‘College (Un)bound’ and the frog in the kettle

June 19, 2013

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You don’t have to read too far into Jeff Selingo‘s new book, College (Un)bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students, to learn that Selingo takes a jaundiced view on the way many colleges and universities try to brand themselves. And who can blame him? As an editor of a major […]

The New York Times’ ‘Choice’ cut

June 15, 2013

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On Friday, I learned via Twitter — specifically from Charlie Melichar (@melicharlie) — that the New York Times was discontinuing its admissions blog, “The Choice,” after a four-year run. I guess it was time for the blog to graduate. I first discovered the choice back in 2010 — the blog’s sophomore year, I guess — […]

Friday Five: A pioneer blog turns 10

June 14, 2013

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When I first started this blog in the fall of 2005, there was plenty of room to grow. It was not a crowded space. You could count on one hand the number of blogs focused on communications, marketing and PR issues related to higher ed. A couple of them I didn’t even know about until […]

Not exactly tumblrin’ for ya

June 12, 2013

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Have you ever created a thing in the social media space, more or less on a whim, or just because you thought it was the thing to do, and then promptly forget all about it? That’s what happened with me and my tumblr account. I had completely forgotten I had created a tumblr. Then I […]

Fiddling with Feedly as a Google Reader alternative

June 10, 2013

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Soon after Google announced it was giving Google Reader the axe, I looked around for alternatives. It didn’t take long to find one, thanks to Nick Denardis, who recommended Feedly. Should have switched from @Google Reader to @Feedly long ago. Keeping up with sites is finally fun again. http://t.co/rasKC4AMbO— Nick DeNardis (@nickdenardis) March 18, 2013 […]

Content strategy is fine, but…

May 30, 2013

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I’m grateful to see the higher ed world talking so much about content strategy these days. This emphasis on thinking about content in a way that connects it with our organizational goals is important. I’m glad that people are writing books and blogs about content strategy, too. And talking about this subject on Twitter. And […]

Friday Five: #summersongs 2013 (off topic)

May 24, 2013

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It’s Memorial Day weekend, the official kickoff of summer in the U.S. And while a lot of us will return back to work after the long weekend, we can at least reminisce about long, lazy days at the beach or lake, cross-country road trips, sandlot baseball, and that organ grinder jingle that told you the […]

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