Engagement Inbreeding
A couple of months ago, a debate erupted over the possible elitist nature of the popular online student affairs community, #SAchat. The discussion lasted for several days, before trailing off. But the idea of elitism stayed with me for a while afterwards because back in college, my student activities group was also accused of a […]
The Habit of Circling Up
In the 1800s, wagon circling was a strategic move by settlers to protect against Native American attacks. For our visual learners, here’s an image… In nature, circling up is also a strategic move used to protect the herd against predators. Again, for the visual learners… While it’s no longer the 1800s and we’ve evolved past […]
Dance Floor Theory™ In A Nutshell [QUOTE]
This is an except I wrote from an upcoming NCSL NOW! magazine article about online community engagement… “When talking about online engagement my favorite place to start is offline on the dance floor. We’ve all been to good dances and bad dances. Good dances are proportional to the number of relationships built up on the […]