Tagged: "network"

June 23, 2010

“What we don’t understand we can make mean anything” Chuck Palahniuk (Diary)

I apologize up front for reopening an old wound; But I recently received an email from a local middle school principal who shared Ben Franklin Middle School Principal Anthony Orsini’s letter about not using facebook or any social media with her school community. She too has urged her families to ignore facebook and all social [...]

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September 22, 2009

Twitter Panic: Should I follow back?

When I first jumped on Twitter it was to follow people I met at events, conferences or folks I was already connected to on other social networks. Then to my surprise people started following me who I didn’t know at all.  I admit I panicked, I knew the ‘follow back’ was an important part of [...]

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September 22, 2009

Bootcamp: Boston (Area), November 12, 2009

Join us on November 12, 2009 at St. John's Prep, Danvers, MA 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. Who should attend: K-12 or higher-ed administrators and staff in Admissions, Marketing, Communications, External-affairs, Advancement, or Alumni/Development.

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September 21, 2009

Bootcamp: Los Angeles, January 20, 2010

Join us on January 20, 2010 at Windward School in Los Angeles, 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. Who should attend: K-12 or higher-ed administrators and staff in Admissions, Marketing, Communications, External-affairs, Advancement, or Alumni/Development.

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May 18, 2009

Development & Social Media Taking The First Step

Recently my office had all of the emails we have on record matched with a social media database to find our where our folks are hanging out online. Our thinking was that if we were going to start wading into the social media space to at the least know the key networks. No surprise that [...]

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May 18, 2009

Development & Social Media Taking The First Step

Recently my office had all of the emails we have on record matched with a social media database to find our where our folks are hanging out online. Our thinking was that if we were going to start wading into the social media space to at the least know the key networks. No surprise that [...]

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April 14, 2009

Who has time for Social Media?

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?

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