Now that my presentation is through here are some goodies for anyone that missed the presentation along with some additional data.  This presentation was definitely a good learning experience for myself as it’s really the first time I’ve given a presentation in the hour long format.    It’s a tough balance not getting too technical while also keeping the marketing message in mind.  Next time I’ll know to slow down a little bit and more elaborate on some points.  If you attended I’d love to hear any feedback positive or negative.  I can’t learn from what I could do better if I don’t know.  Feel free to drop a comment or contact me directly.

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Starting in January we tried something a little different with our First Year Student blogs. As I’ve reported before I had a hunch that prospective students care more about videos, where their parents are more likely to read the student blogs. In a creative effort and some good collaboration we were able to combine the two into a student video blog! Now keep in mind you have to find the correct student to be able to carry on something like this, but I think it’s provided a very unique perspective of the campus and our Study Abroad program. Read the rest of this entry »

Some months ago College Web Guy wrote a post about Soundslides. In the software’s own words, “Soundslides is a rapid production tool for still image and audio web presentations.” It isn’t kidding. This software is so easy to use, a caveman could use it!

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Online Video

Don’t believe me that Internet TV has crossed the threshold to be a viable option? Check out this video that I put together showing the new MLB.TV Mosaic application. Read the rest of this entry »

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I just wanted to write a quick post to promote Wofford’s new Sights & Sounds page.  Previously we had one page for Sights & Sounds and one for our Videos.  In an effort to consolidate and rebrand the sections we went through a redesign and yesterday the page went live! 

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Wofford College’s president, Dr. Benjamin Dunlap, was turned into an Internet sensation a few weeks ago when a video of his presentation at the TED conference from back in March 2007 was posted online on January 24th.  You can learn more about Dr. Dunlap on Wikipedia or Wofford’s President page.  Here is the original Wofford press release of the speech.

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