Posts tagged as "highered"

Posted by Melissa on 26th November 2010
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Faculty Blogging

I’m reading an article by Andrew Careaga called “Why researchers should blog” and thought I would note some of the best points for you. Andrew’s blog starts with the case of Peter Janiszewski, a health sciences researcher, who released one of his publications as a five part blog series and went from unknown to being [...]

Posted by Melissa on 20th November 2010
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“Hella Drop Shadow”: Presenting and Teaching in the Era of the Backchannel #HighEdWebNotes

Abstract: As Twitter’s growth and hype continue, it seems like everyone is getting in on the act — athletes, actors, politicians, and even educators are joining the virtual conversation. But what happens when that virtual conversation becomes the main event? How should presenters and educators prepare themselves for this reality? And what responsibilities do audience [...]

Posted by Melissa on 9th August 2010
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Facebook Pages: Mobile photo & status update from iPhone

As a personal user, the Facebook mobile applications have left me a little underwhelmed. As a business user, the iPhone Facebook application is a great tool for anyone who has a Facebook Page – but doesn’t have any other properties (i.e. Twitter). Once you add Twitter, Hootsuite becomes a great tool but if Facebook is [...]

Posted by Melissa on 5th February 2010
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Facebook & LinkedIn show better results over time for sharing links

Our redesigned alumni newsletter was emailed out this past Tuesday evening. On Wednesday morning, we created 3 separate bit.ly links and used each on a different social network when promoting the online newsletter. We posted status updates with the links on Twitter and Facebook, and started a discussion including the link on our LinkedIn alumni [...]

Posted by Melissa on 4th November 2009
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I am an awful customer

I am an awful customer. I want and want and want and I have NO sympathy for your issues. You are getting paid to serve me. I am very open about service (or lack thereof) that I receive. Rogers has done more than well by me, Netfirms has been surprisingly available (although, they never did [...]

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