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I’m not on my own

I was just reading an article on Inc.com called “12 Things You Need to Really Get Rid of in the Next 12 Months.” #3 leapt off the page at me, but not entirely for the reasons the author likely intended. Stop thinking you’re on your own. When friends and family […]

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Thinking Out Loud with Forge Worldwide

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.14″] Tomorrow, Thursday, November 12 at 2 p.m. ET I will be joining  Chris Foley Pilsner, the Chief Marketing Officer of Isenberg School of Management at UMASS Amherst, and Melissa Koehler, who heads up the higher education practice at Forge Worldwide based in Boston, for a live online session using a new […]

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Proactive Planning for Crisis Communications

This article was originally published on InsideHigherEd’s Call to Action Blog on November 10, 2015 Active shooters. Campus on lockdown. Shelter-in-place. Racial tensions. Votes of no confidence. Bed bugs in residence halls. Inclement weather. Leadership transitions. Mascot changes. Hazing. Chemical spills. Student deaths. More than ever, there’s a higher volume of […]

Speaking/Media

I have given presentations on a range of topics for organizations and conferences such as OHO Interactive, the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the State University of New York’s Council for University Advancement (SUNY […]

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Managing social media is a team sport

Who should be responsible for social media? This has been a hot discussion topic on higher education listservs, community message boards, Twitter, and other forums. My answer? It depends. Institution size, strategy, community management, and monitoring are some of the factors higher education professionals should consider in determining where responsibility lies. The current debate […]