‘Tis the season to be jolly and… to send/email Holidays cards. This year, the University of Maryland has put a refreshing spin on the tradition with a 2-minute video featuring many students, staff and faculty members – and even Alum Connie Chung – gathering for a group holiday photo. Available on YouTube, the video can […]
Archive for the ‘Web 2.0 Best Practices’ Category
From outsourcing email to outsourcing IT?
Today, Inside Higher Ed has a great well-researched and well-written piece about a trend that will change the face of IT departments on most campuses in a few years: “When emailed is outsourced.” (Don’t forget to share it with your IT folks!) In his article, Andy Guess, Mr. Technology at IHE, gives a very good […]
3 questions to a higher ed blogger: Jeff Kraus, Assistant Vice Chancellor for PR at VCCS from “VA Higher Ed”
I met Jeff Kraus, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Public Relations at the Virginia Community College System, last June at the conference his organization held for Web and PR folks working in VA community colleges. I was invited to present at this conference by Susan Hayden, a regular reader. At that time, I spoke about Web […]
University Business Column: 10 steps to better blogs
My sixth UB column for 2007 is now available in the November issue (it was scheduled for the December issue, but apparently my editor couldn’t wait for an extra month — maybe, it’s because it’s especially good ;-) as well as online: “10 Steps to Better Blogs” This article is a good summary of the […]
eduStyle will keep you updated about the state of higher ed web (re)designs
Benchmarking is the name of the game in higher education. No matter the type of projects you plan to work on, you (or your boss) will always need to see what’s done in others institutions. Website (re)designs are no exception to this rule, and that’s why eduStyle, the website that aims to provide inspiration for […]
Higher Ed TV: “I’m Missouri S&T” user-generated campaign, a great idea to get UMR students, alums, faculty and staff on board with the upcoming name change of the institution
The University of Missouri-Rolla will change its name in 2 months, on January 1st, 2008. Officially started in January this year and supported by a dedicated blog, the transition to the new name, Missouri S&T, starts a new stage today with the launch of a new website “Hello, My Name is Missouri S&T” as announced […]
Higher Ed PR Professionals and News Editors Go Web 2.0 with Real Blogs
Something big is happening. In several higher ed institutions across the country, some PR and News professionals have started to embrace the conversational age by launching real news blog inviting feedback from readers by publishing – moderated – comments In the past couple of weeks only, 3 new initiatives were launched in different institutions: News […]
Almost Live from HigherEdWebDev 2007: Use WordPress as a Mini-CMS in Your Next Project
The conference is now over, but Dimitri, one of this year’s guest bloggers has sent a few more posts about interesting sessions including this presentation about WordPress. Drew Geraets and Thomas Knoll wanted something lightweight, flexible, and easy to implement when they ventured on building their new site. Their CMS was bulky and not friendly […]
A good primer about crisis communications 2.0 you can print
September isn’t over yet, but the month has already seen 2 shooting-related crises: Yesterday at St. John’s University in Queens, NY (the campus was locked down after a masked gunman was found on campus) Last Friday, 2 students were shot at Delaware State University. The good news is that lessons learned after the tragedy at […]
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