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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Can the iPhone re-energize education?
Posted in Education, Technology, tagged Abilene Christian University, ACU, iPhone on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remember back to the late 80′s and early 90′s when colleges and universities jumped on the laptop bandwagon, giving them away, as testament to their technological prowess? Well fast forward to 2008 when Abilene Christian University started offering free iPhones to its students. Is it a case of history repeating itself or is there something bigger at play? The cynic [...]
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 [...]
