Archive for the ‘Social Networking’ Category

Live from the Higher Ed Blogosphere: New ideas, new blogs & new projects in the higher ed design community

February 1st, 2008 Karine Joly 3 Comments

I don’t know if this is due to something in the water (or in the air), but the higher ed web community is bubbling with great new initiatives. Here’s a quick list of what’s going on. Andy Shaindlin who blogs at Alumni Futures wants to encourage you to brainstorm new ideas to improve higher ed […]

University Business column: Facebook Applications, The Game Changer?

January 31st, 2008 Karine Joly 3 Comments

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. […]

Higher Ed TV: Top 10 Fun YouTube Videos Featuring College/University Presidents

November 22nd, 2007 Karine Joly 1 Comment

To celebrate Thanksgiving with all this blog readers based in the US, I’ve prepared a selection of YouTube videos featuring 10 college/university presidents in unusual situations — i.e. they don’t give a speech or read a welcome message. Here are the 10 university/colleges presidents listed by order of appearance: Allegheny College President, Dr. Richard Cook, […]

“YouTube and Higher Ed” from Mr. Higher Ed at YouTube: Obadiah Greenberg

November 15th, 2007 Karine Joly 1 Comment

I’ve been trying for a while now to get in touch with the person in charge of higher education partnership at YouTube . So, when I saw that Obadiah Greenberg – who used to work at UC Berkeley – was scheduled to give a presentation at a conference in San Diego last week, I ask […]

Help Yahoo! get social with your alums and current students and get a chance to win $25,000 for your institution!

November 9th, 2007 Karine Joly 4 Comments

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, […]

Should you get a Facebook page for your university/college?

November 7th, 2007 Karine Joly 7 Comments

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 […]

Learn more about WordPress, Facebook applications and Google maps with the free HighEdWebDev webinar series

October 22nd, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

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 […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Social Networking Software – Meeting the Expectations of the MySpace Generation

October 16th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

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 […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Monitoring Your Web Identity

October 16th, 2007 Karine Joly 2 Comments

This morning I really wanted to attend two sessions scheduled at the same time: Jay Collier’s presentation and the panel discussion about crisis communications and technology. So, when I saw Josh Tysiachney from Allegheny College in the “Social Applications and Content” room, I asked him if he could do me a big favor and blog […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: How to get started with the Facebook Platform (API)

October 15th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

Want to watch the recording of this session? It’s available for free as a screencast to people working in universities or colleges at www.higheredexperts.com/highedwebdev ———————————————————————————————————- Dimitri Glazkov, one of this year’s guest bloggers, covered the session about the Facebook Platform presented by Mike Richwalsky and Josh Tysiachney, the Allegheny College Web Team. This is Dimitri’s […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Using Interactive Technologies and Social Media in Higher Education

October 15th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

Seth Meranda, one this year’s guest bloggers, sat in this session presented by Matt Herzberger from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. This is Seth’s first post. Matt started his presentation with The Machine is US/ing Us. Where to Start To begin with, Matt gave a quick review of major social media tools, […]

HighEdWebDev Conference: Special Free Webinar Series, HEE-Collegewebeditor.com Meet-Up Dinner, Guest Blogging & Workshop 2.0

October 2nd, 2007 Karine Joly 2 Comments

So, I’ve played a bit with Photoshop and added a few Higher Ed Experts’ little guys to the logo of HighEdWebDev, the great conference for higher ed web folks taking place on October 14-17 in Rochester, NY. Why would I do that? Well, first because I don’t get a chance to play with Photoshop so […]

Higher Ed Update: “Facts and stats on how admissions offices use social media” mini-webinar now available on-demand for free

October 2nd, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

Social Networking Website Week kicked off yesterday with Fred Stutzman’s session followed by a great Q&A with the audience. A couple of weeks ago, Dr. Nora Barnes presented the very interesting results of a study she conducted this year about the use of social media in admissions offices. I posted about her research in June, […]

Higher Ed Experts Update: The registration deadline for Social Networking Websites Week, the 5-webinar series has been postponed to Thursday September 27, 2007 at 1PM ET.

September 25th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

After the registration deadline expired yesterday evening, I received a few emails asking if I could give people a bit more time to register for the October 1-5 webinar series about social networking websites: Social Networking Websites Week – All You Ever Wanted to Know about MySpace, Facebook and Co: October 1-5 2007 Social networking […]

How to advertise with Facebook Basic Flyers to reach your current or prospective students

September 21st, 2007 Karine Joly 2 Comments

If you read this blog, you probably understand how important Facebook has become for our prospective and current students as well as our younger alums. While this new communication channel should always be used with caution by higher ed institutions to avoid “invading” their students’ primary social hang out, it makes a lot of sense […]

Trying to find out if/how your institution should use Facebook, MySpace or its own social networking application? Register by Monday for Social Networking Websites Week

September 20th, 2007 Karine Joly 1 Comment

I’ve already posted a couple of times about “Social Networking Websites Week – All You Ever Wanted to Know about MySpace, Facebook and Co,” a 5-webinar series scheduled on October 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (with the 50% discount for HEE members, the total price for the webinars is just $250 – more information […]