Archive for the ‘Facebook’ Category
June 19th, 2008
Karine Joly
Are you responsible for your institution’s social networking website? Do you manage your university’s Facebook Page or Group? Are you in charge of the online community targeted to your alums or students? Keep reading. I’m currently working on the closing keynote I’ll give on July 23 at the eduWeb conference (as well as an upcoming […]
June 6th, 2008
Karine Joly
Yesterday morning, I spent a couple of hours reviewing the 3 nominated websites for the eduStyle Awards in the “Best Use of Video” category: Boston University, NJIT and University of Notre Dame. I watched all the videos accessible from the 3 websites and even checked out the YouTube channels of these 3 institutions. After spending […]
June 2nd, 2008
Karine Joly
Chances are you’ve already read this article published today in the New York Times: College Alumni Magazines Struggle to Compete With Facebook. The article written by Cate Doty doesn’t provide any breaking news as higher ed blogger D.W. noted in her post published earlier today: News of the Obvious: Younger Alumni Turn to Facebook Versus […]
May 9th, 2008
Karine Joly
UPDATE: Facebook doesn’t support anymore the process described in this post. Sorry :( As you probably know if you’ve been reading this blog for some time, Facebook pages have been a late addition to the feature list of the social networking website. Last November, Facebook pages were launched as a way to provide businesses, brands, […]
April 2nd, 2008
Karine Joly
I had a very interesting experience this morning presenting a session about higher ed podcasting in the US to a room full of people at the University of Warwick in the UK. No long flight or dreadful jet lag required (but no nice sightseeing in the UK either :-). I did my presentation using WebEx […]
April 2nd, 2008
Karine Joly
Higher Ed Experts was officially launched on April 23, 2007. It was supposed to go live on April 17, but it just didn’t feel right to do it as scheduled after the tragedy that stroke Virginia Tech. As you can imagine, I had many sleepless nights in April 2007 working on the launch of this […]
February 27th, 2008
Karine Joly
Just forward this article published yesterday in the eMarketer newsletter (but hurry, these are usually only accessible for a limited-time only): “Student Noses Buried in Facebooks”. According to Youth Trends’ February 2008 “Top Ten List Report,†Facebook and YouTube are included in the top 3 picks for favorite websites – ahead of Google – named […]
February 26th, 2008
Karine Joly
This morning, I received a few emails asking if it was still possible to register for the March 4-6 webinar series about Facebook applications (the initial registration deadline was yesterday). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this Thursday (Feb 28) at 8PM ET. If you want to learn more on […]
February 21st, 2008
Karine Joly
The popular social networking website has just announced yesterday a few new features for its Facebook pages on the Facebook page dedicated to Facebook pages (gosh, how many times can I write “Facebook” in a single sentence? ;-) including the following: Users will be able to upload photos to Pages. Check the settings on the […]
February 18th, 2008
Karine Joly
According to a tip from a reader, I should be able to add a new entry to my higher ed facebook application directory soon. If this email from US News & World Report (that was forwarded to me this morning) is to be believed, this application will be launched along with a Facebook page for […]
February 6th, 2008
Karine Joly
By now, you’ve probably heard (or seen on TV or on the Web) what happened last night at Union University in Jackson, TN. As reported by Ashley Anthony of The Jackson Sun in “Union University tornado damage update”, 2 dormitories were destroyed in Tuesday night’s tornado, 51 students were taken to the hospital and 9 […]
February 6th, 2008
Karine Joly
I’ve just filled out an online survey from Jupiter Research about online social marketing with lots of questions about blogs, social networking websites, facebook widgets (or applications as they are called by facebook) and the likes. While more and more big brands are starting to engage their target audiences on facebook via these applications, only […]
January 31st, 2008
Karine Joly
My first UB column for 2008 (geez, I’m starting my third year with University Business, time passes by so quickly) is now available in the February issue as well as online: “Facebook Applications: The Game Changer?” I borrowed the catchy title from Allegheny College Mike Richwalsky’s and Josh Tischianey’s presentation at HighEdWebDev in Rochester, NY. […]
November 9th, 2007
Karine Joly
This has been a busy week in the social networking website world. Last Monday, a few days before the launch of the new Facebook features, Yahoo! launched a new social networking website targeted to college students and alums: Kickstart. Scott Gatz, Senior Director of Yahoo’s Advanced Products, manages the Kickstart’s team. Despite a busy week, […]
November 7th, 2007
Karine Joly
That’s the big question of the day with the launch of Facebook pages, a new feature of the popular social networking website introduced to Facebook users this morning on the company blog: You now have a way to connect with things you are passionate about. We’ve launched Facebook Pages, which are distinct, customized profiles designed […]
October 22nd, 2007
Karine Joly
If you couldn’t make it to Rochester last week for HighEdWebDev, I’ve got good news for you: you can watch 3 of the presentations (including the best of the conference by popular vote) given at the conference courtesy of the conference committee, the presenters and Higher Ed Experts (yours truly) for… free! You’ll need to […]
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