Author Archive | Peter Baron

About the Author

Peter Baron is the Chief Evangelist at WhippleHill Communications, the owner of AdmissionsQuest, and a partner at edSocialMedia. Peter regularly blogs about school communication along with hosting the regular videocast series, Boarding School Campus Tours. You can find him on Google+ and Twitter.

Content Rules! Winning Fans through Killer Content

Join edSocialMedia for a morning seminar hosted by Babson College, Waltham, MA headlined by the authors of Content Rules, Ann Handley & C.C. Chapman. Learn why creating compelling content is the key to all social media marketing strategies. In addition, each registrant will receive a copy of the book Content Rules.

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Webinar! WordPress 101: A Starter Guide for Schools

Join edSocialMedia for "WordPress 101: A Starters Guide for Schools" with Bill Stites, a free one hour webinar showcasing the technical steps that you need to take to get Wordpress up & running at your school.

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uRL: Anatomy of a Mashup

My journey to this video chat with Roxbury Latin School’s Andrew Katz started with a tweet. I can’t remember who mentioned RL’s uRL (www.roxburylatin.org/url), but the tweet gave a heads up to Andrew’s presentation at CASE-NAIS about their year old mashup site. Intrigued, I hopped over to the conference web site; reviewed the session description; [...]

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edSocialMedia and Whipplehill LA Tweetup! February 9, 2011

Join edSocialMedia and Whipplehill for Los Angeles Area Tweetup! It's a terrific opportunity for educators and administrators in the LA Area to talk social media and schools.

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Philadelphia/New Jersey Bootcamp! October 15, 2010

Join us on October 15, 2010 at Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ for a hands-on social media bootcamp experience.

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Student Blogging to 50,000 Views: Gould Academy Glog

“How do I build & sustain a student blog?” or “How do I find student bloggers?” or “How do I make sure that they speak in their voices?” Do any of these sound familiar? I hear them regularly. All valid; all difficult to answer. When offering my two cents, I almost always start by encouraging [...]

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Boston Area Bootcamp September 21, 2010 SOLD OUT!

Join us on September 21, 2010 at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA for a hands-on social media bootcamp experience.

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Exciting News! edSocialMedia Appoints First Director

Yesterday marked an important & exciting milestone for edSocialMedia (ESM) when we officially announced the appointment of our friend & colleague, Jesse Bardo, as our first Director beginning on August 1, 2010. In addition to contributing regular posts to edSocialMedia.com (be sure to check out his first post “Is Your School Afraid of Facebook?”), Jesse [...]

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Special Bootcamp for Northern New England Schools

On May 6, 2010 at New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH, edSocialMedia, Independent Schools Association of Northern New England (ISANNE) & WhippleHill will offer a one-day, practical application of social media tools in a school environment using the edSocialMedia Bootcamp curriculum.

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Bay Area Bootcamp: June 16, 2010

Join us on June 16, 2010 at Our Savior Lutheran School, Livermore, CA for a social media bootcamp experience. Learn how social media can help you strengthen relationships with the constituents that matter most- your students, parents, faculty & alumni.

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