Archive for the ‘Blogs & Wikis’ Category

Blogging the Olympics: The Gold goes to UCLA

August 5th, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

I know, I know, the Olympics haven’t even officially started yet, so my post title is somehow misleading. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself ;-) However, UCLA does stand a good chance of winning the gold medal in blogging. After 5 days spent offline on a very windy beach (I’m not playing the diva here, the […]

eduWeb 2008 in 140 words – Blogs: The Many Voices of a University by Heidi Cool, Webmaster at Case Western Reserve Univeristy

July 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

Note from Karine: This year, I’ve asked all the eduWeb speakers working in universities/colleges to share in 140 words or less the biggest take-away from their presentation or table talk. If you’ve attended this session, feel free to weigh in by posting a comment, a question or a suggestion. Viewbooks, brochures and university driven Web […]

Calling all higher ed community managers to share their success stories

June 19th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

Are you responsible for your institution’s social networking website? Do you manage your university’s Facebook Page or Group? Are you in charge of the online community targeted to your alums or students? Keep reading. I’m currently working on the closing keynote I’ll give on July 23 at the eduWeb conference (as well as an upcoming […]

Planning to go digital with your magazine/newsletter (or wish you would)? Sign up for “Stop the Presses”, a 3-webinar series on June 24-26

May 12th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

I’ve been working on this new webinar series for some time now. That’s why I’m very pleased today to announce that registration is now opened for “Stop the Presses: Why and how to go digital with your magazine or newsletter” at www.higheredexperts.com/stopthepresses This series taking place on June 24, 25 and 26 has a great […]

Higher Ed Bloggers edit and fact check the Chronicle of Higher Education

May 7th, 2008 Karine Joly 4 Comments

Yes, you’ve read my headline correctly: bloggers editing and fact checking the main media outlet covering higher education in the US. So, what do I mean exactly? In the past weeks, two posts from two different higher ed bloggers have questioned some of the facts reported in two different articles published by the Chronicle. Andy […]

Admissions Offices spend twice more of their budget on print than on electronic student recruitment methods

May 2nd, 2008 Karine Joly 16 Comments

Exactly 10.6% on Web site and other electronic formats (e.g., e-mail, text messaging) and 24.1% on printed materials (e.g., viewbooks, brochures, letters) according to The Chronicle Survey of Undergraduate Admissions Officers published in its May 2 issue. The survey results which are only available to subscribers of the print or digital versions (but if you […]

Interested in the state of paid advertising in print and electronic publications from higher ed institutions? Take the online survey now to receive the results with an executive summary highlighting best practices!

April 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

I’ve put together a short online survey to find out if and how paid advertising and sponsorship are used in magazines and newsletters published by universities and colleges. The results of this survey will be used for a study I’m conducting on this topic and a future article. This online survey should take you 3 […]

Wake Forest University students blog their alternative spring break in New Orleans

March 13th, 2008 Karine Joly 3 Comments

Earlier this week, Reader Kimberly McGrath, Web Content Editor at Wake Forest University, emailed about an interesting blogging experience taking place at her institution: This week we have seventeen students on a service trip to New Orleans. Thought you might be interested in seeing the blog. The students are doing an awesome job writing about […]

eduStyle and Collegewebeditor.com Awards: Nominate your favorite higher ed websites and blogs before April 30, 2008

March 5th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

As announced in my first post about these awards, the nominations for best websites, web projects and blogs are now open and will close on April 30, 2008. So, here is what you need to do if you want to nominate a website or a blog: If a site is in the eduStyle gallery Create […]

Book Review – “Perfecting the Pitch” by Benjamin Lewis: Toss your press releases and start to pitch story ideas to (new) media representatives

December 10th, 2007 Karine Joly 9 Comments

With the increasing popularity of this niche blog (and it’s not just my ego speaking, the web stats and Feedburner tell me that its readership has been increasing steadily) as well as my regular gig at University Business, I’ve started to receive more and more press releases and pitches from PR professionals. While a few […]

3 questions to a higher ed blogger: Jeff Kraus, Assistant Vice Chancellor for PR at VCCS from “VA Higher Ed”

November 6th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

I met Jeff Kraus, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Public Relations at the Virginia Community College System, last June at the conference his organization held for Web and PR folks working in VA community colleges. I was invited to present at this conference by Susan Hayden, a regular reader. At that time, I spoke about Web […]

University Business Column: 10 steps to better blogs

November 4th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

My sixth UB column for 2007 is now available in the November issue (it was scheduled for the December issue, but apparently my editor couldn’t wait for an extra month — maybe, it’s because it’s especially good ;-) as well as online: “10 Steps to Better Blogs” This article is a good summary of the […]

Higher Ed PR Professionals and News Editors Go Web 2.0 with Real Blogs

October 29th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

Something big is happening. In several higher ed institutions across the country, some PR and News professionals have started to embrace the conversational age by launching real news blog inviting feedback from readers by publishing – moderated – comments In the past couple of weeks only, 3 new initiatives were launched in different institutions: News […]

Learn more about WordPress, Facebook applications and Google maps with the free HighEdWebDev webinar series

October 22nd, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

If you couldn’t make it to Rochester last week for HighEdWebDev, I’ve got good news for you: you can watch 3 of the presentations (including the best of the conference by popular vote) given at the conference courtesy of the conference committee, the presenters and Higher Ed Experts (yours truly) for… free! You’ll need to […]

Almost Live from HigherEdWebDev 2007: Use WordPress as a Mini-CMS in Your Next Project

October 18th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

The conference is now over, but Dimitri, one of this year’s guest bloggers has sent a few more posts about interesting sessions including this presentation about WordPress. Drew Geraets and Thomas Knoll wanted something lightweight, flexible, and easy to implement when they ventured on building their new site. Their CMS was bulky and not friendly […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Monitoring Your Web Identity

October 16th, 2007 Karine Joly 2 Comments

This morning I really wanted to attend two sessions scheduled at the same time: Jay Collier’s presentation and the panel discussion about crisis communications and technology. So, when I saw Josh Tysiachney from Allegheny College in the “Social Applications and Content” room, I asked him if he could do me a big favor and blog […]