Archive for the ‘Admission Office’ Category

Higher Ed TV: The Holiday Card from Eckerd College is back with President Eastman

Last year, Eckerd College did a great and funny holiday video card targeted to prospective students and featuring its College President, Admissions and Financial Aid Dean and the Web Team, aka “The Web Dudes:” As Colin Fast from Red River College explained in an interview published in a previous post, Eckerd College’s card was the […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

Want to find out how to promote academic excellence at your institution to potentially 25 million people? Register for “Podcasting Made Easy” Webinar Series by Friday!

Reach 25 million people via podcasting??? Ok, there is a bit of marketing hype in the title of this post, but I got your attention – right? Besides, it’s not all hype since this upcoming 3-webinar series by Higher Ed Experts includes a session about iTunes U, Apple’s free audio and video streaming hosting service […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Unifying Print and Web Publications, An Example from Missouri State University

Monday afternoon, a trio of presenters from Missouri State University (Stacey, Sara, & Amy ) stood before a packed room to discuss a topic breaking in University publication offices across Higher Education: “Unifying Print and Web Publications.” Jonathan Steffens covered this session. This is his second post. MSU was given the task of merging print […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Mark your calendar for the 2008 edition of the conference

This year’s conference isn’t over yet, but the organizers have just announced (just after Mike Dame’s keynote at lunch) that the 2008 edition will take place on October 5-8, 2008 (the date is still tentative – they said though) at Missouri University State in Springfield, MO. The really good news is that the Internet connection […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Let’s try Twitter to keep in touch

Besides the usual conference blogging — with the help of my dear guest bloggers –, I’m going to try to post short updates using Twitter at www.twitter.com/karinejoly to find what’s going on in Rochester.

HighEdWebDev 2007: Meet the (guest) bloggers!

Several weeks ago, I asked if a few of you would blog some of the sessions they plan to attend at HighEdWebDev in Rochester next week (starting Monday, actually) and Iâ€™m happy to report that 4 fine higher ed professionals have answered my call. This year, I’m going to Rochester to present, network, meet potential […]

Sign up for the first college fair to be held on the SecondLife Teen Grid on October 20-21, 2007

There’s still time for your institution to sign up and you don’t even need a campus in SL to participate. As of today, the following 20 institutions have expressed interest in participating in this virtual college fair organized on the Teen Grid of SL: Front Range Community College, Colorado Bradley University, Illinois Florida State University […]

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

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 […]

What to expect for the HighEdWebDev07 conference in Rochester, NY

HighEdWebDev 2007 will take place on October 14-17 in Rochester NY. This year, I’m going to Rochester but I put out a call for guest bloggers last week to try to offer the best possible conference coverage. Two readers, Stephen and Martine, have already offered to help (if you want to share your notes about […]

Joost: another delivery channel for the videos produced at your institution?

Everybody is talking about online videos lately (well, the fact that it’s Day 2 of the Higher Ed Experts’ series about online videos might explain some of the chatter in my virtual neighborhood ;-) A recent report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms that online videos have become a must-have web features […]

Higher Ed Experts Update: Stats and facts on how admissions offices use social media

I’m glad to introduce the first event of a new series called “30 minutes with a Higher Ed Expert.” The plan is to try to schedule one of those free online events per month. As regular readers might know I signed a yearly contract with WebEx for Higher Ed Experts, and I thought it would […]

Need help to launch your online video initiative this Fall (or later)? Register by Friday for “Lights, Camera, Action – How to Add Online Videos to Your Marketing Mix”

I’ve already posted a couple of times about this 3-webinar series about online videos scheduled on September 11, 12 and 13 (with the 50% discount for HEE members, the total price for the webinars is just $150 – more information is available at www.higheredexperts.com/onlinevideos) I designed for Higher Ed Experts, so this is just a […]