Twitter Updates for 2010-07-28

  • RT @RayJWZ5: Website visitors are concerned less about the visuals as opposed to having an easy experience to complete a task. #eduweb #
  • Now in "Higher Education: The Toughest Gig in all the Web-Mark Greenfield" #eduweb #
  • University politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. @markgr #eduweb #
  • Too true. "Only in higher ed do we have committees to create committees" #eduweb #
  • RT @HighEdMarketing: My "brand experience" presentation today at eduWeb w/16 web page examples is online at http://bit.ly/9d9A5v #eduweb #
  • RT @apetersen: (from @markgr) Ton of expectations for a not-for-profit budget. Innovate, but cheaply! #eduweb #
  • Web professionals are in education business, not IT business. Understand the business of education, not Information Technology. #eduweb #
  • RT @lougan: Universities follow Federalist model of gov. There are layers of power within a university. Deans have a lot of power #eduweb #
  • At #eduweb @markgr is a man after my own heart."Web should not report to Marketing OR IT dept." More: @zeldman article: http://bit.ly/bU5fzC #
  • RT @mjpowers: Understand the business, understand the user, understand the medium: UBuffalo Web Services mission. #eduweb #
  • @UMFlint_Alaina @chriswiegman Web team should include people with IT and Mktg skills (among others) but live sep from either dept #eduweb #
  • RT @aaronrester: Here's the example of non-linear navigation. http://www.siwjournalism.org/ Inspiration: a river. #eduweb #
  • School site should live in the space where marketing, communications, IT services, and academics come together @markgr #eduweb #
  • Didn't Yakov Smirnoff say this? ;-) | RT @AllStarLeadGen: You don't create fans – fans create you by what you have to offer…#eduweb #
  • RT @pameloid: HAHA…Facebook addiction http://yfrog.com/ms69zg lol! #eduweb #
  • RT @readMedia: Slides from @amymengel's preso this morning on making hyperlocal news about students are here: http://is.gd/dMr8w #eduweb #
  • Higher ed may be the toughest gig in all the web, but it's also the best gig. @markgr #eduweb #
  • Now at "E-Expectations 2010: What College-Bound High-School Students Demand From Your Website" OmniUpdate & Noel Levitz #eduweb #
  • Torn between E-expectations and Open Data sessions… #eduweb #
  • Same here | RT @nickdenardis: @chriswiegman Let me know if slides will be up later. Was deciding btwn that session and the #eexpect #eduweb #
  • RT @lougan: Want the #eexpect data? You can download it here: http://tinyurl.com/38ps8m4 #eduweb #
  • RT @sonnygill: Role of brand strategy in higher ed mktg. Important to house an internal portal of tools/resources for employees. #eduweb #
  • @jesseweisner check this out: LEARN how to create API's http://bit.ly/ceoKM9 #
  • Top two things students look for on your site? Academic info and how much it costs. #eduweb #
  • RT @micmierzwa: Consider social media working groups that meet monthly to share and strategize with other groups on your campus. #eduweb #
  • This refers to visual design. Still need to design your site to be easy-to-use. RT @nickdenardis: Content > Design #eduweb #
  • RT @nickdenardis: Calls to action are the sweet spot of the web. #eduweb #
  • 10% of HS students have viewed vids on YouTube; 42% have viewed on school site #eduweb #
  • Most interesting vid subjects: student life, academics and classes, locations around campus; made by students carry more weight #eduweb #
  • Me too… | RT @chriswiegman: I'm curious how the jadu CMS handles semantic web: xml, RDF, OWL, etc… #eduweb #
  • RT @markgr: Social media time: 76% on Facebook, 59% on YouTube, 33% on MySpace, 9% NONE, 8% on Twitter #eduweb #eexpect #
  • RT @AndreaGenevieve: Suggest: start contest for students to create apps based on uni data. Pick the best ones to implement. #eduweb #
  • @epublishmedia Sort of a constant state of evolution with occasional big flurries of change. #highered #eduweb in reply to epublishmedia #
  • Pay attention to: how students get to your site, traffic & exit patterns. #eduweb #
  • "Don't leave most valuable mktg content (academic info) in hands of non-marketers" Me: this is a political & resource challenge #eduweb #
  • @epublishmedia Wasn't talking abt publishing. That happens everyday. Was talking abt incremental design to systems, interfaces, etc. #eduweb in reply to epublishmedia #
  • @epublishmedia Redesigned program catalogue last yr; course catalogue this year; search systems next year; CMS in Fall, etc. #eduweb in reply to epublishmedia #
  • Now in "Fast, Cheap & Actionable: Creating an Affordable Research Program" w/Michael Powers, Indian Univ. of PA. #eduweb #
  • Thanks very much! | RT @ChrisWiegman: @sharpener from @surajkika http://bit.ly/9DDiqR #
  • RT @apetersen: If it helps, tell boss you're doing a focus group. Don't actually do one: you're looking for what they do, not think. #eduweb #
  • @apetersen Had a great response on a 4Q survey last fall. 1,300 responses over 2 weeks. Lots of helpful comments. #eduweb in reply to apetersen #
  • @Mrandallm76 Steps/tools to create a system for research to base design/publishing decisions @apetersen doing grt job tweeting in reply to Mrandallm76 #
  • Navigation testing tool: Treejack: http://bit.ly/c1pb7z via @mjpowers #eduweb #
  • Now in "Flip the Funnel: Communications Strategies that Work from Branding through Yield" w/Adrienne Barlett, TargetX #
  • Is it too early to sound the death knell? | RT @aaronrester: Think I've seen more @prezi presentations at #eduweb than powerpoints. #
  • #bcit peeps: could've used some help; missing "The Heretic's Guide to Marketing to Millenials" Rob Zinkan, John Dalton, Indiana University #
  • @DawnaMackay Me too! Getting some great stuff here, and lots of info on HE-specific web tools/software (enrol mgmt, email mktg & more). in reply to DawnaMackay #
  • Admissions funnel assumes prospects only get info from you. #eduweb #
  • @lougan one thesis here is that current mktg strategies related to funnel miss this point. #eduweb in reply to lougan #
  • RT @janieporche: Over 76% of retweeted statistics are taken out of context. #eduweb #
  • @lougan Agreed. Not saying it's not impottant, need to turn it into a pyramid; change focus & effort for each type#eduweb in reply to lougan #
  • Now in "Strengthening Website Design for Adult Student Recruitment" w/Jim Paskill, PS&L #
  • RT @micmierzwa: UG students choose a college w/their heart (where do i fit?) adult students use their head (what fits me?) #eduweb #
  • Been in air conditioned hotel all day. Holy crap is it muggy out here. #chicago #eduweb #fb #
  • Lego spider #chicago http://twitpic.com/299fj3 #
  • For Dex: me with a life size Bionicle! #chicago #lego http://twitpic.com/299g54 #
  • @amymengel So where's the "next bar"? in reply to amymengel #
  • Dammit. Summer + no hockey + more beer = Dave has a sore "suckin-in-my-gut-muscle". #fb #
  • @amymengel Cool. Couple of us headed out to Rush street. Currently at Dublin's. Probably won't stay long. in reply to amymengel #
  • Giant Jenga facilitated by beer in #chicago #eduweb #fb http://twitpic.com/29bcta #
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