810/2009

12 Favorite Tweets from EduWeb 2009

Posted in Alumni, college, Conferences, Recruitment, Training

View of Lake Michigan from the North Side

This is the second year that I’ve attended the EduWeb Conference. This year, there were more sessions that I wish I could of attended but couldn’t because some of them happened at the same time. Fortunately, thanks to to the resources of Twitter, I was able to view what was going on, even though I wasn’t in the room.

Here are some of my favorites:

AndreaGenevieve 5. Offer something valuable to constituents you are e-mailing #eduweb

jallgire Homework from @karlynm – get on email marketing lists and when we click on a link, ask ourselves “why”. #eduweb

jallgire Create. Optimize. Link. SEO is a Marathon. Can implement some things quickly but then need to keep doing it.(via @kylejames) #eduweb

celiaperkins #eduweb Colleges and univ. are businesses! A novel idea! Sure wish they would learn to operate that way.

ECwagner It takes a community to recruit and retain a student! #eduweb

auwebmanager Everyone at your institution should know the school’s elevator pitch. #eduweb

ECwagner Stories not Stats, People not Programs… So true. #eduweb

mdmcginn Lectures are synchrous while students learn asynchrously. #eduweb brian niles

apetersen 6 recommendations: Listen. Participate. Update. Adapt. Analyze. (Repeat.) #eduweb

KarlynM have a clear vision, hire great people, get out of their way and hold them accountable #eduweb

celiaperkins #eduweb It’s not the tool, it’s the CONTENT!

j_rex Just do it. Just do it #eduweb @kylejames

721/2009

Hello from EduWeb 2009 in Chicago

Posted in Uncategorized

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I am here in Chicago for the EduWeb Conference here in Chicago. I will write a summary post when all is said and done, bit in the meantime you can follow me at @nextsteph.

83/2008

Time for Recommended/ Required College Reading Lists

Posted in college, courses, Reading, Training

Its that time of the year again when 1st time college students or students entering into a new program are receiving their recommended/required reading lists. I was reminded by this by a friend who is returning to school for their masters degree.

During the eduweb2008 conference , quite a number of books were recommended for reading.

I plan to get stared on my reading list soon, but in the meantime, you can check out some of the recommendations made during the conference that I’m pondering.

Transforming a College: The Story of a Little-Known College’s Strategic Climb to National Distinction
How to Drive Your Competition Crazy: Creating Disruption for Fun and Profit
The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual
Minority Report (Full Screen Two-Disc Special Edition)(I know this is not a book, but I had to see if you were paying attention and this movie is a possible indication of web 3.0 (connecting people to devices)

Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Amazon.

728/2008

What I’ve learned from the EduWeb Conference

Posted in college, Conferences, Education

Ok, now that I’ve had time to recuperate and time to review and absorb nearly everything all eduweb2008, I have time to put in my 2 dollars (hey, that’s inflation for ya.)

In the session How to Accelerate your Search Marketing Campaigns in Education by Jennifer Brady, University of Massachusetts & Dave Reske, NowSpeed Inc, I was able to take away tips and immediately implement them on some client campaigns.

In another session, ( I forget each one, or was it all of them that blended into the same message) I am foraging ahread and also implementing new initiatives for my clients across the board, (not just for those in education.)

Stay tuned to learn more about the next stop in the nextSTEPH road tour.