The Emerging Dilemma of Facebook URLs
While hanging out with friends, someone asked the group what our first online screen name was. We all shared and laughed as each one was more obnoxious than the previous. BigBlueEyez22 LookAtMe_LookAtMe Itz*MEEEEEEEEEE TheKooliest sportygirl9 footballdemon i<3puppies CrappyMcCrapper Luckily, we’ve all grown up and realized that those names, while fun and cool when we were […]
Managing Our Social Media Stream – Part 1
Before I dig into the details, let me share two quick statements and five myths… Two Statements: This isn’t the only right way to manage a community’s social media activity, it’s just our way that works for us. You’ll have to discover what works best for your community. In six months, some of our tactics […]
Top 5 Posts: August 2011
Curious what was hot on our blog last month? Below are the top 5 posts for the month. Enjoy! Why You Should Use Your Real Name Online** Leveraging Social Media to Increase & Quantity Student Engagement – #140Edu Conference Keynote [VIDEO]** Engagement Inbreeding** Education Reform: Feeling Like An Outsider** Retention: Exclusivity or Inclusivity?** ** Link […]
Yesterday in #StudentAffairs (08/14/11)
—> 5 Notable Blogs <— –> 5 Notable Comments <— —> 5 Notable Questions <— “@BostonUpdate: Facebook is changing the way incoming college freshmen choose their roomates: http://t.co/hdRi8cR” #SAchat — Tricia Coogan (@TriciaCoogan) August 14, 2011 Letter to parents and freshman: http://t.co/t1xjf9Q #SAchat #highered — Debra Sanborn, PhD (@DebraSanborn) August 13, 2011 Interesting article on […]
Yesterday in #StudentAffairs (08/10/11)
—> 5 Notable Blogs <— –> 5 Notable Comments <— —> 5 Notable Questions <— Recruiters Turn to Facebook to Find Candidates – http://on.wsj.com/qoJLcZ #career #fb #sachat #highered #Job — Dave Ortendahl (@DaveOrtendahl) August 10, 2011 Why Office Politics Matter http://dlvr.it/ffCNY #SAchat — Student Affairs (@The_SA_Blog) August 10, 2011 Excited to share my @wisa_kc blog […]
Yesterday in #StudentAffairs (08/09/11)
—> 5 Notable Blogs <— –> 5 Notable Comments <— —> 5 Notable Questions <— @chronicle http://t.co/v91GyiW great perspective on faculty versus administrators. #sachat — Jamie Lloyd (@Jamie_M_Lloyd) August 9, 2011 Avoiding Burnout in the New Academic Year http://bit.ly/o75ZO6 via @ProfHacker #highered #phdchat #sachat — Laura Pasquini, PhD (@laurapasquini) August 9, 2011 “It takes […]
Yesterday in #StudentAffairs (08/08/11)
—> 5 Notable Blogs <— –> 5 Notable Comments <— —> 5 Notable Questions <— Cultivating Compassion in Our Practice http://dlvr.it/fLpnZ #SAchat — Student Affairs (@The_SA_Blog) August 8, 2011 Cultivating Compassion in Our Practice http://dlvr.it/fLpnZ #SAchat — Student Affairs (@The_SA_Blog) August 8, 2011 Sending an e-mail to remind a student how to spell his own […]
Yesterday in #StudentAffairs (08/07/11)
Blogs: Facebook friending your students in Missouri is about to be illegal. (via Brian LeDuc) What would you put on a Residential Dream Sheet? Here’s John Gardner’s list. (via Brain Root) Facebook, StumbleUpon, then Twitter. StatCounter ranks the top social media sites in the UK for last month. (via Brain Gallager) Who do you think […]
Why You Should Use Your Real Name Online
Over the past week we experimented with a new series called “Yesterday in #StudentAffairs” as a way to capture, and re-purpose, the amazing amount of knowledge that flows through #SAchat every day. We originally used a person’s Twitter username to give them credit, which worked fine when their real name and Twitter username were basically […]
Yesterday in #StudentAffairs (08/03/11)
Blogs: Stressed? Know the facts and you might be a little less stressed. (via Chris Conzen) DYK going to college in which you are overqualified might hurt you? A new program attempts to fix that. (via Joe Earley) The history of Supreme Court rulings and Student Organizations. (via NASPA Bookstore) The long road of equality with […]