Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category

Watch “Meet the Only Web Accessibility Button at #heweb11”: Keynote Welcome Video by higheredexperts.com

October 24th, 2011 Karine Joly No Comments

Unless you’ve been on a deserted island or maybe in a very long meeting this morning (and the past week), you know that some very lucky 500+ higher ed web professionals are having a blast in Austin at the High Ed Web Conference (hey, you might even be one of them :). This year the […]

11 sessions you should attend at #heweb11 from Oct 23-26 in Austin, TX

October 13th, 2011 Karine Joly 7 Comments

One of the biggest events of the year for higher ed web professionals, the High Ed Web Conference, is just 10 days away. And, I’m so sad I won’t be able to make it this year. At least I’ll be with the lucky heweb11 attendees in spirit. You should be able to spot the logo […]

Almost live from #hewebroc: Developing a Progressive Mobile Strategy

July 11th, 2011 Karine Joly No Comments

I don’t know about you, but I miss live blogging during conference season. Tweets are great, don’t get me wrong, but let’s say they are not always optimal to get the gist of a conference presentation you can’t attend (that is unless somebody Storify those tweets). Last month, Rob Engelsman won one of the Higher […]

And, the winners of the Higher Ed Experts scholarships for the #heweb11 regional conferences are…

June 15th, 2011 Karine Joly 3 Comments

Last month I announced the introduction of 5 scholarships supported by Higher Ed Experts to help members of the higher ed web community attend 2 different High Ed Web Regional Conferences this summer: HEWeb Rochester and HEWeb Arkansas. This was tough to choose and I really want to thank all the people who took the […]

Get a chance to win one of the 3 scholarships for #highered Web Rochester Conference in June

May 31st, 2011 Karine Joly 7 Comments

After the 2 scholarships sponsored by Higher Ed Experts for the High Ed Web Arkansas Conference last week (you can still participate in this little contest if you’re interested), I’m happy to announce 3 scholarships for the High Ed Web Rochester Regional Conference to be held on June 27, 2011 at Monroe Community College in […]

Get a chance to win one of the 2 scholarships for #highered Web Arkansas Conference in July

May 24th, 2011 Karine Joly 8 Comments

In higher education, summer is a bit like the Holidays season: ‘Tis the time to receive your professional development gifts (a trip to a 2- or 3-day conference) and… gift cards (well, the professional development budget your team will get for the upcoming year). Well, consider that Christmas (or any other holidays you celebrate in […]

Get a chance to win a pass for the WorldViews Conference on Media and #highered!

May 11th, 2011 Karine Joly 5 Comments

UPDATE: Gene Begin from Babson has won the free pass. Congratulations, Gene! For the past 10 years the media industry and its coverage of higher education has definitely undergone a deep transformation. That’s one of the topics the Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education will delve into. Other topics include: The impact of social […]

Kristina Halvorson on #highered Content Challenges: How to convince people to drop the copy-and-paste-from-print mentality

April 20th, 2011 Karine Joly 2 Comments

Last February Kristina Halvorson, author of Content Strategy for the Web, presented a master class on content strategy for higher education for Higher Ed Experts. After her presentation, she answered a few questions from an audience composed of many universities and colleges. I’ve decided to share a few excerpts of the transcript from this Q&A […]

Share your favorite #highered facebook page to get a chance to win a $995 conference pass

March 15th, 2011 Karine Joly 16 Comments

UPDATE: Congratulations to Shane Donaldson from the University of Rhode Island! It’s Christmas in March (and not just because of the late snow some of us have seen last week)! You might not know it, but I always try to use the leverage I have in higher ed to get some cool prizes for you […]

Top #highered Web and Social Media Conferences for 2011

February 16th, 2011 Karine Joly 1 Comment

You might not know it, but I maintain a Google calendar of higher ed events and conferences where I keep track of anything interesting for web and marketing teams. It’s a useful tool, but here’s a selection of the most interesting events including highlights deadlines for registration, call for proposals and other interesting information like […]

What #highered can learn from the #MBteamS and @tsand social media win

February 5th, 2011 Karine Joly 11 Comments

Unless you haven’t been checking twitter this past few days, you must have heard about the MB Tweet Race that just took place. As I explained a couple of weeks ago on this blog, Todd Sanders (@tsand) from UW Green Bay took part in a social media campaign orchestrated by an automaker, a real race […]

Exclusive Interview: Avinash Kaushik on the sad state of higher ed websites

October 28th, 2010 Karine Joly No Comments

A week ago at the SIM Tech Conference, Avinash Kaushik, THE expert on Web Analytics, told attendees higher ed websites can do better – and why they should. As I was presenting about the Higher Ed Analytics Revolution just after Avinash, I was very focused on his keynote – which is why I didn’t live […]

Higher Ed Experts Webinars: Email Newsletters, Photo, Video, Live Streaming, Web Content Strategy, WordPress and Redesign

October 27th, 2010 Karine Joly No Comments

Now that I’m almost done with conference season (4 down -EduComm, eduWeb, High Ed Web & SIM Tech- and 1 to go – CASE conference for publication professionals), it’s time to share the program I designed with my faculty team from Higher Ed Experts for folks working in institutions. As I explained last week at […]

heweb10, simtech10 and the tough job of benchmarking Web Analytics in higher ed

October 25th, 2010 Karine Joly 6 Comments

It’s been a couple of very busy weeks around here. As I told a couple of folks I met at the High Ed Web and the SIM Tech conferences over these past 2 weeks, busy is the new black. Aren’t we all, lately? Anyway, I wanted to share a few thoughts about the two amazing […]

“Don’t Make Me Tweet at #heweb10” Video: 7 tips to avoid #heweb09 keynote FAIL

October 12th, 2010 Karine Joly 4 Comments

I mentioned earlier this morning in the Higher Ed Experts newsletter that I had been working with a few folks from the higher ed web community on a video project to welcome and support Steve Krug, today’s keynote speaker at the High Ed Web Conference currently taking place in Cincinnati, OH. If you are not […]

10 sessions (and some) you should attend at #heweb10 from Oct 10-13 in Cincinnati

October 4th, 2010 Karine Joly 1 Comment

One of the biggest events of the year for higher ed web professionals is just 6 days away. Can you believe it? The High Ed Web Conference will open this Sunday in Cincinnati, OH and this year, I’ll be there to enjoy the great sessions, the conversations and the rest. It’s been 3 years since […]