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 […]
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Why #highered is NOT there yet with social media marketing
Last week Kyle James reminded us that the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachussets Dartmouth had just published the results of its latest study on social media use in higher ed. With 456 interviews performed from November 2010 to May 2011 among a representative sample of 4-year institutions in the US, the […]
Get a chance to listen to the smartest academic in tech according to Fortune. Register for Dr. danah boyd’s master class by tomorrow!
I know this is a very long title for a short post, but what I can say… Last week Fortune released its list of the smartest people in tech in several categories. Dr danah boyd, who will present an online master class about the social media practices of young adults this Thursday for Higher Ed […]
The registration deadline for the “Saving Big†webinars has been postponed to Friday January 30, 2009 at 9PM ET
Once again I found in my inbox this morning a message from someone who wanted to register for the upcoming webinar series: “Saving Big″ (the initial registration deadline was yesterday at 9PM). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until next Friday (January 30, 2009) at 9PM ET. Register for Saving Big […]
Facebook and other social networking websites now reach 35% of all online adults
Our good friends from the Pew Internet and American Life Project have just released a very interesting 17-page report about adults and social networks websites. The big news in this report is the increased interest shown by online adults for Facebook and Co according to the results of two different surveys done in May and […]
Has “FacebookGate” scared your Admissions team? Register by Friday January 9 for Social Networks MBA Webinar Series to learn about social networking alternatives to Facebook
Unless you were already on vacations or enjoying your office holiday party, you’ve probably heard about what some (and according to my sources, Andrew Careaga was the first to coin that term) have called “FacebookGate” A few days before Christmas, Brad Ward uncovered, on his blog, a scheme perpetuated by College Prowler and another company […]
Higher Ed Experts in 2009: Social Networks MBA, Saving Big, Stop the Presses and Analytics 360
And, that’s just the program for the months of January, February and March 2009. I’ve just wrapped up the upcoming webinar series for the first quarter of 2009, and I hope you’ll like the result. With the tougher budget times we’re all facing in higher education, I’ve decided to focus the next webinar series I […]
AMA Symposium: Get the stats on the role of social media in college choice
This session is presented by Richard Hesel from the Art & Science Group. Why this research? studentPOLL is quarterly survey done since 1994 about different issues with a national sample. Now, sample is done through The College Board and their SAT takers database. 90% of every college-bound students visits social networking websites (97% of African […]
The University of Maryland is working on a social networking application to be used in case of emergencies
That’s what I’ve learned this morning by reading “Emergency Alerts via Facebook and MySpace Are New Ways to Reach Students,” an article written by Jeffrey Young from the Chronicle of Higher Education. A group of researchers at the [University of Maryland at College Park] is also working to build a prototype of a homemade social […]
Share your secret behind your higher ed community success
When I was asked to present the closing keynote at eduWeb 2008 last October, I said to myself: “this is great! For the first time in my life, I’m 100% sure I will have the last word ;-)” Then, when I picked my topic, “It’s the community, Stupid! 7-step plan to raise and nurture any […]
Calling all higher ed community managers to share their success stories
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 […]
Should institutions keep printing Alumni Magazines?
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 […]
Celebrate Higher Ed Experts’ first anniversary with the Pick-and-Choose Webinar Series
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 […]
Need some backup to explain why you can’t afford to ignore Facebook or YouTube?
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 […]
Help Yahoo! get social with your alums and current students and get a chance to win $25,000 for your institution!
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, […]
Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Social Networking Software – Meeting the Expectations of the MySpace Generation
Mark Heiman from Carleton College presented a session titled “Social Networking Software: Meeting the Expectations of the MySpace Generation.” The presentation was covered by one of this year’s guest blogger. This is Martine Lafleur’s second post. Mark Heiman’s presentation kept me on my toes with great graphics, just the right touch of cynicism and good […]
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