Joe.Budde.Jr

Two months ago, I laid out my goals and objectives with the intent to revisit them occasionally and measure my progress. I will measure myself against each goal in a Achieved, Partially Achieved, and Not Achieved scale.  Have I hit my goals over the past two months? Lets take a look together.

Analysis of My Goals:

Meet one new contact each week

I met several folks over the past eight weeks. From going to Nigeria and meeting a dozen new contacts to going to several parties at work I was able to meet enough new contacts to achieve my goal:  Goal Status – Achieved!

Write a post at least once a week

So over the past 8 weeks I wrote 5 posts.  Sure I have more drafts in wordpress than I can edit fast enough, but hey, its all about that publish button!  Seems like an area to improve in for me. Since I got over half way to hitting this goal, ill be generous and give this goal an in-between status:  Goal Status – Partially Achieved

Be involved in the local online community

I worked with Daniel Johnson Jr. in August to come up with a new location for the quickly growing New Media Cincinnati meet-up group. Wifi was a must so that narrows the search quite a bit.  But we came to consensus on Buffalo Wild Wings in Hyde Park!  Free wifi, great food and a wonderful group to get educated about new media.  The next meeting is on September 20th from 2-4p. Come check it out! Goal Status – Achieved!

Teach at least 2 people the ins and outs of social media at work

Well, I must say that I did teach social media to two Nigerians. I also spent some time teaching my mentee at work about how to use an RSS reader to create a customized newspaper. However, this is a goal that needs reworked. I didn’t set a time frame for accomplishing this goal. So in the coming months, I wish to teach at least two people per month.  Goal Status – Achieved!

Conclusion

After two months, I have achieved three of the four goals I set!  Also, I reworked my last goal to include a time frame. It has been great the past two months thinking constantly about my goals especially knowing that I would revisit them in a public forum and be held accountable to YOU!  I wont let you down the next time I revisit my goals.  Next time I measure vs. my baseline, I will take a look at my objectives.  

What do you do to set goals? How do you measure and then action them?