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 […]
The registration deadline for the “Analytics 360†webinars has been postponed to Friday March 20, 2009 at 9PM ET
Once again I found in my inbox a message from someone who wanted to register for the upcoming webinar series: “Analytics 360″ (the initial registration deadline was yesterday at 9PM). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until next Friday (March 20, 2009) at 9PM ET. If you are trying to make […]
It’s the Community, Stupid! Take 2 at the CUPRAP Conference in Hersey, PA
I’m giving this presentation (an updated version of the keynote speech I gave at the eduWeb conference in July 2008) today (in about 30 minutes) at the CUPRAP conference. It’s the first part of a workshop about social media. Mike Richwalsky presents the second part. Here are my slides available on Slideshare: It’s the Community, […]
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 […]
Try MyCollegeBlogger free for 4 months and without any custom set-up fee
This is the third installment of my new series dedicated to vendor deals and other bargains to help you survive and thrive with tighter budgets. After a very interesting offer to send up to 10,000 email per month for free for institutions with non-profit status and a discount on a conference fee for the next […]
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 […]
Go to the Xpert Summit in Las Vegas on February 26 & 27, 2009 for free
This is the second installment of my new series dedicated to vendor deals and other bargains to help you survive and thrive with tighter budgets. After the first installment about a very interesting offer to send up to 10,000 email per month for free for institutions with non-profit status, this time we’re talking about a […]
Andrew Shaindlin’s 8-step plan to get your alum association on Twitter
Andy Shaindlin and Elizabeth Allen from Alumni Futures has just published a very interesting white paper: Activating Alumni Networks with Twitter. This free 36-page PDF file includes a good primer about Twitter (aimed at the non-user), an overview about different uses, some recommendations as well as the results of a recent online survey conducted from […]
How are IT leaders doing more with less in higher education
Unless you’ve been on a very, very long vacation (or are one of the lucky few), you are currently facing budget cuts at your institution. I know I wrote a lot about this lately, but I’m trying to find ways to help you weather that storm. In a few days, my next University Business column […]
Mobiles, Cloud Computing, Geo-Tagging and the Personal Web will be widely adopted on campuses within 3 years
According to the 2009 Horizon report, while mobiles and cloud computing are already well established on many campuses across the world, geo-tagging and the personal web should be widely used in higher education by 2012. Released yesterday by The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program, this report is definitely […]
What strategies have you implemented to “save big” – or small – at your institution?
I’ll be hosting a 2-webinar series for Higher Ed Experts about this topic early next month presented by Joe Hice, AVP at the University of Florida and Rachel Reuben, Director of Web Communications at SUNY – New Paltz: Saving Big: Winning strategies to get better results even with a crunched budget: February 4 & 5, […]
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