Today, no higher education institution can ignore the need of an effective and efficient fundraising team. With governments looking to wrestle their debts and deficits, education funding is certain to stall or, as the UK has already announced, go into free fall. One of the most enlightening sessions at Harvard was delivered by Scott Nichols, [...]
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12 Laws of Fundraising – Lessons from Harvard
Posted in Algonquin College, Education on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Building Boston’s brand right out of the gate – Lessons from Harvard
Posted in Algonquin College, Branding on June 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Luckily, I work for an institution who believes in the fundamental value of leadership development. For the past two weeks I have had the opportunity to put the day-to-day grind on the back burner and consciously work on my leadership skills at Harvard University. Figuring others in higher education might be interested, both in the [...]
Inbound Marketing Certified – HubSpot’s Winning Formula
Posted in Algonquin College, Technology on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
HubSpot’s commitment to customer empowerment is a winning formula.
The future of education – Algonquin College’s VP Academic inspires the community
Posted in Algonquin College, Education, Technology on January 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Perhaps the best part of my job is working for an institution that hates standing still. The education landscape is changing in dramatic ways. IBM’s Future of Learning report states succinctly; Five signposts of educational trends (technology immersion, personalized learning paths, knowledge skills, global integration, and economic alignment), can be perceived as challenges to traditional [...]
Choosing an ad agency. Why Algonquin College picked Blue Blanc Rouge to guide re-branding exercise.
Posted in Algonquin College, Branding, tagged emotional branding on January 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Universities and colleges need to focus on the emotional essence of their offerings”, noted Anson Lee, the Vancouver-based director of customer experience strategy at the communication and branding design firm Karo noted in a recent Globe and Mail article entitled In branding higher learning, it’s out with old school. At Algonquin College we couldn’t agree more. [...]
Studies confirm green buildings improve productivity
Posted in Algonquin College, Sustainability, Uncategorized, tagged green building policy, Sustainability on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The business case for green, sustainable buildings.
Change your coporate innovation culture one podcast at a time
Posted in Algonquin College, Education, Technology, tagged Abilene Christian University, ACU, innovation, lecture capture, lesson capture, podacst, Skype, Twitter, University of West Virginia, Wake Forest University on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These days, building a corporate culture that thirsts for innovation is at the top of every CEOs to do list. This is especially the case in large, mature companies, where for too long risk taking leaders were persona non grata. So how do you take any staid, complacent, risk adverse work environment and transform it [...]
Green building policy gains momentum on college campuses
Posted in Algonquin College, Sustainability, tagged green building policy, LEED, Sustainability on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Adoption of sustainable building standards is the latest green innovation on college and university campuses across Canada and the United States. Board of Governors and Regents across North America have begun passing LEED building and design policies in record numbers. The most recent is the University of the Pacific. In its release entitled Pacific Adopts [...]
Using video to spread the corporate message
Posted in Algonquin College, Branding, Education, tagged internal communications, Students' Association, video on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If a picture is worth a thousand words than the value of video is priceless. In today’s workplace, employees are innundated with communication. I almost have to laugh when people say we need to communicate more. I firmly believe we need to communicate less. Focus is what matters. Perhaps the greatest way to cut through [...]
