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Blogging best practices
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ben Lobaugh Jun 26, 2010.

Bad news on Facebook?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Heasley Dec 2, 2009.

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Kerri Hicks posted a discussion

Hi all,Diversity has long been an interest of mine, and as a university web developer, ensuring that our web site supports the University's diversity initiatives is a priority for me.Diversity is also a buzzword on most campuses, I think, and administrators, deans, department heads, faculty, and students are all interested in ensuring that diversity is a consideration in most of the decisions we make.Here are some of the things I'm grappling with, and I wonder if anyone else is grappling with…See More

May 31, 2012

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Kerri Hicks joined Mark Greenfield's group

WordPress

This group is for all those using WordPress as both a blogging platform and as a CMS

Oct 20, 2011

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Kerri Hicks replied to Connie D. Delano's discussion Campus Calendars

"Hi Connie, We're currently talking to Localist -- had them here to do some presentations, and we're very likely to go with them. I did the due diligence and spoke with people from Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and Goucher, all of…"

Apr 27, 2011

Kerri Hicks replied to Mike Takahashi's discussion Survey by Adobe says people prefer mobile web, not apps in the group Mobile

"That's pretty interesting stuff. I wonder, though, how we can apply it to our own academic mobile presences. We're debating right now the usefulness of a map in our mobile app for current students. I'm sure it would have some…"

Nov 1, 2010

Kerri Hicks joined Mark Greenfield's group

Mobile

This group has been created to explore all things mobile as they relate to higher ed

Nov 1, 2010

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Kerri Hicks replied to Dan Thornbury's discussion What's your position title?

"We have "official" titles and "working" titles, too, so I'm "Senior Information Technologist" on official documents, but my business card says "Manager of Web Communications". I do soup to nuts, from hand…"

Aug 5, 2010

Ben Lobaugh replied to Kerri Hicks's discussion Blogging best practices

"Something else to consider if you use Facebook as a vehicle of communication is the blog import tool inside Facebook. Using the import tool you can automagically have every blog post show up inside your Facebook account. Users can even like and…"

Jun 26, 2010

Brett Essler replied to Kerri Hicks's discussion Blogging best practices

"I would break it up into two sections: One, best practices along the lines annalisa suggests. I would add the importance of keywords in the content and in the title to optimize for SEO. Also, explain the importance of a taxonomy if you are offering…"

Jun 25, 2010

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Employer?: University of Rhode Island

Website:: http://www.uri.edu

Personal Website:: http://kerrihicks.wordpress.com

List three areas of expertise or specialization.: Accessibility, CSS, Information Architecture

What CMS are you using?: None

What department or office are you in?: Communications and Marketing

Primary Job Responsibility: Web development, social media, centralized content, distributed-author support, dynamic db-driven pages, multimedia, special projects

Number of students at your institution: 15,000

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"Later this year, we plan to re-evaluate our CMS also. I would be interested in material you were able to gather to support you such as the samples from Holly and/or the information from Miz."

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Erik Hagen replied to Kathy Jensen's discussion Content: Header and Footer

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