Higher Ed Experts webinar on viral video: it’s free, but you must register by Friday, June 1

Looking for some free professional development? Sign up for the inaugural webinar from Higher Ed Experts, How to go viral with your videos on YouTube. But you’ve got to register by 1 p.m. EDT this Friday, June 1.

What are you waiting for? It’s free. Who doesn’t love free?

Here’s the official seminar description:

Find out what’s behind successful YouTube videos in higher education.

For this inaugural webinar scheduled in June, a panel of 3 to 4 different higher ed experts will share their lessons learned.

This free webinar will be open to the first 300 HEE members (membership online form) who registrer for it below.
Date

06/14/2007 ~ 01:00 PM ET–02:00 PM ET
Speakers

James Todd, Duke University
James Todd, writer and producer for the Office of News and Communication at Duke University, is responsible for his institution’s online videos available on YouTube and other video sharing websites.

Dr. Michael Wesch, Kansas State University
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, Wesch is the author of the most viewed (with more than 2 million views) higher ed YouTube video: “Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us.”

And when you’re done registering, why not join the Higher Ed Experts community? It, too, is free.

While I’m on the subject of Higher Ed Experts and its webinars, I may as well plug the Crisis Communications 2.0 Week series schedule for June 26, 27 and 28. Subtitled “Lessons Learned after the Virginia Tech Tragedy,” this series features an impressive array of presenters. (Well, two of the three are, at least. Joe Hice from the University of Florida and Michael Dame of Virginia Tech are true pros who know their stuff. The third presenter is just some interloper.)

This one will cost you a little money, but only $250 per registrant — and $100 of that will be donated to the Hokie Fund at Virginia Tech.

Here’s the official scoop:

“Crisis Communications 2.0” Week is a 3-webinar series designed to help people working in universities, colleges and schools plan their communication response to emergencies, deal with crises in the age of tsocial media and benefit from the lessons learned after the Virginia Tech Tragedy — directly from the source: VT director of Web Communications, Michael Dame.

June 26, 1PM-2PM ET

Crisis Communication 101: How to Prepare and Plan for Campus Emergencies
Joe Hice, Associate Vice President Marketing and Public Relations at the University of Florida will share his experience planning, testing and implementing UF crisis communication plan set up to deal with the numerous hurricanes hitting Florida.

June 27, 1PM-2PM ET

Crisis Communication 2.0: How to Deal with Scares in the Age of Web 2.0
Andrew Careaga, Director of Communications at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will share his experience dealing with the blogosphere and other social media outlets after an international graduate student claiming to have a bomb and anthrax was subdued by campus police, arrested and charged with six felonies last February.

June 28, 1PM-2PM ET
From the Inside Out: Lessons Learned in Crisis Web Communications after the Virginia Tech Tragedy

Michael Dame, Director of Web Communicationsat Virginia Tech, will provide an insider look and analysis of his institution’s Web communications after the tragedy, helping every institution understand what happened and prepare for the unthinkable and the unplanned.

This is a special webinar series priced at $250 instead of $150: $100 per paid seat will be donated to the Hokie Fund of Virginia Tech.
Date

26.–06/28/2007 ~ 01:00 PM ET–02:00 PM ET

Speakers

Andrew Careaga, University of Missouri-Rolla
Andrew Careaga is a blogger, PR guy and occasional freelance writer with more than 16 years’ experience in higher education PR and marketing. He’s currently director of communications at the University of Missouri-Rolla, one of the few public universities in the nation with a tight technological focus.

Joe Hice, University of Florida
Joe Hice, APR, is associate vice president of marketing & public relations for The University of Florida. He is responsible for marketing, advertising, public relations and employee communications activities at the University. He also directs the University’s news bureau.

Michael Dame – Virginia Tech
Michael Dame is the director of web communications at Virginia Tech. He is responsible for the public content, organization and structure of the university’s website. He managed the website homepage updates throughout the Virginia Tech tragedy.

Regular price

250 USD
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Deadline for registration

06/18/2007 08:00 PM ET
Registration

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