Category: higher education

Friday Five: a little link love

Passing along a little higher ed link love today:

  1. MizzouWire is my alma mater‘s shiny, relaunched new news site. It’s even got an editor’s blog.
  2. templatedata is a recent addition to the blogroll and RSS. Written by four members of the University of Sydney‘s web services team, it’s chock full of thoughtful ideas and links from around the net.
  3. The Old College Try continues to inform and entertain.
  4. Michael Stoner’s mStoner Blog is another fave. A recent post there about strategic planning of all things isn’t the yawner you’d think, given its subject matter. My only gripe about Stoner’s blog is that a login is required to comment.
  5. EducationPR shares an interesting graph showing the differences in how students at the University of Wisconsin use technology versus faculty and staff.

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Advanced PR Institute: ‘Developing a Technology-Savvy Communications Approach’

I’m honored to be presenting at Academic Impressions‘ 2007 Advanced PR Institute, “Developing a Technology-Savvy Communications Approach.” The institute will be held Dec. 3-4 in Austin, Texas. I hope you’ll join me. I’ll be alongside three excellent co-presenters:

  • Joe Hice, associate VP of marketing and public relations for the University of Florida. I had the pleasure of working with Joe in 2006 at the CASE Annual Conference or Senior Communications and Marketing Professionals, where he talked about the importance of passion in marketing and PR.
  • Charlie Melichar, VP for public relations and communications at Colgate University and a fellow blogger at Intermedia.
  • Mary Stagaman, associate VP for external relations at the University of Cincinnati.

Here’s a bit about what to expect, straight from the conference website:

This discussion- and planning-intensive program will help you and your team:

  • Identify current technology-based communication tools and determine how each may align with your communication needs
  • Develop a decision-making framework to assess the usefulness of various technologies for your institution by identifying resources and establishing a timeline for implementation
  • Draft a basic plan for incorporating relevant technologies into your current and future communications initiatives

The institute should be informative, instructional and fun. Over the coming weeks, I’ll be seeking input on what you think should be addressed in the program.

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