I knew admissions-sponsored blogging was a hot topic when I originally asked Nancy Prater and Ben Jones if they would present a webinar to share their experience and know-how.
What I didn’t know is that both would be quoted extensively in an Associated Press story written by Andrew Welsh-Huggins and published in many newspapers and other news outlets this Monday.
I’ll take that as a good sign for “Admissions Blogging 360,” a 3-webinar series presented on July 18, 25 and 31 by Nancy Prater, Ben Jones and Sam Jackson as part of Higher Ed Experts’ professional development program.
“Admissions Blogging 360” is a 3-webinar series designed to help people working in universities, colleges and schools use blogs written by current students or admissions officers to recruit prospective students (and their parents).
- Student Blogs 101: How to Launch and Maintain a Successful Blogging Program with Your Current Students (July 18, 1PM-2PM ET)
Nancy Prater, Ball State University Web Coordinator will help you get started with your own admission-sponsored students’ blogs by sharing the best tips and tricks she acquired launching and running the very successful and popular blogging program: “Real Life at Ball State.” - From Admissions Officer to Admissions Blogger: Blogging to Recruit the Net Generation (July 25, 1PM-2PM ET)
Ben Jones, director of communications for the MIT admissions office, will share his experience blogging as an admissions officer since August 2004 and help you find out if a blog can help your admissions team. - Meet the (Prospective) Student: What My Generation Expects to Read on Your College Blogs (July 31, 1PM-2PM ET)
Sam Jackson, a 2007 high school senior at Phillips Exeter Academy and a future freshman at Yale University, studied and analyzed on his popular blog the numerous marketing tactics he encountered while applying to colleges. Sam will explain what his generation expect to find on your blogs and how you can make them better.
This 3-webinar series is priced at only $150 (a 50% discount on the regular price, offered to HEE members in 2007)
You might want to register ASAP as the seats for this series are limited. If you’re not a HEE member yet (membership is free and open to people working in higher ed institutions), you’ll need to register first at www.higheredexperts.com/register. Once/If you are a HEE member, just go to the “Admissions Blogging 360†page and follow the instructions (Payments can be made via credit cards or checks – instructions are included in the confirmation email).
If you work in a web department and have been trying to get your admissions team on board, you should forward this post to them. They might register and who knows? You could launch your first blogs this Fall…