Archive for the ‘More with Less’ Category

Get ready for 2018 with the #HigherEd Social Media Online Conference #hesm

November 7th, 2017 Karine Joly No Comments

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 – […]

Get ready for 2017 with the #HigherEd Social Media Online Conference #hesm

November 10th, 2016 Karine Joly 7 Comments

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 – […]

Get ready for 2016 with the #HigherEd Social Media Online Conference #hesm

October 20th, 2015 Karine Joly 12 Comments

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 the 1st […]

Get ready for 2015 with the #HigherEd Social Media Online Conference (Dec 3, 2014) #hesm 14

October 28th, 2014 Karine Joly 7 Comments

Has “Conference Santa” forgotten members of your team this year? I know it’s a bit early to talk about Santa while we haven’t even splurged on Halloween candies yet, but I know for a fact that not everybody gets to go to a conference every year. Whether it’s for budget reasons, lack of time or […]

Should you pay more attention to the ‘attention price’ you pay, my #highered friend?

May 28th, 2014 Karine Joly 14 Comments

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 […]

Take part in the 1st #HigherEd Content Online Conference: Submit a proposal by Feb 26!

February 11th, 2014 Karine Joly No Comments

To address many requests made after I hosted the Higher Ed Social Media Conference last December and the Higher Ed Analytics Conference last week, I’m happy to announce that Higher Ed Experts will host a new online conference focused on higher ed content, strategy and processes — with YOUR help. Calling all higher ed content […]

2 tools to help you tackle what this New Year will bring to your #highered job

January 8th, 2014 Karine Joly 5 Comments

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

December 16th, 2013 Karine Joly No Comments

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 […]

Social Media Voices: 11 great social media tips from #highered professionals #hesm

November 14th, 2013 Karine Joly No Comments

If you are in charge of social media at your college, university or school, I bet you’ve learned a lot over the past few years. I’ve witnessed the rise of social media for the past 8 years. It is really amazing how fast things have changed in higher education since 2005. While social media is […]

Get ready for 2014 with the #HigherEd Social Media Online Conference (Dec 4, 2013) #hesm13

October 23rd, 2013 Karine Joly No Comments

Exactly 1 month after the openning of the call for proposals – and a week after its closing, I’m really excited to share with you the program and the speaker line-up of the 1st Higher Ed Social Media Online Conference (#HESM13) to be held on December 4, 2013 Why such a crazy timeline to create […]

Social Media TOS Tuesday: How to run a #highered Twitter contest without any trouble

October 1st, 2013 Karine Joly No Comments

Ah, contests on social media platforms… Nothing like a contest to generate some tweets, right? They are a great tool to increase engagement (the promise of a prize is a powerful motivator) without breaking the bank (only a few prizes will help engage many hopeful participants). Since the beginning of times (well, almost), contests, sweepstakes […]

Top 5 Web Project Management Tools for #highered Professionals

September 13th, 2013 Karine Joly 5 Comments

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

August 30th, 2013 Karine Joly No Comments

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

August 2nd, 2013 Karine Joly 1 Comment

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]

May 29th, 2013 Karine Joly No Comments

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?

May 28th, 2013 Karine Joly 2 Comments

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 […]