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OSU on Social Media

September 30, 2008

Tonight in Upper Arlington (just outside Columbus, Ohio), the Columbus Social Media Cafe is hosting a talk on the use of Social Media in Higher Ed.
Some heavy-hitters from The Ohio State University including Ted Hattemer (New Media), Shaun Holloway (The Fisher College of Business) and Wendy Phillips (James Medical Center) will be sharing about how [...]

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Scalable Social Media Strategies for College Admissions - How? Why? When?

September 24, 2008

One consequence of the social media era that almost all recruiting organizations will feel in the next few years will be heightened competition. Whenever technology has increased our collective ability to communicate effectively and persuasively, the best players have taken advantage of it and beaten their competitors.
What role will social media play in college admissions [...]

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NACAC 2008 Flickr Page

September 22, 2008

Brad Ward (twitter @bradjward) beat me to the punch by about 7 1/2 minutes and put up a Flickr page for the NACAC 2008 conference.  - Special thanks to Brad for taking the initiative…and for beating me to it.
NACAC goers… Don’t forget your cameras and remember to shoot and post lots of great (and humorous) [...]

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Generation Gap: The Convo never stops!

September 15, 2008

Back in the days before text messaging, instant messaging, twitter and social networks, conversations began and then naturally ended. There was a clear start and stop.

Something astounding has happened with the collision of digital technology, mobile devices, Internet proliferation and today’s teens and twenty-somethings. The conversation (“convo”) NEVER STOPS. Young people today don’t begin [...]

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Social Media… The Most Over Rated Fad in History

September 15, 2008

I hope that title caught your attention. I hope when you read that title that you thought to yourself “I knew it!” This post is for you.
Yes, social media provides the opportunity to tell the world about your organization. For larger organizations, you may not see the urgency to put people on every social media [...]

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