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Doak, Jennifer – CURRENTS, 2011
The people an educational institution is trying to reach--prospective and current students, alumni and parents, to name a few--are no longer passive recipients of press releases and newsletters. They are on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and any other social media platform that comes to mind. What can sometimes get lost amid the constant…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Administration, Influence of Technology, Social Networks
Scully, Maura King – CURRENTS, 2011
Realists recognize reorganizations for what they are: opportunities to do things better--to change business as usual to reflect best practices, new tools and technologies, and current challenges in the marketplace. At educational institutions, perhaps no area is as sensitive to those shifts as communications and marketing offices. The advances in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Advancement, Influence of Technology
Fernandez, Kim – CURRENTS, 2010
Most colleges and universities that launch into social media do so by dipping one toe in the water rather than swan diving into the deep end. And while many people define "social media" as Facebook and perhaps Twitter, the term actually encompasses everything from blogs to photo- and video-sharing sites to LinkedIn to any of dozens of…
Descriptors: Institutional Advancement, Social Networks, Internet, Web Sites