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XpertTip No. 141: Chat basics (just in time for an upgrade)

Posted by TargetX iThink Online 4 hours 20 minutes ago.


If you use our online chat tool, you should have received an announcement last Friday about this week’s upgrade to our system. But aside from an updated tool — what else should you be doing to increase the effectiveness of your chat programs ...



Listen now. Talk Later. Listening to monitor brands and gain audience insights via social media.

Posted by Heidi Adams Cool 7 hours 23 minutes ago.


Back in high school we took a senior class poll in which we voted on who was "most likely to succeed," "most likely to end up in jail" and so forth. Your school probably did the same thing. The answers were then printed in the yearbook. In our yearbook, J...



Google Runs a Super Bowl Ad. Will Higher Ed

Posted by HighEdWebTech 8 hours 40 minutes ago.


Google runs a Super Bowl ad. But why



Links for 2010-02-07 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 16 hours 19 minutes ago.


“The Class” - parody of The Office the 46 stages of Twitter Twitter tools for teams Why Businesses Should Think Twice Before Investing Money or Time in a Facebook Page 3 New Studies Show Value of Social Media & Businesses Slow Response Ho...



ACPA wants us to Mingle

Posted by Eric Stoller's Blog 19 hours 4 minutes ago.


Slightly hidden, due to a minuscule font size, within the recent ACPA eCommunity email update was an interesting question: "Are You Ready To Mingle" Intrigued, I read the rest of the "mingle" text:Are You Ready To Mingle Engage in real life social netwo...



Alumni Futures Turns Three

Posted by Alumni Futures Ordinarily I post new material on Monday mornings, but this week I'm jumping the gun a little bit so that I can post on February 7, which is Alumni Futures' birthday. The first post went up on this day in...



Links for 2010-02-06 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting Saturday Six: social media tip sheets The Future of Web Content – HTML5, Flash & Mobile Apps



EDU Checkup: LaGuardia Community College, Scripps College, Monash University

Posted by EduStyle Blog 2 days 6 hours ago.


It was a week of firsts. LaGuardia Community College had by far the brightest colors I have seen on an institution’s Web site. The site looked like a teacher’s store, especially with the apple in the top right corner. Beyond the graphics the ...



Saturday Six: social media tip sheets

Posted by Higher Ed Marketing 2 days 11 hours ago.


A special Friday Five-plus-one edition of this blog, in honor of Social Media Week 2010. To contribute to the social media knowledge base, Tech Affect shared with the online world these six downloadable PDF social media tip sheets. Tech Affect’s So...



Links for 2010-02-05 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 2 days 16 hours ago.


60 Twitter Tools To Track Tweets Social Media Policies Database 5 New Twitter Apps to Play with Over the Weekend



Learning from Apple

Posted by TargetX iThink Online 3 days 7 hours ago.


Young people’s love for all things Apple may offer lessons for college recruiters. The Cupertino company and its iconic leader, Steve Jobs, fascinate marketers and motivate them to look for larger meaning in Apple products and ads. Most recently, th...



The Web Singularity is Near

Posted by .eduGuru 3 days 8 hours ago.


I should probably feel terrible for making a play on Ray Kurzweil’s famous book title, because I don’t think I’m quite good enough to borrow from someone like him. But, I did it anyway. I know, I’m without shame. I’ve come to...



Links for 2010-02-04 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 3 days 16 hours ago.


Simple Social Media The Great to Good Manifesto - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review CDC Twitter Policy Emerging platforms you should bookmark (or forget about) in 2010 H.264 Format Free To End Users Until (At Least) 2016 How can we cope with informat...



Friday Five: Thursdays the new Friday edition

Posted by Higher Ed Marketing 4 days 8 hours ago.


Happy Friday, readers. Yes, it’s only Thursday, but I’m taking the day off tomorrow (don’t hate!), so this is an early Friday Five. Off we go to the wonderful world of contextless links.CNN asks, How can we cope with information overload...



Links for 2010-02-03 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 4 days 16 hours ago.


Matrix: Companies Should Factor ‘Social Influence’ Into Total Customer Value Continuous Brand Management for Generation 10:45 Study links excessive Internet use to depression 5 Steps to Bridge Social Media and Security Facebook viewed as risk...



National signing day is a fraud

Posted by Ron Bronson 5 days 29 minutes ago.


Aah yes, national signing day. Future college athletes get sized up, measured and predicted to be the next big thing for their school. What is it, you ask National Signing Day is always on the first Wednesday in February. It is the first day a high scho...



CAE: 2009 Saw Drop in Giving to U.S. Higher Education

Posted by Alumni Futures 5 days 6 hours ago.


This is the time of year when the Council for Aid to Education (CAE) publishes its annual report on Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) that is, financial donations to colleges and universities in the United States. According to a...



Want help Ask the Gurus!

Posted by .eduGuru 5 days 7 hours ago.


Okay, today marks the launch of an exciting new experiment – and hopefully permanent addition to the .eduGuru web site. We all have a lot of resources at our disposal in our day to day job, and we want you to consider us among them. So, to kick this...



Higher Ed Websites Gone Mobile

Posted by College Web Editor 5 days 11 hours ago.


My latest UB column is now available in the February issue as well as online: “Websites Gone Mobile: More institutions exploringand succeeding withmobile web” In this column written last December (so many new mobile websites have been launch...



Links for 2010-02-02 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 5 days 16 hours ago.


When do you have too much information Campus Overload - VT notifying parents on alcohol violations