I got the tip about AU web redesign launch yesterday in an email from Maralee Csellar, Acting Director for Media Relations at American University. As explained in the top news story available on the homepage, New Site Launches, Will Change AU Communications, the whole redesign process started in the summer of 2006 took more than […]
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Is there a web redesign project in your future? Register for Website Redesign Boot Camp on April 21-23, 2009
Website redesigns can be very, very scary projects. People don’t like change, especially on “their” homepage. That’s why you should prepare as much as possible before jumping into a website redesign (whether it’s for a university, college, department or even an office). You can find some tips in a column I wrote for University Business […]
1-1-1 Express Book Review: The eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher Ed Homepage Design by Stewart, Cody and Andy Foss
First, let me start with a disclaimer: I’ve just received and browsed my electronic review copy of The eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher Ed Homepage Design (email arrived a bit before 6AM this morning). I knew it was supposed to be released any day now, but I had no clue when it would hit my […]
More with Less: 7 ways to survive the budget crunch in higher education
My second UB column for 2009 is now available in the February issue as well as online (featured on the homepage of University Business today): “More with Less: 7 Ways to Survive the Budget Crunch” Here are the 7 ways/tips in a condensed form: Look more closely at your print publication budget Embrace (free) social […]
Higher Ed TV: “Website Audit” Edition by Nick DeNardis from EduCheckup
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 […]
Meet the Parents: Get an exclusive look at Noel-Levitz’s survey results about Parents’ E-expectations
Last July at the eduWeb conference, Stephanie Geyer, Associate VP for E-communications and Web Strategy at Noel-Levitz, presented the results of a recent online survey her company conducted in June 2008 with 454 parents. At that time in a blog post titled “Live blogging from eduWeb 2008 – Circling Over Enrollment: The E-Expectations of Parents […]
OSU’s new homepage includes a tag cloud for most popular links
That’s a pretty innovative way to deal with the put-me-on-the-homepage syndrome all higher ed web designers have to face when it’s time to redesign a university/college website. No fighting to find out which links to put there? Just go with what the web users want! Beautiful, don’t you think so? The new redesign is available […]
eduStyle and Collegewebeditor.com Awards: Nominate your favorite higher ed websites and blogs before April 30, 2008
As announced in my first post about these awards, the nominations for best websites, web projects and blogs are now open and will close on April 30, 2008. So, here is what you need to do if you want to nominate a website or a blog: If a site is in the eduStyle gallery Create […]
HighEdWeb 2008: Check out the redesigned conference website and submit your presentation proposal
I’ve just found out that the newly redesigned website – a design signed Jim Welch, an Admissions Counselor for Missouri State University – of the HighEdWeb conference is now live: This design was the winning entry of the contest launched to replace the old coffee mug theme. That’s definitely a BIG change, don’t you think? […]
Get ready for the red carpet of the 1st Annual eduStyle Higher-ed Web Awards — including the Collegewebeditor.com Blogging Awards
I haven’t picked my dress yet for the walk on the red carpet, but I’m really excited to be part of this great initiative officially launched today by Stewart Foss, the founder of eduStyle – Stewart who also presents today the first webinar of “Website Redesign Boot Camp” about top trends in higher ed redesigns. […]
Higher Ed Experts Update: The registration deadline for the Website Redesign Boot Camp webinar series has been postponed to Thursday February 14, 2008 at 8PM ET.
This morning, I received a few emails asking if it was still possible to register for the February 19-21 webinar series about website redesign (the initial registration deadline was yesterday). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this Thursday (Feb 14) at 8PM ET – hey, the perfect gift for your […]
3 questions to John Strubel, Web developer at Charleston Southern University, from eduDesigners.com
As I mentioned in a previous post about new initiatives in the higher ed designer community, John Strubel, Higher Ed Experts member and Web developer at Charleston Southern University, has been working very hard on a new website targeted to university web designers: eduDesigners.com. I’ve been watching the site developed over the past couple of […]
Planning a website redesign (or wish you would)? Sign up for Website Redesign Boot Camp, a 3-webinar series on February 19-21
Website redesigns can be very, very scary projects. People don’t like change, especially on “their” homepage. That’s why you should prepare as much as possible before jumping into a website redesign (whether it’s for a university, college, department or even an office). You can find some tips in a column I wrote for University Business […]
Have you submitted your design to the HighEdWeb Conference Design Contest? Don’t miss today’s deadline
Here’s a quick reminder for you: the deadline of the design contest for the HighEdWeb Conference is approaching very, very fast. You can submit your competition entry for the logo and the website of this great conference to be held in Springfield, MO in October until this Monday at noon (ET? CT? PT?). Want to […]
From umr.edu to mst.edu: new name, new logo and new homepage for Missouri S&T (aka The University of Missouri-Rolla)
While UMR will officially become MST on January 1st, the new website has just been launched and is now live at www.mst.edu (read my previous post about the topic). BEFORE AFTER This morning, I asked Andrew Careaga, director of communications at Missouri S&T, why they decided to do the switch today, just before the holiday […]
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