Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category

EduWeb: 7 collegewebeditor.com readers to blog the conference on July 31 and August 1st

July 25th, 2006 Karine Joly 2 Comments

With more than 200 attendees already registered, the EduWeb Conference Director, Shelley Wetzel, can be proud of her decision to re-create the great – yet defunct – Salisbury Web Conference. Next week, both sides of the fence as she put it in an interview I published earlier – i.e. marketing folks and IT people – […]

Calling all good souls going to EduWeb: Guest blog the conference for collegewebeditor.com!

July 4th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

Are you going to the 2006 EduWeb Conference in Baltimore at the end of the month? Well, you’re lucky. I won’t be able to attend this year, which is why I’m looking for one or two good souls who would consider guest blogging — i.e. email me detailed notes of one or two (or more) […]

What to expect for the 2006 EduWeb Conference in Baltimore, MD

July 4th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

The 2006 EduWeb Conference will take place on July 31st and August 1st in Baltimore, MD. After leaving her position at Salisbury University last year, Shelley Wetzel, the chair of the great Salisbury Web conference, decided to organize “her” Web Communications conference in Baltimore. Today, more than 150 people have already registered. Nice and efficient […]

iTunes U, the Law & the Web, Web Usability: Check out the presentations given at the New Jersey Higher Ed Webmasters Association’s Conference

June 21st, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

Only a year after its inception, the New Jersey Higher Education Webmaster Association (NJHEWA) held its first conference on June 7 at Ramapo College. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it. But, I was able to read the minutes of the presentations and watch one of the presentation videos available on the NJHEWA website: “The Web and […]

HighEdWebDev06 : 2 more weeks to submit your proposals

May 16th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

HighEdWebDev 06 will take place in Rochester, NY on October 22-25, 2006. I’ve already posted an announcement about this conference in an earlier post. What’s new is that the deadline to submit proposals has been extended to May 31, 2006. So, don’t be shy and put together a proposal for this year’s conference. You’ll find […]

Call to Higher Ed Pros: Got Skype? Let’s talk!

May 9th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

HigherEdBlogCon got some very interesting conversations started among great higher ed professionals, scattered all over the country (read: the US). Dan Karleen, the co-founder of the online conference held last month, just had another crazy idea: keep the conversation rolling by using the latest free service from Skype, skypecast. So, if you have an interest […]

Edu Web Conference 2006: Register by June 1st to save $100 on the conference fee

May 8th, 2006 Karine Joly 2 Comments

As announced earlier on your favorite blog (well, I hope it is ;-), the 2006 EduWeb Conference will take place on July 31st and August 1st in Baltimore, MD. If you haven’t had a chance to look at the program yet, you can find a detailed schedule on the conference website. Some presentations scheduled at […]

Live from HigherEdBlogCon: How to get your boss, your colleagues or yourself up-to-speed with new media

April 19th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

Need a quick way to introduce your boss, his/hers or the board to online new media or as I like to call it PR 2.0? Look no further than Dan Karleen’s 10-minute screencast prepared for HigherEdBlogCon. Dan’s presentaion is actually composed of a screencast, links and the transcripts of 3 interviews with Paul Baker, Erin […]

Live from HigherEdBlogCon: 3 great case studies of admission-related podcasting initiatives

April 17th, 2006 Karine Joly 1 Comment

If you want to get the truth as well as great tips on how to launch your admission-related podcasts, just take a couple of hours to watch and read 3 case studies presented today (but available almost forever) at HigherEdBlogCon: Case Study: Blogging and Podcasting for Student Recruitment at Ball State University Nancy Prater Heather […]

Live from HigherEdBlogCon: How to use the Facebook to keep in touch with your alumni

April 17th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

Thought Facebook was only for current or prospective students? Wrong. In their 43-minute screencast for HigherEdBlogCon, The Teeming Web, Bob Robertson-Boyd from Capital University and Dimitri Glazkov Estrada explain, among other things, how you should use the Facebook to keep in touch with your alums. As you know, most of your current students are already […]

Live from HigherEdBlogCon: How to create a Google map in 5 easy steps

April 15th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

Don’t have a Google map on your institution website yet? What are you waiting for? Ok, don’t feel bad. I haven’t put one on my website yet either. But, things got a bit easier for us thanks to a friendly librarian, Chris Deweese (Lewis & Clark Library System) and his presentation at HigherEdBlogCon. In “Google […]

Podcasting 101: Learn how to podcast from a higher ed podcaster, Dennis Miller

April 15th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

Dennis Miller, Mansfield University’s PR director and podcast producer, has just launched a new series on podcast production. In the first episode Miller explains that he decided to start sharing his experience, mistakes and tips to help other higher ed PR and marketing professionals get into podcasting. This 10-minute podcast also sums up the different […]

Live from HigherEdBlogCon: Unchain your work from a single computer with nomadic desktops

April 6th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

One of the aspects of Web 2.0 I find the most interesting is the possibility to transfer my computerized life from a single machine to the Web, so it can be accessed from anywhere – at home, at work or on the road. As most of you probably know, there are lots of good new […]

Live from HigherEdBlogCon: All you need to know about copyright issues in podcasting

April 4th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

As announced in my previous post, HigherEd BlogCon started yesterday on a computer near you. The best thing about this free online conference is that you can “attend” presentations whenever you have time. I didn’t get a chance to catch one of the two presentations scheduled yesterday that picked my interest in the teaching track, […]

HigherEd BlogCon: time to subscribe to the conference’s RSS feed

March 31st, 2006 Karine Joly 1 Comment

The first higher ed online conference about the so-called Web 2.0 technologies, HigherEd BlogCon, will start on April 3 – well, that’s Monday! – on a computer near you, so you’d better hurry up and subscribe to its RSS feed – your free pass to this conference. Want a few good reasons to subscribe now? […]

Mark your calendar and prepare your proposals for the 2006 eduWEB Conference

February 27th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

As I mentionned in a previous post, Shelley Wetzel, the organizer of the great Salisbury Web conference has been working on a new conference project with a group of people since she left her position at Salisbury University. The 2006 eduWeb Conference will be held on July 31st and August 1st in Baltimore, MD, in […]