blog: 03.02.10
With a Little Help From Your Fans
Last year, at least one institution scuttled its rebranding effort when students, faculty, and staff took to Facebook and soundly panned the identity before the planned launch. Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, is hoping to avert this outcome by asking its constituents—at least, those who are Facebook fans—to vote on a new logo.... more
Posted by Michael Stoner
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blog: 02.17.10
From the Video Vault
It’s been a great week for discovering randomly awesome video content made by colleges and universities. My favorites so far:
President’s Day at Macalester College.
A few years ago we did a consulting project for Macalester. As part of that project, I met with President Rosenberg - a really smart, really interesting, Dickens scholar. While it... more
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blog: 02.11.10
Hometown Newsmaker Shares News That People Care About
We’ve all read about how the news business is changing. About the death of newspapers. It’s pretty grim.
At least it’s grim for big metro dailies and national newspapers like the New York Times. I live in a small town in Vermont and here, our local (weekly) newspaper is thriving. And in the suburbs, the local newspaper is valued. People may have... more
Posted by Michael Stoner
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blog: 02.10.10
Job Posting: Associate VP Marketing & Communications, Cal State U Northridge
California State University, Northridge (CSUN), seeks a strategic and analytical Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications who is committed to the University’s goal of educating a diverse group of students and preparing them to be productive and learned citizens. The Associate Vice President assumes responsibility for the... more
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blog: 02.08.10
mStoner Heads to SXSW:Interactive
mStoner had fantastic news for Laurel and me last month, asking us to attend South by South West:Interactive on behalf of the company. Since 1994, the Interactive event is an extension of Austin’s legendary music conference. We’re getting ready for five days of keynote speakers, panel discussions, interactive readings, workshops and social... more
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