Archive for the ‘More with Less’ Category

Higher Ed Experts Webinars: Web Writing Boot Camp, Going Mobile and Usability Testing 360 in May and June

I don’t know about you, but lately, I’ve struggled to get all the things on my to-do done. Mostly because my list is getting longer by the minute… While there’s a lot of pressure on your schedule, it has never been as important to make sure your skills are up-to-date as it is today. That’s […]

5-step plan to select the right CMS

My latest UB column is now available in the April issue as well as online: “How to Select the Right CMS: a five-step plan for evaluating web content management systems” In this column, I provide – with the help of several of your colleagues I interviewed – a blueprint to a successful CMS selection process: […]

How to bring back to your site all your online videos hosted on YouTube, iTunes and others — in no time

Do you have online videos hosted on third-party websites such as YouTube, iTunes, Vimeo, etc. and wish they could all be found in one place – on a branded website within your domain name that will be automatically updated as soon as new videos are uploaded to the third-party websites? Do you wish you could […]

Want to use Drupal, WordPress or DotCMS as your next CMS? Register for “Open Source CMS Fair” Webinar Series by April 9!

Have you noticed how more and more institutions choose open source content management systems such as Drupal, WordPress or DotCMS to power their websites? The trend has been accelerating these past few months with several high profile redesigned websites such as Duke University and Bates College as well as other redesigns in process. With more […]

The UBC Admin Blog: blogging by higher ed executives done right

I stumbled on the UBC Admin Blog thanks to Martine Lafleur who shared its link on Twitter. Yesterday, I took the time to explore this recently launched group blog aimed at enabling further dialogue between senior administration and students at the University of British Columbia. While president blogs have been around for some time (President […]

Register for Analytics 360 Webinars by March 5th at 7PM and Get Avinash Kaushik’s Web Analytics 2.0 Book for FREE!

Even if you just have a mild interest in Web Analytics, I’m pretty sure you’ve heard about Avinash Kaushik, the evangelist, guru and author who has taken this dark hard core discipline in the beautiful art of measuring results. Avinash’s second book about the topic, Web Analytics 2.0, was published 4 months ago. I’ve recently […]

Higher Ed TV: Behind the scenes of “President’s Day at Macalester College” with Amy Phenix, Director of Communications & Public Relations

You might have already heard about this YouTube video as several higher ed bloggers (mstonerblog, The Old College Try and edustir among others) and twitterers have mentioned it this week. President’s Day at Macalester College is a 5-minute online video featuring President Brian Rosenberg. Not your traditional college president video at all. This online video […]

The University of Delaware tries a new take on the Admissions video by involving prospective students in its making

A few weeks before the “That’s I chose Yale” video was released, two admissions officers from the University of Delaware launched another musical into the wild, Reading Season. Their video struck a chord in admissions offices across the country even though it was just a side project for both admissions officers. When I interviewed Avi […]

To learn how to measure your social media, email and web initiatives, register for Analytics 360 by March 1st, 2010

I know you are now all asked to do a lot more with less money, time and staff members. I bet you are close to reaching the point where something got to give. You have probably realized that you cannot keep running to try to do everything – I did. So, how do you decide […]

Higher Ed TV: Behind the scenes of “That’s Why I chose Yale” with a video interview by TargetX

Unless you’ve been really, really busy (and away from your computer, iPhone or iPad – wait that one isn’t out there yet ;-), you’ve already heard about Yale’s admissions video: “That’s why I chose Yale,” a 16-minute tongue-in-cheek musical, highly produced but all done by students or recent alums. Picked up by the New York […]

Find out how NCSU Libraries built their mobile website

I’ve just finished watching the recording of a live webinar about the mobile website of North Carolina State University Libraries: Library in Your Pocket: Strategies and Techniques for Developing Successful Mobile Services. This free 60-minute webinar was presented by David Woodbury, Libraries Fellow and Jason Casden, Digital Technologies Development Librarian at North Carolina State University […]

Check out more than 400 higher ed websites with a single click

More than 500 redesigned were submitted to eduStyle as redesigns last year. That’s what discovered Stewart Foss, the driving force behind this web design gallery dedicated to higher ed websites, as he was working on his next webinar about higher ed redesign trends scheduled on February 16, 2010 (Registration is open until February 8, but […]

Why use WordPress for the online version of your college magazine?

As you probably know, I’ll be hosting “Start the (Word)Presses: How to create the online version of your print magazine or newsletter with WordPress” next Thursday (Jan 21st). I designed this 2-webinar series to help magazine editors get a good and practical understanding of how WordPress can help them create an easy-to-produce online version for […]

Will Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle DX, and Sony Reader bring PDF versions back in style for online readers?

Web professionals have always frown upon the use of PDF as the online version of a print newsletter or magazine. For some publication officers and college magazine editors, PDF is an easy way to provide the online version of their hard print work. Just take the final file from the designer (PDF has been used […]

Register for Start The (Word)Presses by January 11 and get 3 extra webinars for free

I don’t know about you, but I’m always excited by the world of possibilities a new year offers. So, let me wish you the best for 2010. I gotta feeling it’s gonna be a good, good year (can’t you see me singing to the famous tune of the Black Eyed Peas?) I’ve got a few […]

Higher Ed Experts Webinars in 2010: WordPress for Magazines, Web Redesign, Analytics and Open Source CMS

And, that’s just for January, February, March and April 2010. I’ve tried to put a program that will help you do your job even better at a time where you are asked to do a lot more with a lot less (time, money, staff…) As usual, places are limited, so it’s always wise to register […]