In The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, author Kevin Kelly envisions a day when “the buildings we pass along the highway are screens themselves. More...
Changing the Culture for Better Results
Technology moves at lightning speed, Facebook’s algorithm has new rules daily and marketing strategies are ever-evolving as the audiences we all seek to reach become increasingly fragmented. More...
Market Research on a Shoestring Budget
Two effective shortcuts to gaining your audience’s insights. More...
The Tenkara of Communications
I realize that I’m taking a bit of a risk by building a communications blog post around the concept of Tenkara, which is a radical if obscure form of fly fishing practiced in Japan. More...
Attention Marketing Leaders: Advocate for Professional Development
Investing in professional development provides three key benefits to your institution. More...
What if I Told You ... You Can Be Organized Too
Before starting my doctoral program, I never anticipated how much time I would spend developing learning skills like organization. Graduate school requires organization in many forms. Students must organize calendars, literature (paper or digital), deadlines, multiple e-mail accounts, research and writing projects, computer folders, to-do lists, and personal and professional responsibilities. More...
Disabled in Grad School: When You Tell Me a Disability Story
This post is the start of a (somewhat loose) series about being disabled at university, with a focus on graduate school: problems we encounter, how we deal with them, and what you can do that will make things easier for fellow graduate students with disabilities. More...
A Public Domain Primer for Graduate Students
Some guidelines for using materials in the public domain. More...
Heading to a Conference? Tack on a Vacation, Too.
The opportunity for travel is one of academia’s most attractive perks. In just about any field, you can attend conferences and establish collaborations with far-flung colleagues. Certain fields also provide opportunities for travel through field work or archive visits. More...
Creating Linguistically Inclusive Classrooms
Have you ever stopped to think about how many different languages there are in your classroom? The answer might surprise you. The U.S. continues to take in international students in record numbers, and many college students also identify as Generation 1.5, which refers to individuals who arrived in the US as children and adolescents. More...