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 […]
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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 […]
Higher Ed TV: MIT Tech TV, a YouTube-clone for the Geeks?
How can you make your students and faculty members share their work and research with the world? Give them the right tools: their own dedicated video-sharing website. That’s what MIT is doing with MIT Tech TV, its own YouTube clone complete with video-sharing capabilities (including email and embedding code) and community-building features such as video […]
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 […]
Portal 2008 at Gettysburg College: Mark your calendar and submit a proposal
I meant to write about this conference earlier this month, but things have really been crazy. The Portal 2008 Conference will take place at Gettysburg College on June 3-6, 2008. And, this year it’s all going to be about measurement and assessment as explained in the official announcement about the conference: While very few documented […]
Lessons learned from an emergency web drill at Winona State University
Since the Virginia Tech Tragedy, higher ed institutions all over the US, Canada and even Australia have been revisiting their emergency preparedness and crisis communication plans. While planning is very important, a plan is as good as its testing. That’s why many institutions went through emergency drills and other tests lately. Back in September 2007, […]
2007 Reader Survey Results and Amazon Certificate Winner
So, this blog’s reader survey has just ended. And, the lucky winner of the $30 Gift certificate is… Jonathan Steffens from University of Missouri-Columbia. Congratulations and thank to the 91 readers who took the time to do the survey between December 12, 2007 and January 10, 2008. With the 86,047 (70% more than last year) […]
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 […]
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 […]
Higher Ed TV: Holiday Card YouTube-style starring the President by Red River College
Since my post about the holiday card of the University of Maryland got picked up by the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Campus Wired blog last week, I’ve received a few interesting pitches and links from universities and colleges (please, keep the good stuff coming) related to their web videos. This morning, Colin Fast, Communications Coordinator […]
Book Review – “Perfecting the Pitch” by Benjamin Lewis: Toss your press releases and start to pitch story ideas to (new) media representatives
With the increasing popularity of this niche blog (and it’s not just my ego speaking, the web stats and Feedburner tell me that its readership has been increasing steadily) as well as my regular gig at University Business, I’ve started to receive more and more press releases and pitches from PR professionals. While a few […]
Rice University launches its redesigned homepage
It’s always the season for website redesigns… Rice University (Houston, TX) launched its redesigned homepage last Saturday: The redesigned home page includes a calendar area to better promote university events, banner space for promoting top Rice stories and a cleaner design for easier navigation. Gateway pages for undergraduates, graduates, faculty and staff deliver audience-targeted news […]
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 […]
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