We went to a CMS during our 2003-04 redesign, which includes a version of organized-chaos decentralization.
Good: Our content improved immensely, as a team of cross-campus content authors I chaired created 100+ new sites. We became audience-focused…
Here was mine (with a hearty assist from Jessica Krywosa of Suffolk University):
This position will allow a student the opportunity to help shape and promote online and social media community experiences for the college. The social media intern ser…
1) Depends on time of year. I look to rotate front-page stories at least once a week (maybe more in these busy months) while classes are on, but in slow news times (summer, winter break) perhaps less often.
2) Our director of public affairs and I (…
Just an addendum to a great post on a fascinating topic ... Facebook now claims 175+ million active users. Or, as I say to give a context, more than 5x the population of Canada.
As the default social media person here, I keep our official Facebook Fans pages, which are only three: our main SUNY Oswego page, a new Athletics Page and a project page. I advise on other pages as necessary; if any *responsible* entity asks me abo…
Hi Fellow Canadians,
I'm looking for recommendations on email marketing providers that are based (or at least their server is based) in Canada. I've been using MailChimp out of the US, and it's great, but because of BC's privacy law I can only gath…
Hi all,
We are looking into a tool, software or vendor that could help us develop an online student orientation. Which would include video and flash elements. We recently reviewed Comevo and was wondering if anyone knows of other companies/vendors t…
This company (http://www.universityparent.com/edu) was mentioned at a meeting today, and I was wondering if anyone had any insights as to whether this sort of thing is commonplace, practical, useful, etc.
Thanks in advance for any info,
Doug Thomp…
I work in the Marketing & Public Relations department. We started our first college Facebook page. We call it the official college page. Other departments have Facebook pages, such as the Library, eLearning, Student Services, etc. All Facebook pages…
Thank you, everyone for your replies. The powers that be are asking us to test a new program called "Socialtivity" created by a local developing company. I'll let ya'll know how it plays out.
OmniUpdate has completed end-user OU Campus CMS training for Sullivan County Community College – State University of New York. We anticipate great results from this great group of people, and look forward to working with them in 2010!
Does anyone use or know of a good web newsletter package? Looking for a web-based newsletter (css) template that has (1) rss feeds; (2) converts to printable pdf; (3) converts to HTML for email blasts. Have found lots of html / email subscription se…
I usually argue that when used appropriately, it's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. If they aren't abused, having them on your page isn't going to hurt you, and just because Google doesn't use them doesn't mean others…
The holiday season is a great time to appreciate the remarkable talent and energy on our campus and the support of our broader Maryland family. Thank you f...
Hi folks,
We've been looking at whether we should continue to enter keywords in the keyword metadata field of our CMS. Apparently, Google is pretty much ignoring that field in search ranking. Below is a quote from Google, and a link to the blog the…
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