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Yale Law School

Yale Law’s website combines the information and functionality most important to site visitors with news and features that paint a broader picture.

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news

Congratulations, Connecticut College! Our team congratulates Connecticut College on the successful launch of its new visual interface.
Waubonsee Goes Live! Check out Waubonsee Community College’s new site!
Oakton Community College Website Goes Gold
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2011: Social Media and .edu

The findings:

The latest CASE/mStoner/Slover Linett survey on social media use in education is complete. How does your work measure up?

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Three, two, one...

Launch:

Our warmest congratulations to two valued clients who have launched new sites this fall: Brown University and Union College. Two very different projects, but two we're quite proud of.

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What we learn, just by listening.

Learn:

Our work with the University at Buffalo helped us check our assumptions about IA by spending even more time with interviewees. Voltaire compiled blog posts, with topics ranging from Batman to cocktail chatter.

resources

Just getting started?

Getting started:

Sometimes facing the blank slate is the hardest part. We have resources that might help with forming a web advisory committee and deciding whether you need outside help.

our work

Integrated approach, independent school

Integrated approach:

In 2010, we completed a brand and identity relaunch, new web site, and DVD package for Northfield Mount Hermon. NMH also won a CASE silver award for NMHBook, its social media aggregation site.

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Pwireframing:
paper wireframing

Pwireframing:

Wireframing a site can be a collaborative, cut and paste exercise. And we don't mean digital cut and pasting, we mean scissors and tape. Read Doug Gapinski's blog post about how we applied this process for a client.

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Social media
and advancement

Social media:

How can social media and fundraising campaigns be integrated in interesting, effective ways? Michael is at work on a white paper based on the results of our recent research project. Let us know if you'd like a copy.

our team

Our strategists are bibliophiles

bibliophiles:

Lovers of books have a finely-tuned sense of the English language and a keen sense of sequence and organization. This makes them better at web strategy. Meet two strategists: Voltaire Miran and Patrick DiMichele.

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blog: 02.02.12

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 had plenty of time to develop my own philosophy about performance management. And, I’ve experimented extensively with how to offer... more

Posted by Susan T. Evans
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blog: 01.30.12

Job Posting: Content/Information Strategist at Columbia University

Want to help shape the information strategy for one of the most important initiatives at one of the world’s best universities? Here’s your chance.

Columbia University is seeking a chief information strategist. Reporting to the chief of staff in the Office of the President, the chief information strategist will be responsible for developing an... more

Posted by Michael Stoner
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blog: 01.26.12

Consider Attending #casesmc

2012 brings the third annual CASE Social Media and Community Conference. I’ve never attended this conference but I remember reading some tweets from San Francisco in 2011. In fact, I think I first heard about #casesmc via social media from @rachelreuben. That was back before I met her live and in person.

In case you’ve missed the build of 2012... more

Posted by Susan T. Evans
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blog: 01.24.12

Farewell to 2011—A banner year for mStoner

All told, 2011 was quite a year for mStoner. Here’s what I mean:


  • The tenth anniversary of our founding.

  • Our most successful year financially, ever.

  • Exciting new projects that allowed us to expand the range of services we provide.

  • New staff members who brought new energy and experience to our team.

  • Major initiatives toward our ongoing commitment... more

Posted by Michael Stoner
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blog: 01.23.12

Introducing Monica-Lisa Mills

I’m thrilled to announce that Monica-Lisa Mills has joined our team as a project manager, starting today.

Monica-Lisa comes to us with a long track record of success as a strategist, organizer, troubleshooter, manager, and negotiator. Her background includes a great deal of experience in:


  • IT and design project management
  • process development
    ... more

Posted by Voltaire Santos Miran
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