Blogmas Day 11: 2016 Recap – What Happened Last Year?

So far this Blogmas I’ve done Five Cool Things I Did in 2016, a 2016 Blog Review, and a 2016 Goal Recap. Today I’m going to do a more comprehensive look at 2016.

January

• I got back into the swing of things post-holiday and began regularly working with a college.
• Blogged regularly (6 posts).

February

• I continued work with the college and began working with a new corporate client (who I continued working with throughout the year).
• I didn’t blog as much in February (2 posts).
• Presented for the Online Network of Independent Learning Professionals.

March

• I continued working with the college and corporate client, and added a university client to my client list.
• I began Screencast Monday as a feature on the site, which was consistent only some of the time.
• I blogged excessively (12 posts).

April

• Continued working with the corporate client and university client; work for the college client had completed.
• Blogged regularly (6 posts).

May

• Continued working with the university client and corporate client, and completed some work for a past client.
• Traveled to Denver, CO, visited Breckenridge, CO and my friend Erin, and attended ATD ICE.
• Blogged Excessively (12 posts).

June

• Continued working with the corporate client and did some more work for the college client.
• Traveled to Waterloo to attend CAUCE-CNIE.
• Traveled to Toronto to visit some friends and present at the Articulate E-Learning Heroes Community Roadshow.
• Published Mastering Articulate Storyline.
• Blogged regularly (7 posts).
• Announced Sprout E-Learning.

July

• Continued working with the corporate client and the college client
• Blogged regularly (9 posts).

August

• Worked exclusively for the corporate client.
• Blogged regularly (9 posts).

September

• Worked exclusively for the corporate client.
• Traveled to Iceland (AMAZING!).
• Blogged less regularly (4 posts).

October

• Continued work with the corporate client.
• Continued work on Sprout E-Learning.
• Presented for the Online Network of Independent Learning Professionals.
• Blogged less regularly (5 posts).

November

• Continued work with the corporate client.
• Continued work on Sprout E-Learning.
• Traveled to Las Vegas to attend DevLearn 2016, and presented my very first BYOL session.
• Blogged regularly (10 posts).

December

• Continued work with the corporate client, worked with 3 new clients on small projects, and lined up new contracts for 2017.
• Continued work on Sprout E-Learning.
• Blogged regularly (10 posts).

Overall, 2016 was pretty busy, but working with several clients consistently made it way less chaotic than 2015. In the previous year, I had worked with approximately 35 clients and was operating in complete and utter chaos. This year, I focused on longer term clients and increased my business profitability by about 60% from the previous year.

Amongst all of the items listed above, I continued working my regular full-time role at a local university, where I brought approximately 95-100 courses online as either new developments or redevelopments. It’s been busy!