Earlier today Diane Kubarek, Director of the Office of Web Communications at Cornell University, and Al Gonzalez, Assistant Director of Integrated Web Services at Cornell University presented at EduWeb a sessions titled “Supporting a Central Web Presence with a True Communications / IT Partnership.” This is Drew’s second and last scheduled blog post. Diane and […]
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Live from EduWeb 2007: Supporting a Central Web Presence with a True Communications / IT Partnership
Live from EduWeb 2007 in Baltimore: How to delineate and implement a successful Web strategic plan
Earlier today, Alberto Fernandez, Director of Web Strategy at Lynn University presented a session titled “It Can be Done: How to delineate and implement a successful Web strategic plan.” This is Lacey Updegraff’s third and last scheduled post. Alberto began by showing a video about how we are living in exponential times. You can get […]
Live from EduWeb 2007 in Baltimore: Email Campaigns That Work
Sharaf Atakhanov, Senior Media Developer at Temple University presented a very interesting session today in Baltimore: “Email Campaigns That Work.†He even shared the PDF file of his presentation online. Drew Stephens, web designer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is one of the six very nice people who agreed to share their […]
“Portal 2007 – up and running” at Gettysburg College on June 5-8, 2007: an affordable conference about web portals and CMS’s
After my post about a $0 conference for admissions folks, Gettysburg College’s Portal 2007 Conference looks like another option for higher ed professionals – working in web and IT departments, this time – interested in attending an affordable conference to learn a couple of things and network with their peers. The conference will take place […]
Register now for “Admissions Blogging 360,” a 3-webinar series on July 18, 25 & 31 featuring Nancy Prater (Ball State University), Ben Jones (MIT) and Sam Jackson
I knew admissions-sponsored blogging was a hot topic when I originally asked Nancy Prater and Ben Jones if they would present a webinar to share their experience and know-how. What I didn’t know is that both would be quoted extensively in an Associated Press story written by Andrew Welsh-Huggins and published in many newspapers and […]
Register now for “Crisis Communication 2.0 Week,” a 3-webinar series on June 26, 27 & 28 featuring Michael Dame (Virginia Tech), Joe Hice (UF) and Andrew Careaga(UMR)
Some of you might remember the words of Michael Dame, Director of Web Communications at Virginia Tech, in his letter to his higher ed colleagues (that would be you) he asked me to publish a couple of weeks ago: I hope that in the near future, we’ll have the opportunity to discuss our experiences to […]
Higher Ed Experts Update: Already more than 100 registered members in 24 hours
Here’s a quick update about Higher Ed Experts, the new community-oriented website I’ve just launched. First, let me thank you all for your interest and support: more than 100 registered members in 24 hours… This has already expected my wildest dreams. I would also like to apologize to the dozen of vendors, consultants and other […]
Virginia Tech Web Team wants to thank you all
Just a quick post to share this message that Michael Dame, Director of Web Communications at Virginia Tech, asked me to pass to all of you: To our higher education colleagues, Words cannot adequately express our gratitude for your response to our tragedy here at Virginia Tech. Our web team has been overwhelmed by the […]
Virginia Tech Tragedy: Evaluating VT Web crisis communication plan
Inside Higher Ed is running this morning a must-read piece for communication professionals titled “Evaluating the Response.” Written by Andy Guess, this article reviews the tragic events from a crisis communication standpoint, provides a link to the University Relations crisis communication plan (last updated in February 2002) used Monday, and offers some light on the […]
Virginia Tech Tragedy: Has your institution posted a statement about the tragedy? Virginia Tech Web team wants to recognize your support on its website
I just got an email from Michael Dame, Director of Web Communications at Virginia Tech [I interviewed Mike last year for my UB column about website redesign], asking if I could pass the following message to all of you: We are aware that countless IHEs have posted statements about the Virginia Tech tragedy on their […]
Could Twitter be used as another communication channel in case of campus emergencies?
In the wake of the Virginia Tech Tragedy, many questions about crisis communication have been raised in campuses across the country and the world. Today, on u-webd listserv, a few Web professionals discussed possible text-messaging solutions. One of them (I didn’t get a chance to ask him if I could share his name) announced to […]
Virginia Tech Tragedy: Crisis unfolding on the website homepage
Yesterday I posted a screenshot of the homepage of the university website when I heard the news — only early in the afternoon as I was working on deadlines far away from any news sources. This morning I was able to retrieve an early version time stamped at 9:58 AM from Google’s cache. I’ll try […]
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