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Links for 2010-08-09 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 3 weeks 6 days ago.


“When The Axe Man Cometh” – the Future of Institutional Web Teams « UK Web Focus Parents go back to school for college orientation - latimes.com 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1, as in Billions. What do these gigantic numbers mean How Face...



Analytics Reports: Flying Solo

Posted by .eduGuru 4 weeks 11 hours ago.


Much to my excitement,  lately analytics  have become a trending topic  in higher ed. From blogs and sites to webinars and conferences, analytics have been the talk of the web. And for good reason: how else would we have a glimpse into how visitors use ou...



XpertTip No. 165: Sometimes you wanna go

Posted by TargetX iThink Online 4 weeks 12 hours ago.


I always get a warm and fuzzy feeling when I think about or hear the first few notes of the theme song from “Cheers” (full disclosure: I played it in a piano recital in third grade — it’s a special song for me;) [Pause while you st...



"I Told You So"

Posted by Tales from Redesignland 4 weeks 14 hours ago.


I love saying I told you so. It's my favorite phrase. But for some reason people don't seem to appreciate it when I say it to them. I haven't figured out why. Anything that gives me that much pleasure must give other people pleasure too, rightAnyway, thi...



Five Things Online Community Members Do

Posted by Alumni Futures 4 weeks 21 hours ago.


Last week in Singapore I taught a workshop that included a discussion of online community management. I worked with a large alumni association's staff members to explore how alumni interact with one another (and with their alma mater) online. I...



TargetX Tweets for the Week of 2010-08-08

Posted by TargetX iThink Online 4 weeks 1 day ago.


Adrienne Bartlett’s twitterview with eduWeb on social media in higher ed, flipping the funnel and more now available: http://bit.ly/bwMm3L #



Zilch

Posted by Ron Bronson 4 weeks 2 days ago.


Currently reading.



Links for 2010-08-06 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 1 month ago.


Communities Dominate Brands: Why iPhone Strategy is Wrong and Has to Change Soon Teens ditch e-mail for texting and Facebook - msnbc.com Bill Gates: In Five Years The Best Education Will Come From The Web



Customer service is key

Posted by TargetX iThink Online 1 month ago.


Customer service can go a long way. We often hear that today’s economic environment has affected the enrollment at colleges and universities across the nation. Institutions have become hyper-concerned with financial aid packages, tuition discounts a...



Redesign Your University Website According to xkcd

Posted by .eduGuru 1 month ago.


I’m sure most of you saw the University Website xkcd comic last week and shook your fists in the air. The front page of a university website is a battleground, no doubt. Dylan Wilbanks posted a good reaction to the comic on his blog and Steve Kolowi...



Links for 2010-08-05 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 1 month ago.


Twitter Preparing \"Shout Out\" Feature Dealing With Employees Who Are Social Media Celebrities | Social Media Examiner Higher Education — the blog for the book Reaching the Last Technology Holdouts at the Front of the Classroom - Technolo...



Pacific Rim views on global education: Hong Kong+Seattle

Posted by GlobalHigherEd 1 month ago.


Editor’s note: this guest entry was kindly produced by Gray Kochhar-Lindgren (pictured to the right), Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, as well as Director of the First Year Experience, at the University of Washington, Bothell. Durin...



Online Cataloging Done Right(ish)

Posted by .eduGuru 1 month ago.


I think that out of any web project I’ve ever dealt with in higher education, online cataloging has got to be the biggest white unicorn of them all. If you scour the web for them, you’ll discover that examples of ‘good’ catalogs ar...



Links for 2010-08-04 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 1 month ago.


Thought Gadgets: Social media kills your web portal News: No Laughing Matter - Inside Higher Ed Facebook & Social Media Privacy « Socialnomics – Social Media Blog 5 Fab Twitter Follower Visualization Tools 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your ...



Social Media Recruitment: Do prospects really use it

Posted by .eduGuru 1 month ago.


Research- it’s a great way to find out whats going on in recruitment today. In the past few weeks, several reports have been released that give us a picture of where high school students are looking for information when searching for colleges. Th...



Links for 2010-08-03 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 1 month ago.


The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets - WSJ.com



Web Analytics Strategy: Data In Context

Posted by .eduGuru 1 month ago.


I attended the eduWeb Conference last week and was delighted by a reoccurring theme: measured results. The topic of analytics was front and center. During Karine Joly’s opening-session talk on marketing measurement strategy it was highlighted that m...



Links for 2010-08-02 [del.icio.us]

Posted by Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting 1 month ago.


Book review: Higher Education - WSJ.com



XpertTip No. 164: TargetX Housekeeping

Posted by TargetX iThink Online 1 month ago.


Calling all clients… Today I thought I’d share a list that’s meant to help you with preparations for the coming semester. And while I know the last thing you need is more “to-do,” this list is a little different.  Not everyth...



Cha... Cha... Cha... Changes

Posted by Tales from Redesignland 1 month ago.


OK, so this one apparently requires a lot of disclaimers, at least according to Prophead.See, my boss is the change management guy on campus. My little one man content management unit is under him more as a fluke than anything else (no one else would take...