Archive for the ‘Smart Tools’ Category

How your admission office can use Skypecast to hold online open houses

May 13th, 2006 Karine Joly 4 Comments

Not sure what Skypecasts are? I see you haven’t done the required reading (2 posts ago: “Call to Higher Ed Pros: Got Skype? Let’s talk!”), but it’s ok. I know you’re busy — or you might have found this post through a search. Skypecast is a new free service offered by the famous VOip company, […]

Make your President happy by getting the press clips you deserve

May 10th, 2006 Karine Joly 1 Comment

I’m sure my headline got your attention. Hey, doesn’t it sound too good to be true? Well, it is. But, I’ve just thought I would share this nice little application to brighten up the day of all the higher ed PR people who read this blog (if you’re not in Public Relations, make sure you […]

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 […]

Do you Poooodcast? Yahoo! wants your feed

October 10th, 2005 Karine Joly No Comments

The search engine company has just launched the beta version of Yahoo! Podcasts, a new portal entirely dedicated to podcasting and podcasts. Lee Ott from Yahoo! Podcasts Team announced late yesterday on the company’s blog that, “Yahoo! Podcasts offers a comprehensive directory of podcast series and individual shows from across the Web, complete with detailed […]

Website redesign blogs: instructive trips to memory lane

April 6th, 2005 Karine Joly 1 Comment

As explained in the previous post “Blogging the website redesign,” I really think blogs beat the traditional redesign committee’s status reports and meetings, because they give every stakeholder a chance to look at the design in the context it’s supposed to work – on a computer screen – and to give instant – yet articulated […]