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The Credibility of College Info from Social Network Sites (or Lack Thereof)

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Last month at NACAC, I got my hands on a copy of the Hobsons Domestic Research Report 2009-2010. It’s a fantastic report that every admissions professional should get their hands on, but one set of numbers specifically stood out to me. Hobsons asked sophomores, juniors and seniors about their perceptions of the credibility of college [...]

Join Us for a Pre-HighEdWeb Saturday Night Tweetup

Friday, September 25, 2009

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Hey everyone! Are you getting into Milwaukee a little bit early for HighEdWeb this year? Then be sure to join myself and Rachel for a Tweetup at Mo’s Irish Pub Saturday night at 8:00PM. We’ll gather in the hotel lobby of the Hilton about 10 minutes ahead of time and walk down to the pub [...]

eduWEB Takeaway: It’s About the People

Monday, August 3, 2009

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When Robin Smail and I were asked to do our Twitter Me This? presentation for eduWEB, we looked at the schedule. Looked like the talented like Aaron Rester would be covering twitter and Matt Hertzberger would be covering social media until Robin and I got to the after-lunch bunch.

Everything I Wanted to Learn About My Career I Learned From Twitter

Friday, July 17, 2009

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Everything I Wanted to Learn About My Career I Learned From Twitter

Years ago, when I was bored, I’d get sucked into something like Minesweeper and stay up too late playing the damn thing. Then I’d have dreams of flags and bombs where if I woke up in the middle of the dream, I’d have that feeling of quitting before I cleared a board. The same thing [...]

Web Leadership’s Role in Higher Ed

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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Last week, I was fortunate enough to graduate in the second annual Pittsburg State University Leadership Class. This is a program modeled after other similar programs around the state and nation, programs which are designed to groom and cultivate forward minded people into folks capable of stepping up and contributing to the growth and development [...]

Social Survey: Facebook

Monday, January 28, 2008

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As I mentioned last week I’m going to be doing a weekly look into a different social booking/networking site. First up is Facebook and here are the findings.