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Social Networking Research: 99% of Your Audience Are On Them, Still Need More Convincing?

2. June 2009

This data from the Participatory Marketing Network (PMN) was simply too compelling. The article talks about how the majority of Gen Y have not yet taken flight on Twitter claiming that only 22% of 18-24 year olds are on it. However, you could flip this data to say that almost a quarter of them are [...]

Café New Paltz: A Yielding Success

21. May 2009

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A summary of Cafe New Paltz, an online Ning community for students accepted into the State University of New York at New Paltz for fall 2009 .

3 Social Media Assumptions Not to Make

8. May 2009

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Reflecting on Rachel’s 25th birthday post last week, I’m going to feel old with this opening anecdote, but here goes…

A Friendly Reminder: Social Media Is Social

17. April 2009

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A Friendly Reminder: Social Media Is Social

I have made that point before and I’ll make it here again. If you are out there trying to build your social network, don’t engage in behaviors that have the opposite effect. But we all know examples from the worst horror stories of downright nastiness to irksome comments that at best make a poor first [...]

Highlights from E-expectations: Class of 2009

31. March 2009

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Stephanie Geyer, Associate Vice President for e-strategy and Web development at Noel-Levitz, released their latest E-expectations survey of 1,005 college-bound high school seniors in 2009 at the OmniUpdate Users Conference this morning. This is their fourth year doing this research study in conjunction with James Tower and the National Research Center for College and University [...]

Accessible Twitter

16. February 2009

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I wanted to bring attention to one of my passions, accessibility, and a project which aligns right to it.

Guru Interviews: Shelby Thayer, Penn State University

2. February 2009

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Using ShareThis to Mobilize Conversations

28. January 2009

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Using ShareThis to Mobilize Conversations

One of the defining characteristics of Web 2.0 (and man, do I ever hate that phrase) is the new way in which conversations are taking place across the world wide webbleness. It’s not just a case of giving people the chance to make simple comments on a blog now – these days a blog might [...]

Your Social Network: “Everyone’s a Hero in Their Own Way”

22. January 2009

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Your Social Network: “Everyone’s a Hero in Their Own Way”

I really hate mixing singular and plural pronouns in my title, but if you catch my allusion, well, it was worth it. If you don’t, crawl out from under your rock, take some time out of work-related things, and watch some Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (on iTunes or Hulu or wherever). Last week [...]

Ridiculously Backward Rules for Limiting Your Social Network

15. January 2009

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Ridiculously Backward Rules for Limiting Your Social Network

One of my resolutions is to expand my social network. It’s actually a goal I continued from last year. Sometimes I project my own values onto others, so forgive me if I assume this should be a goal for everyone in higher education. Why wouldn’t you want to connect with more people? Why wouldn’t you [...]