Category: twitter

Welcome, newb higher ed bloggers!

One outcome of the CASE Conference on Communications, Marketing and Technology was the introduction of at least two new higher ed blogs. (Another, more startling outcome: conference chair Tim O’Keeffe tweeted for the first time since Colgate’s big win over Bucknell. ;) )

lolcat_newb.jpgEven after the conference, you cannot escape the lolcats! LOL!

In Friday’s post, I introduced one of these newbie blogs, Paul Redfern’s Higher Ed Web Marketing. Yes, it’s yet another play off the name of the one, the only, the original higher ed marketing blog, which we discussed in item 3 of a recent Friday Five. (But Paul’s new to blogging, so we’ll cut him some slack. Plus, he’s in good company with DW [in URL if not name] and Dennis Miller.) Paul is off to a good start with some posts about the conference.

Another new blogger emerging from the conference is Eddie Merille of Florida International University. Eddie’s posted some thoughts about the conference keynote presentation by Fritz McDonald of Stamats, and a good response to the question, How can web 2.0 help me market my institution? FIU is already leveraging some web 2.0 tools, like YouTube, Flickr and Issuu, for marketing. Nice work.

So, I’m pleased to welcome these two newbs* to the blogosphere. Blog well, blog often.

*Yes, that’s newbs, not n00bs; and there is a difference.

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#CASECMT is over, but the blogging has just begun

Update from Denver International Airport, 7:20 p.m. MST: Newly christened higher ed blogger Paul Redfern of Gettysburg College has posted his thoughts on the conference at his brand new blog, Higher Ed Web Marketing. Go have a look and welcome Paul to the wonderful world of blogging.

A quick post from the San Diego airport to a.) apologize for the light blogging during the CASE communications, marketing and technology conference (as usual I overestimated the amount of time I would have to blog and underestimated the other faculty obligations), and b.) let you know that the blogging isn’t over. If all goes well and I land in Denver on time, I’ll have plenty of time to kill before my connecting flight to St. Louis. Plus, I’m anticipating some guest blogs from fellow faculty members.

In the meantime, you can check my tweets on the event at http://hashtags.org/tag/CASECMT/. As with blogs, the posts are in reverse chronological order, so they might make more sense if you scroll down and read from the bottom.