The Wonders of Social Bookmarking
Bookmarking in the web 1.0 world used to be a very private matter. Not as much by choice but as by design. Web 2.0 is ushering in a new era of bookmarking called, social bookmarking. The basic idea is that you surf the web, and when you come across something of interest, you bookmark and […]
School Reactions to Myspace and Facebook
A closer look at how schools are reacting to Myspace and Facebook. The best place to start when deciding what type of policy your school should enact regarding Myspace and Facebook is to first see what other schools are doing. Then decide what is best for your school. When looking at over this list. Keep […]
Why Technology?
In 2006 we spent a large portion of our budget on technology. In 2007 we are projecting again to spend a large portion of our budget on technology. So the question stands, why would an educational company be spending so much money on technology? fast money payday loans 3M is a large company with sales […]
Is Facebook Killing Email?
There’s been talk for awhile now about college students not checking e-mail, instead preferring new technology like text messaging and Facebook. Schools, in an understandably institutional response often now “require”** students to check their email, making the process exciting to the students by calling it “official”. I really do have sympathy for the institutions, especially […]
Officially Partnering with APCA
Exciting news. Eric Lambert of APCA has agreed to be the title sponsor of the Swift Kick platform in the college market for the first year. It was a very friendly negotiation and I do hope it is the start of a long relationship. I think Eric’s heart is in the right place. From his […]
The Developing Business Model
We didn’t start this company to become speakers. The vision of the company is much bigger: “A world in which individuals find their own potential while helping others explore theirs.” (We’ll smooth that sentence one day, but the idea still gets across : ) We see education as facilitation of potential. We aim to make […]
The Blogger / Feedburner Move [How To]
I did an ed session at NACA and APCA about cool marketing uses of Facebook/Myspace. A number of people wanted to know how to do photo streaming into profiles. Here’s the quick version (sorry to be brief, I’m at NACA again and it’s always a little crazy). Set up an Activities board blog on www.blogger.com […]
Post Phone Pics into Facebook [How To]
The Goal: Get pictures of involvement, events, and activities out into the campus social scene to increase the perception and eventually the reality of turnout. Make it look fun. The Tactic: Get students to upload pictures from activities / events into their facebook pages so that people in their network can view them. How to: […]
Too Many Risks?
We talk, in our curriculum, about taking risks. Specifically we talk about moving past fear – and looking at situations from the question of “How can I have fun?” Embrace risk. 100 payday loans reviews We’ve decided on a couple of large risks at Swift Kick. I’m concerned at the moment that we might have […]