2013 Spring Conference Tour

Spring 2013 Conference Tour!

The Spring 2013 Conference Tour is here, and you’ve got three chances to come and see me present. I’m proud to be a part of all three of these events, and I invite you to come and be a part of them as well.

Looking back on 2012

You’re Going to Regionals!

HighEdWeb is a fantastic resource for web communicators and professionals in higher education. First time attendees have to decide if a regional or the national conference is the way to go. I say regional, and I’ll tell you why…after the jump.

Packing for Conferences

Going to a Conference: Packing Light for Maximum Awesome

So you’re going to a conference. What should you bring? Here’s some tips and tricks to maximizing your fun and enjoyment.

Kernabout

3 the HEWEB WAY

Two years ago I was given an incredible opportunity to expand my horizons professionally. Now it’s time to try and give back. As an army of one webmaster in a resource-scarce environment, I had very little opportunity for professional development. Thanks to winning a contest from CollegeWebEditor and the generosity of the community I had [...]

Photo by Jeff Kubina, Flickr.

Looking Back at 2011

This year saw not just the launch of this blog, but also my beginning to contribute to two new blogs in higher education – the UF AHC External Web Services blog, and the journal LINK. Here’s a run-down.

Don't try to understand 'em. Just write them, code them, brand 'em.

Higher Ed Web Round Up

I saddled up and ambled down Austin way to present and attend the HEWEB Association conference to share and collaborate with the wranglers of web development, marketing, communications, and applications development that make the Higher Education ranch bar none.

Recent News

Tie the Kangaroo Down, Sport

Buttons

One of the cardinal sins of web designers is developing a web interface that is too artistic or clever to be functional. It’s an easy trap to fall into – we get too obsessed with something new and shiny, and not how usable it is for the end audience. A prime example of this is [...]

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Student Ambassador Programs

Smiling Students

In her presentation at heweb11, Mallory Wood discussed the need for institutions to have a robust student ambassador program to meet the changing needs of both students and parents in making their decisions about the institution they would like to submit applications to.

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Developing and Maintaining Web Content – WRK2

Content within content

Doug Tschopp, the Director of the Entreprenurial Center at Augustana College in Illinois, led a group of designers, writers, editors, and social media managers on the issues facing higher education institutions wanting to create compelling content for their web presences.

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What Robocop Can Teach Us About Alumni Engagement

On Tuesday morning I’m talking Robocop, and how the crime fighting cyborg cop of the future might be a sign of the future for engaging alumni and the larger community in our institutions’ missions.

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Carrying the Banner

Photo by John Wardell (Netinho), Flickr

Georgy Cohen from Tufts University talked about Tuft Now, an initiative to bring together two separate news presences that were running in parallel than did not begin to coordinate editorial until 2007.

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Mr. DeMille, I Am Ready for My Close-up

Oops! Twitter is down!

Is the use of social media by children and teens, or lack thereof, the best arbiter of its future in campaigns and is marketing? Does it harbinger the end of the era? Or is it missing the forest for the trees?

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Hands of Twilight

Few hands in the world are as well known as Kimbra Hickey’s – the model whose delicate upturned palms can be seen on the cover of the best-selling twilight.

Peace and Plenty

Peace and Plenty

Peace and Plenty Antiques wanted a design that would match their Revolutionary War-era and early 19th century collectibles.

Project Grace

Project GRACE

As a pro-bono project, Union developed the website for the program to end homelessness in Alachua County, earning us a Business of the Year award in 2010.