Has everybody on your team gone to a conference this year? Whether it’s for budget reasons, lack of time or even family matters, it’s not always possible to get everybody to fly across the country to attend one of the great higher ed conferences out there. That’s why I launched – back in 2013 – […]
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Should you pay more attention to the ‘attention price’ you pay, my #highered friend?
Is Your Attention Under Attack? There’s always been a battle to steal and keep our attention, but it has intensified to the point where the tech industry itself has become obsessed with mindfulness practices, meditation and other practices designed to train the mind to focus again. Even as I type this first sentence of my […]
2 tools to help you tackle what this New Year will bring to your #highered job
New Year’s Resolutions or Goals, Anybody? So, this “New Year,” how is it working for you so far? Have you made your big (too long?) list of New Year’s resolutions yet? Did you blog, tweet or facebook your goals over the holidays break? What are you going to achieve this year for your unit, your […]
Behind-the-Scene: Redesigned #highered Academic Program Pages at @wagnercollege
While prospective students have always seen the college experience as much more than the degree they get when they graduate, majors and academic areas of interest are an important part of the decision process for students — and their parents. That’s the reason why I tried to raise awareness around academic program pages earlier this […]
Top 5 Web Project Management Tools for #highered Professionals
Got Digital Projects to Manage at Your School? Who doesn’t have projects to manage in higher education? Whether you’re in charge of websites, mobile development, web applications or marketing, communication, publications and social media initiatives, you have projects to manage. And, while there is a lot more to successful digital project management than the tool […]
Looking for new #highered jobs or talent? Check out the new version of the Higher Ed Job Board
In July 2008 I spent a long holiday weekend setting up a free job board for the higher ed web community. There was a real need for a job board reserved to digital jobs in higher education. It has always been free to post higher ed jobs – the only kind of jobs that made […]
SEO for #highered : The 2013 State of Education-Related Google Searches
I’m almost done taking the first session of the 4-week online course on search engine optimization for higher education, launched earlier this month by Higher Ed Experts and taught by Joshua Dodson. I always take the first session of our new courses as a student to make sure the student experience is up to our […]
Why take an online course from Higher Ed Experts? Watch your #highered colleague tell you [3-min VIDEO]
Alums know best There is nothing like a successful alum to show prospective students and their parents the value of an education at your institution. That’s why I want to share the opinions of some of your higher ed colleagues who took our courses – especially those who took more than one. Last week, we […]
Is Instagram the new #hesm campus press release platform in #highered?
Hashtags FTW Ah, the power of hashtags… They made Twitter by allowing total strangers with common interests to connect on the 140-character social media platform. Instagram and Pinterest have used them since day 1, LinkedIn has adopted them and it looks like Facebook should be next. In higher ed, they were front and center in […]