Project Management According to Attila the Hun #heweb11
View Session Details and Presenter’s Bio. The Feast of Attila, by Mór Than (1870) Daniel Frommelt took HighEdWeb attendees on a journey from the technology of today to an ancient world where a young,...
View ArticleSocial Media: The Good, The Bad and the BS #heweb11
COR7 was the session that was turned inside out, upside down. As in, there was no speaker. Instead, the attendees led the show. And, in fact, the entire conference—and even the world—can also...
View ArticleWorkplaces Revealed: Donna Talarico, Elizabethtown College
Donna Talarico is integrated marketing manager at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa. She loves cheese, craft beer and Scrabble.
View ArticleFast Forward Five: A Look at Higher Ed Web in 2017
Hundreds of higher education Web professionals head to the HighEdWeb conference each year to learn the latest and greatest in our exciting and ever-changing industry—that is, what is happening right...
View ArticleWordPress to the nth Power: Multisite and Beyond
WordPress to the nth Power: Multisite and Beyond Curtiss Grymala, University Webmaster, University of Mary Washington Last year about this time, University of Mary Washington launched its new website...
View ArticleTerrific Teaching Technology Tales: Marketing Through Stories
Presenter: Jamie Oberdick, Associate Editor, Publications, Penn State University Showing not telling. That’s an important lesson taught in the craft or creative writing. Jamie Oberdick, associate...
View ArticleSocial Media TOS Crash Course
Social Media TOS Crash Course Karine Joly #mpd3 Warning. What you read here today could be outdated tomorrow. Social media terms of service (TOS) can change. Often. Karine Joly of Higher Ed Experts...
View ArticleLessons Learned from a Lockdown: Using Web and Social Media in a Crisis
Presenters: Kerri Hicks and Cindy Sabato Track: Management and Professional Development (#mpd6) Winning a red stapler award at a HighEdWeb conference means presenters must do a reenactment of their...
View ArticleA Flurry of Photos and Other Ways to Experience Snow Days on Campus
“Snow day” could be defined in two ways. First, the snow day in the traditional sense that most of us who grew up in areas that experience winter remember as kids — the kind where there is NO SCHOOL!...
View ArticleGoing GREEN with Content Strategy
· The highest number of LEED certified buildings in the county (175). · Two-hundred fifty miles of bike paths and lanes. · The first major U.S. city to ban plastic bags. With its 92,000 acres of green...
View ArticleMix it up! The art of remixing content – #mpd2
It was a full house in Skyline II for Conny Leigl’s session, “Mix it up! The art of remixing content,” so much so that this Link blogger had to take notes by hand – you can’t laptop it up without a...
View ArticleDigital Fundraising on the Social Web – Part I
Ashley Budd of Cornell University gave social media folks the ammunition they need to go back to their campuses and get the buy in they need from advancement offices – that social is not just “fun” or...
View ArticleBetter Living Through Automation: Defeating Time Sucks and Doing Better Work
(Author’s note: It’s poetic that I completed this Link post when I did. I hadn’t anticipated that it’d be a few weeks late, but this also is the very reason I was hyped up about Jesse’s session: I...
View ArticleHow to Give a Red Stapler-Winning Presentation at HighEdWeb: Presenter Advice...
A pointer. A podium. A PowerPoint. There’s more to a presentation than that! Add in personality, passion, pizzazz and poise and you get the makings of an award-winning presenter. At HighEdWeb annual...
View ArticleBe Kind, For Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle #MPD1
In the past, leaders might be described as tough and no-nonsense. Today, words like empathy and vulnerability are associated with leadership. That was the idea behind John Wagner’s Management and...
View ArticleExplain Your Work! 5 Public Speaking Tips You Can Use Now (#MPD2)
Can you explain what you do for a living—and how you contribute to your campus community—succinctly? If folks have a hard time understanding your job or your team’s role, you might be not be getting...
View ArticleThe Who, What, Where and When of Accessibility (UAD3)
Where does accessibility live on your campus? If Rob Carr had it his way, accessibility would touch every end of campus. His presentation gave a high-level overview of this notion—and he touched upon...
View ArticleStill Slacking Off (AIM8)
Conversations: All. Over. The. Place. Sound familiar? You’re not alone. In 2014, Lacy Paschal found her team of 12 at Vanderbilt University buried in email. To defeat this monster, her office...
View ArticleIs This Hashtag Really Necessary? – Taking the Plunge into Twitter Chats (MCS12)
Twitter chats – or planned conversations linked together through a common hashtag – can be valuable tools for brands and organizations, higher education included. Dave Tyler, of The College at...
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