Archive for the ‘Video’ Category

Higher Ed TV: The University of Florida launches today its new “Remember When” TV and YouTube campaign

October 24th, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

I wrote about UF previous campaigns and videos in the past. So, when Joe Hice, AVP for Public Relations and Marketing at the University of Florida, emailed me about their new Gator Nation ad campaign earlier this week, it didn’t take me long to check it out. The TV spot (that I can’t show you […]

Higher Ed TV: “Website Audit” Edition by Nick DeNardis from EduCheckup

October 21st, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

If you’ve read my last UB column — “It’s the Community, Stupid!” — you know my take on how to develop thriving online communities and how important it is to empower what I called “super users,” your most engaged community members. Here’s a real-life example of what this type of members can do for your […]

Catch-up Date with Karine: Admissions – Special post NACAC conference

September 29th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

No post since the last edition of this series “Catch up-Date with Karine” aiming at fighting the information overload, I guess you can imagine how busy the past week has been. Anyway, here’s what I got for you with this special edition about “all things Admissions.” With NACAC’s 64th national conference taking place last week […]

Catch-up Date with Karine: Video, Online Sharing, Gaming, Adult Students & Web Accessibility

September 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

I’m a bit late this week, but here’s the fourth edition of this series “Catch up-Date with Karine” aiming at fighting the information overload. Please let me know if you find it useful by leaving a comment or sending an email at karine@collegewebeditor.com. Mobile video social networking might happen sooner than we thought Penn State […]

Higher Ed Experts Update: The registration deadline for the “Beyond YouTube” webinar has been postponed to Friday September 19, 2008 at 9PM ET

September 16th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

Last night, I received an email asking if it was still possible to register for (I guess, people are getting used to my flexibility when it comes to registration deadlines ;-) next week’s webinar: “Beyond YouTube” (the initial registration deadline was yesterday 9PM). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this […]

Catch-up Date with Karine: YouTube Contest, Twitter, Web Style Guide, Cloud Computing Use & Homepage Data

September 14th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

Here’s the third edition of this series “Catch up-Date with Karine” aiming at fighting the information overload. Please let me know if you find it useful by leaving a comment or sending an email at karine@collegewebeditor.com. Looking for some YouTube Love? Why not suggest to your community members to take part in YouTube’s first journalism […]

Higher Ed TV: Blue has no clue where the 2 missing Butler mascot costumes are

September 11th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

No, it’s not another episode of the famous kid show Blue’s Clues, but it could be. Butler Blue 2 is the official and furry mascot of Butler University (as all you sports fans probably know) According to Blue’s blog (yeah, I know, dog blogs aren’t that common, but this puppy even got a greater-than-life statue […]

RISD has the president we have all been dreaming of

September 10th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

The inauguration of John Maeda the 16th president of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will take place this Friday. Why do I think he is the kind of presidents we have all been dreaming of? First, just look at his inauguration online guest book, created for the campus community to add their thoughts, best […]

Need help to host and promote your online videos? Register for “Beyond YouTube,” the Sep 24 webinar presented by Mike Richwalsky from Allegheny College

August 20th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

These past few weeks, I’ve seen many questions around branded YouTube channels (via the non-profit or the partner program) as well as the frustration building up in the higher community around the lack of transparency surrounding YouTube’s decision to decline either status to some institutions. YouTube – Partner Program I’ve been thinking about writing an […]

Share your secret behind your higher ed community success

July 23rd, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

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 […]

How to get a branded YouTube channel for your institution in just a few easy steps

June 26th, 2008 Karine Joly 17 Comments

Up until today, the best way to get a branded university YouTube channel was still a mystery for many (including yours truly). Since a few months several institutions (Duke University, UC Berkeley, Vanderbilt, among others) have rolled out branded YouTube channel without the ads displayed on the regular YouTube accounts. However, there were no clear […]

Don’t upload your higher ed video to YouTube (or other video-sharing websites) before doing these 5 simple things

June 6th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

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 […]

Higher Ed TV: Caps and Gowns 101 by UCLA Newsroom

June 5th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

Commencement season is upon (or behind) us, and this Youtube video produced by UCLA Newsroom is very timely. I got the tip in an email sent by Seth Odell from UCLA Newsroom starting with “Hello higher ed friends” (Geez, and I thought I was special — Next time, how about just “Hi” or “Hello,” so […]

Higher Ed TV: LonelyGirl15 meets Real Nebraska’s David Burge with “That Bauer Girl” from the CT Bauer College of Business

May 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly 3 Comments

It looks like higher ed Youtube videos are really starting to become a genre. This new video series I’m posting about today really reminds me of Real Nebraska – presented by David Burge – with a twist. Here, the host isn’t a bald funny guy (no offense, David), but Veronica, a student whose long brown […]

Planning to go digital with your magazine/newsletter (or wish you would)? Sign up for “Stop the Presses”, a 3-webinar series on June 24-26

May 12th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

I’ve been working on this new webinar series for some time now. That’s why I’m very pleased today to announce that registration is now opened for “Stop the Presses: Why and how to go digital with your magazine or newsletter” at www.higheredexperts.com/stopthepresses This series taking place on June 24, 25 and 26 has a great […]

Celebrate Higher Ed Experts’ first anniversary with the Pick-and-Choose Webinar Series

April 2nd, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

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 […]