October 2, 2014
by Florencia Prada
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Maximiliane Okonnek and Silvia Ortiz report on Day 3 of the Digital Campus Study Tour. After visits to Berkeley and Stanford University we were headed towards Silicon Valley on day 3 of our study tour. swissnex San Francisco had organized visits … Continue reading
July 24, 2014
by Florencia Prada
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LinkedIn has been powering job applications for companies such as Netflix, Tripit, and other companies since 2011. Anybody with a LinkedIn profile can quickly submit their applications to jobs at these companies with just a click of a button. That … Continue reading
June 10, 2014
by Julia Kuhn Mirza
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Let us give you the roundup of what has been going on in the last week that might be worth reading and watching, like this touching video tribute about a retiring employee:
January 15, 2014
by Florencia Prada
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In August 2013, LinkedIn’s Higher Ed Team launched University Pages, which is the first higher ed specific product that a large social media platform has launched to date. A master move by LinkedIn to start cultivating a new generation of … Continue reading
September 19, 2013
by Julia Kuhn Mirza
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By Irène Brunner, Online Manager at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Engineering (@ladycomanche) Today was the day with the big names: LinkedIn and Facebook! And a not as well known but good, established startup called Gigya.
October 25, 2012
by Florencia Prada
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Connecting with current students and making them aware of the benefits of connecting with alumni is crucial while you can still reach them. I found this video by Brigham Young Idaho University extolling the benefits of connecting with fellow university … Continue reading
September 27, 2012
by Julia Kuhn Mirza
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The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth interviewed 70 of the nation’s (USA) top MBA schools to learn more about their social media use.
August 2, 2012
by Julia Kuhn Mirza
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News, blog posts, and articles that caught our eye this week: How to use YouTube’s new face blurring tool. YouTube added this feature recently and it may come in handy if you want to use video footage but need to … Continue reading
July 5, 2012
by Florencia Prada
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News, blog posts, and articles that caught our eye this week: University of Fribourg on Social Media. University of Fribourg shares guidelines, naming convention, best practices, and more with its community (in French & German). Congrats! LinkedIn unlinked from Twitter. Twitter … Continue reading
June 12, 2012
by Julia Kuhn Mirza
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We come across numerous articles, tweets, blog posts, and more, that we think could be of interest for our readers. We thought we may as well share a selection of these little tidbits we find around the web with you … Continue reading