ASMH is mentioned in a story by Lauren Kawam of College Times in “A New Connection: ASU develops new online social networking program” (PDF, page 6). Click on the image to enlarge. Here’s the full text of Kawam’s interview with Menachem Wecker: Q1: Why have people – young people namely – become so reliant on [...]

Denny Carter of eCampus News, in his article on students using social media to organize gatherings outside the White House, mentions ASMH. Here’s the quote, which comes toward the end of the article: Menachem Wecker, cofounder of the Association for Social Media and Higher Education and a staff writer at a GWU publication, said that [...]

Ryan Lytle (@rlytle), education web producer at U.S.News & World Report (@USNewsEducation), admits being a web producer in education was never a dream of his. “I was drawn to the responsibilities that came with my position, with the control I have over our social media endeavors and the opportunity to do a lot of writing,” [...]

Analytics and social media ROI is a topic garnering a lot of attention recently, and for good reason. Many of us in higher education have seen our leadership move beyond the “we have to be on Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn!” phase and into the “wait, what are we getting from the resources we’re spending?” mode. Some of the [...]

The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Ben Wieder reports on a story that most ASMH visitors probably already take for granted in “Professors With Personal Tweets Get High Credibility Marks,” but it’s worth repeating. Kirsten A. Johnson, assistant professor of communications at Elizabethtown College, and her student Jamie Bartolino collaborated on a study (published in Learning, Media [...]

According to its website, the American University Social Media Club is one of the first active Social Media Club Education Connection (SMCEDU) chapters in the country. It aims to “create a network of social media users, to advance media literacy, encourage ethical behavior online, learn from media professionals, share the lessons they have learned and [...]

Higher education is a people-oriented enterprise. At its best, the university setting allows people to share ideas and information to enhance individual knowledge and opportunities as well as our collective well being. However people-centric the industry is, I think many colleges and universities could stand to learn a thing or two about customer service from [...]

George Washington University: 1,100+ full-time faculty; 25,000+ students; and 225,000+ alumni Harvard University:  1,900+ full-time faculty; 27,000+ students; and 360,000+ alumni The Ohio State University (main campus):  3,300+ full-time faculty; 55,000+ students; and 400,000+ alumni As the largest constituency at most colleges, alumni present a formidable opportunity and challenge. The opportunity comes in the form [...]

A couple of weeks ago, my email box started getting filled with emails from colleagues asking if I’d heard about the new social media report, and was it worth purchasing for $375? I had heard of no such thing, but I quickly learned they were talking about the University Social Media Report 2011 issued by [...]

Michael Staton (@Inigral), CEO and founder of Inigral, which is “reinventing the way Higher Ed uses Facebook,” is speaking on a Social Media Clubhouse panel tomorrow on the ways “organizations can work together to utilize social media and improve higher learning.” (Live feed on Ustream.) Staton, whose organization is funded in part by the Bill [...]