Do you remember your school’s last annual report? Unless you spent countless hours working on it for several months, chances are you didn’t read or even open it. The annual report (or the President’s report depending on how it’s called at your institution) is a very important staple of the advancement toolkit in higher education. […]
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Students Tweeting for The University of Minnesota President #highered
This week the University of Minnesota is inaugurating its new president: Eric Kaler and has decided to make this inauguration more… social. All week long, 16 social media students ambassadors will run his Twitter offical account, @PrezKaler. Watch this short video to see what some of these students planned to do with the President’s Twitter […]
Wesleyan’s “Securing The Future” website, a new type of crisis communication website?
I’m currently working on my next column for University Business to be published in February 2009. This article will present 10 very practical tips to do more (or as well) with less (budget, people, time, etc), which explains why my main focus lately has been on the economic downturn and its consequences for higher education. […]
RISD has the president we have all been dreaming of
The inauguration of John Maeda the 16th president of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will take place this Friday. Why do I think he is the kind of presidents we have all been dreaming of? First, just look at his inauguration online guest book, created for the campus community to add their thoughts, best […]
5+1 tips to help aspiring university presidents bloggers
I’m officially back from my trip to Europe. I flew back yesterday and can confirm that it can take less time to come back from France than from Atlantic City (haven’t attended the eduweb conference in AC last month or heard about the journey back home for attendees? Check out this blog post to understand). […]
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Happy Independence Day to my readers in the US! If you’re looking for independence, a new job (or a new skilled team member) might be the way to go (I know that’s kind of a lame transition). It’s been a few months since I decided to work on a better solution than the Higher Ed […]
Higher Ed Magazines: Gone Digital, Going Paperless?
My third UB column for 2008 is now available in the June issue as well as online: “Magazines: Gone Digital, Going Paperless?” You’ll find in this column 4 tips from several of your peers (including Karl Bates from Duke University and Bonny Griffith from Ithaca College) to get you started. With the help of this […]
Get the report about the state of advertising and sponsorship in print and electronic higher ed publications
Some of you might remember that a few weeks ago I conducted an online survey to find out if and how paid advertising and sponsorship are used in magazines and newsletters published by universities and colleges. A total of 110 professionals working in institutions representing more than 1.5 million students completed this online survey between […]
Higher Ed Bloggers edit and fact check the Chronicle of Higher Education
Yes, you’ve read my headline correctly: bloggers editing and fact checking the main media outlet covering higher education in the US. So, what do I mean exactly? In the past weeks, two posts from two different higher ed bloggers have questioned some of the facts reported in two different articles published by the Chronicle. Andy […]
Higher Ed Experts Update: The registration deadline for the “911 Website” webinar has been postponed to Friday May 2, 2008 at 9PM ET.
This morning, I received two emails asking if it was still possible to register for the May 7 webinar about crisis/emergency websites presented by Mike Dame from Virginia Tech (the initial registration deadline was yesterday). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this Friday (May 2) at 9PM ET. If you […]
Interested in the state of paid advertising in print and electronic publications from higher ed institutions? Take the online survey now to receive the results with an executive summary highlighting best practices!
I’ve put together a short online survey to find out if and how paid advertising and sponsorship are used in magazines and newsletters published by universities and colleges. The results of this survey will be used for a study I’m conducting on this topic and a future article. This online survey should take you 3 […]
Thinking about outsourcing email and other apps at your institution? Submit your questions for the main players, Google and Microsoft
Sorry for my light blogging, but I have been working on a few projects lately… and something had to give. One of these projects is a feature-long article for the August issue of University Business (it’s due June 1st – it’s a magazine, not a blog ;-) about email outsourcing in higher education. If you […]
It’s 2008 – almost a year after the Virginia Tech Tragedy: Is Your 911 Website Ready?
My second UB column for 2008 is now available in the April issue as well as online: “It’s 2008: Is Your 911 Website Ready?” When I wrote this article, my goal was to give you a good piece of third-party validation (hey, you can even print the article so it looks like it was xeroxed […]
Northern Illinois University: Another tragedy unfolding on the website homepage
By now, you’ve heard the news: a gun man shot 22 people yesterday at Northern Illinois University. Seven Six – including the gunman – died. All my prayers go to the families and friends of the victims as well as to the whole campus community at Northern Illinois University. There are some blog posts I […]
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