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Tweet blogging at http://twitter.com/edsocialmedia
(In the photo – Jeff Anderson and LIz Mcgann from …
case studies, success stories
Social media and the greater school community, prospective students, parents, alums and other stakeholders in society.
Articles related to social media and teaching/learning
Reviews, insights, top-10s and much, much more.
Maybe your supervisor panicked when he saw a competitor’s robust Facebook page. Maybe your alumni donations are abysmal. Maybe Twitter is just plain fun and why not tweet for your school in your spare time?
These are all too common reasons for starting into social media in an independent school but for many such well-intentioned starts don’t end well. Social media becomes SLOW-cial because, unlike in Field of Dreams, sometimes they don’t come when you build it. Let’s examine why and more importantly, how you can avoid the void in the conversation.
This one comes from John Carson who worked with Upper Canada College from June 2007 until May 2008. Their efforts were awarded The Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education’s 2008 PRIX D’EXCELLENCE Bronze Award for Best E-Innovation in University Advancement and also the Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2008 Circle of Excellence Bronze Award. Read more to learn how they did it.
Bluntly stated, and with almost comedic dead pan, that line was delivered during a session on Web 2.0 tools and Social Media that I was presenting at the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools Annual …
It seems like no matter how hard I try, serving as an administrator at independent school with 655 students and 150 employees during the months of April and May reminds of riding The Comet roller coaster at The Great Escape in Lake George, New York. I mean, seriously, how many of us really have the time to devote to maintaining a social media presence, let alone cultivate and foster the many meaningful networks and relationships we belong too?
Okay, it’s finally time. Whether through peer pressure (”Gee, every other school is on Facebook.”) or through your own decision-making, you’ve decided to test the social media waters as you market your independent school. It …
As part of my regular professional development, I have a group of education technology professionals I follow on Twitter. Through following this group of people, I learn about what they are reading and viewing and …
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 …
Join us in welcoming Kerri Richardson as a contributor to edSocialMedia. Kerri serves as the Director of Academic Technology at Brooklyn Friends School in Brooklyn, NY.
Kerri received her undergraduate degree at Wesleyan and completed her …
We’re thrilled to welcome Lorrie Jackson as a contributor to edSocialMedia. Lorrie serves as the Director of Communications and Marketing at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, TN.
As the person responsible for the school’s internal and …
Getting Started with Social Media
Join us on May 21, 2009 at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas for a social media bootcamp experience.
Who should attend: Higher-ed, K-12 administrators and staff in Admissions, Marketing, Communications, External-affairs, Advancement, or Alumni/Development.
Thanks to our friends at WhippleHill for this video of the excellent Keynote address by Ben Jones, VP for Communications at Oberlin College and former Director of Communications for the MIT Office of Admissions. Ben …
edSocialMedia is ramping up our bootcamp schedule for the coming school year!
We’re excited about the coast to coast locations we have on tap (details coming soon!), but we have room for a few more events …
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