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On a scale of 1 – 10, how are we doing? Seriously.

The first time I officially supervised another person was 26 years ago. (It’s true I’m the oldest of five children and hours of “babysitting” my siblings was a fine training ground for management.) Yep, I’ve…

Susan T. Evans Posted by Susan Evans on 2.2.2012

CASE Circle of Excellence Awards 2011: Best in Social Media

And … it’s a wrap. The judges’ report for the 2011 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards for Best in Social Media is finished. This year’s entries were generally uninspired, but we had two excellent entries…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 6.16.2011

CASE Award Winners 2011: Websites

In case you’re wondering, that’s a screenshot of a CASE Gold award winner this year: the Online Viewbook from Arizona State University. We’ve just completed the Judges’ Report for the 2011 CASE Circle of Excellence…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 6.14.2011

Social Media & Advancement Survey 2011: Changes, but not Big Ones

While advancement offices at many institutions are engaged in using some social media platforms (especially Facebook, which 96 percent of institutions utilize), institutions are still struggling with how to manage social media. And there weren’t…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 4.19.2011

Back Burner Analytics

Lately, weve been hearing a lot more from our clients (and prospective clients) about website analytics. Everybodys thinking about pageviews, hits, time on site, landing pages, internal and external visitors, and they should be: analytics…

greg zguta technical lead Posted by Greg Zguta on 3.25.2011

You’re Invited to Complete CASE/mStoner/Slover Linett Social Media Survey!

We need your input! Please take a few minutes to fill out the CASE/mStoner/Slover Linett Survey on Social Media in Advancement. This survey is designed to help us learn how schools, colleges, and universities are…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 3.3.2011

What Do You Want to Know About How Institutions are Using Social Media in Advancement?

If you have thoughts about what you’d like to know about how schools, colleges, and universities are using social media in their advancement activities, now’s the time to let us know. That’s because we’re designing…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 2.1.2011

A White Paper About What We Learned from Our Research on Social Media in Advancement

All institutions are struggling to engage with their constituents using social media tools. But how are they doing? With plenty of help from CASE, we set out with our research partners, Slover Linett Strategies to…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 11.20.2010

CASE Awards of Excellence 2010: Report for Category 12, Best in Social Media

This year, CASE created a new category, Best in Social Media, in its Awards of Excellence Program. I led the judging for social media, which was held in conjunction with the judging for websites at…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 5.19.2010

CASE Awards of Excellence 2010: Winners, Comments, Judges’ Report for Category 11, Websites

The best professional development event I attend every year is the judging for the CASE Circle of Excellence Awards for websites, which I’ve led since the 1990s. At this year’s judging, held in early April…

Michael_home Posted by Michael Stoner on 5.18.2010