Is the Minerva Project the Real Future of Online Education

Posted by .eduGuru 06-11-2013 9:00 am


Online universities and students pursing online degrees are taking the educational world by storm. While online universities like University of Phoenix, Kaplan and Ashford University have been operating for a decade or more, it’s been in the past fe...



Can Canada Attract American Students

Posted by GlobalHigherEd 06-10-2013 2:35 pm


Alex Usher posted a pithy entry this morning titled ‘The Latest Bandwagon American Students‘ which is worth a read.  In fact, it is a short one so I’m going to reprint the whole thing below, and then reflect back on his discussion of t...



Fiddling with Feedly as a Google Reader alternative

Posted by Higher Ed Marketing 06-10-2013 8:55 am


Soon after Google announced it was giving Google Reader the axe, I looked around for alternatives. It didn’t take long to find one, thanks to Nick Denardis, who recommended Feedly. Should have switched from @Google Reader to @Feedly long ago. Keepin...



Top 5 Takeaways from Confab MN 2013

Posted by mStoner blog 06-10-2013 7:44 am


1) Content strategists come from all types of companies and roles.  At lunch one day I sat between a writer at AutoTrader.com and a UX designer from RetailMeNot. Prior to the conference I believed I’d...



How to Use Social Media to Prevent a Crisis

Posted by CKSyme.org 06-10-2013 7:28 am


This is the first in a four-part series on how to use social media to prevent a crisis, manage a crisis, and recover from a crisis. In 2011, research by Jeremiah Owyang and Altimeter concluded that as many as 76 percent of the crises they studied could ha...



Higher Ed Live HighEd Web West Recap

Posted by HigherEd Live 06-09-2013 8:56 pm


Debra Goldentyre, Senior Manager of Online Marketing at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and Nathan Gerber, Director of Web Development Services at Utah Valley University head up a panel of HighEd Web West attendees to...



Fordham University is searching for a director of online communications.

Posted by Susan Talbert Evans Blog 06-07-2013 8:53 am


Looking for a job in NYC Well, here you go… One of my early clients at mStoner was Jim Kempster at Fordham University. Jim is Fordhams senior director of marketing and communications and we collaborated on an assessment of the university web prese...



The Science of Social Media Marketing: Book Review

Posted by CKSyme.org 06-07-2013 8:20 am


Social media marketing is an enigma for many. Theres lots of talk about engagement, building relationships and communities, and creating influence. But in order to be successful in the digital space, we need something more substantial. Thats where The S...



Today and Tomorrow: Live-Streaming #PSUWEB13

Posted by HigherEd Live 06-06-2013 9:51 am


EDUniverse Media and mStoner are teaming up with the Web Conference at Penn State to bring you an unprecedented amount of media coverage during the two-day conference. No matter where you are, these amazing sessions and speakers will be just a click away....



A Website for The Graduate School

Posted by mStoner blog 06-06-2013 7:35 am


Those who manage the web strategy for all graduate schools within a university have quite a challenge to face. After all, the MBA is different from the JD which is different from the MFA or...