International #FreeHugs Day Recap
The Collegiate International Free Hugs Day was AMAZING! We had hug totals coming in via email, Twitter, text, Facebook, voicemail, and even pigeon carrier… Well, ok, the last one is a lie. But boy did you all hug early and hug often. Giving a Free Hug is the first step to developing a culture of […]
‘Perspectivizing’ Your Online Engagement Data
Ok, I made that word up, but before our etymologist readers split for the hills, hear me out as to what it means. We help run the social media accounts of a couple education related companies. Every month we run an analytics report to measure what’s working, what’s not working, and the overall growth of […]
Education Reform: Feeling Like An Outsider
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the inaugural #140edu conference in NYC, which brought together several hundred educators for two days to talk about the future of education. Modeled after TED, each person was given roughly 10 minutes to talk about his/her topic. My topic was on leveraging social media to increase student engagement […]
Yesterday in #StudentAffairs (08/02/11)
Blogs: “I somehow just became a mother” & 6 other truths about being an RA. (via Zach Stafford) Fake IDs – The latest thing ‘Made in China.’ (via Joe Earley) 10 signs you’re being lazy on LinkedIn. (via Cory Phare) Like data? Look inside the unsettling numbers of the rapidly growing student loan industry. (via Jeff […]
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Affinity Housing: The Importance of Roommate Matching
College of Coastal Georgia recently transitioned to a four-year residential institution. Among the many changes, the campus will soon include residence halls and a director of residence life. Dave Leenhouts, director of CCGA’s student life, heads the committee to hire their director of residence life. In a conversation with Dave over the weekend, he talked […]
Cross Comparing Campus Interest Tag Clouds [IMAGE]
Breaking news! College students nationwide are interested in both music and movies. Yep, it’s true. You heard it here first. When we decided to compare campus interest tag clouds, we knew there would be some common top interests, such as music and movies. But looking past the top interests is where it gets interesting. At […]
New Admin Stats Dashboard for Red Rover – Real Time Retention Reporting
As students use Red Rover more and more, our goal is to give as much of the user data back to the Admins in a usable format in real-time so they can take action. Here’s an example of the new stats dashboard: FILE NO LONGER AVAILABLE http://www.redteamconsulting.com/031812/data/Same Day Payday Loans Reviews Stay tuned as we […]
An Open Letter to Umair Haque, Applying for Revolutionary Status
Dear Umair, Your Open Challenge was intriguing. Your manifesto required action. We would like to apply for “revolutionary” status under your definition. If you have not yet found your five projects to advise, we humbly submit ours for consideration. We are a start-up determined to organize the world’s education. The data model of education needs […]
Student Assessment Graphs Added to Red Rover
We made another round of improvements to the assessment dashboard by adding several new key data metrics and by making the dashboard more visually appealing with graphs. Consider this Version 1.9999 (not quite 2.0 🙂 Only the admin for the school’s Red Rover account has access to the dashboard. From there, the admin can share […]