social media

Will you add Google’s +1 button to your sites?

Our web pages are already becoming crowded with sharing options: email, Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon and more and more. Google’s late to the game with it’s new +1 button, but better late than never, I suppose. So what is the +1 button? I’ll let Google describe it: +1 is as simple on the rest of the [...]

Google, social media

Is UCLA setting a dangerous precedent with its response to student’s video?

I don’t talk much about social media here – it’s done better and in more volume by other higher ed bloggers and on Twitter, but the UCLA situation of the last few weeks piqued my interest. Alexandra Wallace, a student at UCLA, posted a video on YouTube making fun of Asian students in the UCLA [...]

Communications, social media

It’s like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife

Here’s a video I found detailing all the tools available for musicians to reach, sell, promote and connect with people in this digital, connected age. I was watching it today and was struck by how much of this applies to higher ed marketing and communications. The key takeaway here, especially in our world, is this: [...]

social media