Your Strategic Network
Harvard Business Review writers Linda Hill & Kent Lineback recently wrote an article titled “The Three Networks You Need.” Here’s a quick overview of each network: – Your Operational Network – People you lean on to complete your day-to-day work within your job role. – Your Developmental Network – People you lean on for emotional […]
February #RRWebinar Recap: Video, Slides, and Stats, Oh My.
With attendees hailing from over 70 institutions across North America, and a lively Twitter backchannel discussion, we’re chalking up our February 15 Webinar on Social Media and Student Engagement in the “success” column. Check out the full video above, or download the slides—but there is one catch: if you download the slides, you have to […]
An Open Letter Back To The #SAchat Community
The Backstory Kevin and I started The Student Affairs Collaborative in 2005 to test our hypothesis that a decentralized, open system of peer-to-peer learning built around shared interests would increase engagement and retention. We wanted to create a community in which everyone was a teacher at some level, and everyone supported each other to become […]
What If We DO Succeed in Increasing Student Engagement?
Over the weekend, I was talking with a group of students and advisors from Kutztown University about student engagement. In Swift Kick, we use dance floors to describe how student leaders are the ones in the center of the dance (fully engaged), and the rest of the student body (60-84% according to NSSE) are against […]
7 Steps to Awesome: The Tech of a Leadership Conference
I promised the good student affairs folk of the Penn State system that I would write up a draft outline of a tech plan for a state wide student leadership event. I delayed a bit, so that we could finish up this new sachat platform – I think it’s an important example of the goal. […]
Private Communities and Engagement – The 90-9-1 Rule
Online community ninja, Jakob Nielsen, is one of the original brains behind the 90-9-1 rule. Stated simply, the rule goes… In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action. Wikipedia is a classic example. 99% of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]