By Eric Stoller. Identifying students who may be facing mental health challenges isn't easy, especially if you're not trained to do so. In 2016/2017, AMOSSHE (the association for university student services practitioners in the UK), provided funding for a digital toolkit to help support students' mental health. More...
Are We There Yet?
By Barbara Fister. As I was idly poking into library history, I came across something that surprised me. In a 1901 conference proceeding, Melvil Dewey predicted this would happen by 1926. More...
Gorilla Theatre
By Barbara Fister. I enjoyed reading John Warner’s recent confessional – he was very nearly fooled for a moment by the “gorilla television” prank. Many people were fooled, because we’ve become accustomed to believing six impossible tweets before breakfast. More...
Making the Most of Your Vendor Relationships
On paper, our team is comprised of about 30 people. We support the marketing and communications needs for all of Fordham University, including, but not limited to, advertising, print, web management, email marketing, social media, news, media relations, internal communications, and public relations. More...
Why You Should Do a Communications Audit
The start of a new year is a great time to take a fresh look at habits, goals and processes both professional and personal. With our marcomm departments, a communications review (also known as a communications audit) allows us to take a holistic look at what we are achieving and kick off the new year discovering how we can execute most effectively. More...
Lessons Learned From Hawaii
It was a wild weekend for our friends in Hawaii. On Saturday morning, more than a million people were sent a false alarm alert that a ballistic missile was headed their way. To say it caused extreme panic is an understatement. More...
Communications’ Role After a President’s Resignation
Along with most of our industry, I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about presidential transitions this week. And, like a number of colleagues I’ve talked with in the last 24 hours, I’ve considered do's and don’ts for announcing changes in leadership. More...
Redesigning for the Widening Web
Ready to redo your college or university website? Think about it in the context of your whole digital ecosystem. More...
Chairs and Charts
Being a Citizen and an Administrator
By Matt Reed. On Twitter a few days ago, a professor who recently accepted an associate dean role asked about the evolving etiquette around tweeting and blogging about politics. It’s a tough question, and one I’ve been wrestling with for years. I don’t have a full guide, but I’ve evolved a general guideline. More...