Tuesday, June 14, 2011 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (eastern) Originating from the 2011 Penn State Web Conference HashTag  #hesms Come join me for the 3rd annual Higher Education Social Media Summit where we will be discussing the challenges and opportunities of utilizing social media in higher education. The format will be much different than  Read more »

One of the many things that has been fundamentally changed by the Internet is how we treat information.  I grew up in an era when information represented power. Those who had information had power and withholding information was a key to maintaining

As anyone who follows me on Twitter knows, last week I participated in the MBTweetRace as a member of #MBTeamS. (If you are not familiar with the MBTweetRace, read this post from Andrew Careaga.) With Todd Sanders (@tsand) and John Pederson (@ijoh

As social media matures, campuses are now moving beyond the hobbyist stage to thinking about social media as a strategic asset.  The days of the social media playground are over. Social media is now squarely on the radar of senior administrators

I was at dinner last week with a friend of mine before the Sarah Mclachlan concert and the conversation turned to Twitter.  He asked me how many followers I had and much to his surprise I told him I didn’t know, that it didn’t really matter to me. 

Last week I was in Aarhus Denmark for the J Boye Conference and it was everything I expected and more. For me this conference is a perfect compliment to the conferences I attend that focus  exclusively on higher education. Here are my highlights