Are you a resource on your campus for all things social media? Yes? Let’s brainstorm about how we can best react to and assist people on campus who come to us to ask for guidance with some ideas they have. No? Let’s pretend. Play along with us here — the Read more…
A summary of Cafe New Paltz, an online Ning community for students accepted into the State University of New York at New Paltz for fall 2009 .
Earlier this week we talked about a cohesive university-wide Web presence. Today we’re going to take that same theory, but explore it in the social media space. The ease of access of social media tools, including blogs, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, etc. have enabled people with little to no Web development Read more…
Stephanie Geyer, Associate Vice President for e-strategy and Web development at Noel-Levitz, released their latest E-expectations survey of 1,005 college-bound high school seniors in 2009 at the OmniUpdate Users Conference this morning. This is their fourth year doing this research study in conjunction with James Tower and the National Research Read more…
Last summer I did research for my independent study project in graduate school that resulted in “The Use of Social Media in Higher Education for Marketing and Communication: A Guide for Professionals in Higher Education.” The research was largely done in June and July 2008. During this time, very few Read more…
This update is part 3 in a series about Café New Paltz, an exclusive online community using Ning for our fall 2009 accepted students at the State University of New York at New Paltz. See: article 1 | article 2 We continue to be extremely pleased with the engagement and Read more…
About ten years ago when e-mail became mainstream at colleges/universities, departments were skittish about having a separate dedicated e-mail account as a way for their customers to contact them. They worried about work load creep, and customers expecting a quick turn around time for responses. Most of these folks still Read more…
This update is part 2 in a series about Café New Paltz, an exclusive online community using Ning for our fall 2009 accepted students at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Wow. That about sums up the reaction my colleagues and I have had since launching Café New Read more…
If you’re having a hard time convincing your administration that social media is worth the investment, try coming at it from a different angle — and I’m not suggesting writing the “social media strategy” we’ve all been hearing about lately. My theory? Piggy back on existing strategies at your university. Stamats Read more…
Matt Herzberger’s (@mherzber) Session @ #stamats08 *Watch the Presentation Video* Goals & Research migrate old posts, move to WordPress, ability to add multimedia, social media linkage, easy for writers Research evaluate what’s out there (both .edu & .com) – <3’s NYTimes.com talk to writers – what are their needs themes/designs/templates Read more…