Schools on Facebook

Posted August 03, 2009

We’ve had a lot of requests for examples of schools with Facebook fan pages. Thanks to the hard work of our intern, Brian, we now have a great resource for anyone looking for school pages. If you visit edSocialMedia’s Facebook page you will find a list of 401 independent school fan pages from across the [...]

On obstacles to change

Posted July 21, 2009

Last week I had the pleasure of spending a day at Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina for a bootcamp. Among the people I had the opportunity to meet and talk with was Matt Scully, PDS’s director of technology, and the person who invited ESM to the school. One of the things Matt and [...]

Welcoming Jason Ramsden to edSocialMedia

Posted April 03, 2009

We are very happy to welcome Jason Ramsden as a contributor to edSocialMedia.com! Jason is Chief Technology Officer at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, NC. He has been working in independent schools for 18 years, starting in admissions and spending the past the past 13 in technology leadership roles. He brings a wealth of practical, hands [...]

Welcoming Peter Baron to edSocMe

Posted February 03, 2009

We are happy to welcome Peter Baron to edSocialMedia. In addition to contributing new posts and content, Peter will be joining Steve, Ernest and Antonio on the editorial board. Peter is the founder and president of AdmissionsQuest, an online resource for families who are working through the independent school admission process. Through the years, Peter [...]

edSocMe post featured in College Admission Carnival

Posted January 30, 2009

Our post on using Twitter for recruiting is being featured in the Carnival of College Admission being hosted by AdmissionsQuest a boarding school website. There is some great content there so be sure to check it out!

The Case for Social Media Engagement Grows

Posted January 30, 2009

Social media participation by adults 25 and older is growing fast. The case for bringing the school's message to the places the constituents are spending time is growing along with it.

Information overload and the filter challenge

Posted January 16, 2009

I was watching this video on the Open Road blog at CNET of a keynote address Clay Shirky from NYU gave at the Web 2.0 Expo in NY last year. His premise was that worrying about the information overload inherent in the Internet world is missing the point. Information overload on varying scales is something [...]