Knocking ‘Em Down
I’m really excited about launching the new Activities + Affairs blog, newsletter and community learning platform. It’s an exciting project that we’ve had on our plate for a year and it opens up so many interesting things for advisors and student leaders (who will soon get a matching platform of their own). I’m proud of […]
2006 Debrief
One quarter in to 2007, I thought it would be a good time to air our semi-dirty laundry from 2006. Plus it’s a good reminder for us. We are a modern company, with most of our work done over the web, while traveling, coffee shopping, or in Emma’s case, gallivanting around central park with English […]
Red Rover Orientation Product Logo
Our Red Rover** orientation software is nearing its production end. It’s been a long process and we’ve incorporated lots of outside help. One of our final pieces is picking a logo. Input from our SK friends is important to us, so here are a few logo ideas we’re playing with. The final may or may […]
On Their Terms: A Student’s Take On Professionals On Facebook
Katie was in our Advisor Technology Round Up Ed Session this morning and had strong feelings. She said she “Wouldn’t be comfortable with professors or advisors messaging her through Facebook” and then afterwards she said that, through the session conversation, she felt like she wanted to clarify.
Swift Kick has left the MySpace
Swift Kick has had a company page on Myspace for a couple of years. We’ve met people, it’s been mostly cool. Recently, myspace** has gone downhill. It was always a little rough around the edges, and this left room for creativity to flower and we enjoyed that. In the last year, however, it’s just been […]
Facebook as a Forum of Action
Facebook provides a direct connection to college students. As student affairs professionals, we see the potential for building a stronger rapport with our students by using this tool in Student Activities. In an earlier note, I mentioned using Facebook to advertise events; however, that is only the beginning. Facebook can play a vital role in […]
Emma Knows We’re Not Wearing Pants
I love 37signals** and reference their book all the time. They are masters of the 90% solution. They are masters at what they call “Judo”: minimum effort, maximum return. They have a very small team with a huge philosophical impact based on the reach of their tools (over 1 million users). My dream is to […]
Visions of School 2.0
From the blog 2 Cents Worth » Visions of School 2.0: “My vision of school/classroom 2.0 is, more than anything else, about conversations. Traditional schools involved teachers and textbooks delivering information to students, and students reflecting that information back. To better serve their future, today’s classrooms should facilitate teaching and learning as a conversation — […]
A Guide to Facebook for School Faculty, Administration and Staff
“Should I, as an academic professional in higher education, have an online social networking account?” Yes, and here is why and how. The phenomenon of Myspace and Facebook snuck up on us like a freight train with a silent running motor. In just 4 years, social networking sites grew to over 300 million accounts with […]
When the Content is Crappy, the Pipe Doesn’t Matter: Colleges and Facebook
After realizing the headline made all the difference in click through on my own RSS reader, I decided to spice up my own headlines. How’d I do? Left a post about this on Kevin Guidry’s Mistaken Goal and wanted to back up to some thinking and follow up with some visuals. We spend so much […]