experienced with your social network, if any?
Not many frustrations at all. Ning, the service that hosts our social network, is constantly updated with new features, improved interface, and allows me to focus on the community and not the software issues. And that is often minimal because of the way the community runs itself is amazing!
(4) What advice can you give to other educators starting up their own social network?
You don't have to have the great idea. Just provide the forum for the idea to be heard, and people will come. There's no harm in trying something new and then seeing it fall flat (which has happened to another community I tried to create). In fact, creating a space for a community that was centered on learning, sharing, collaborating, and had no central voice dictating what was happening on the site was much better for this community than one in which my voice was the central starting point.
Hope that helps!