Engaging parents and families: they’re an audience, too!

In higher education, we know it takes a village to raise a [insert your institution’s mascot here]! It involves a close partnership with parents and families to successfully guide students from orientation to graduation, and encourage their development as engaged and enlightened citizens. Parents and families have become increasingly involved in the lives of their college-going […]

Digital storytelling 101

Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of communication in the world. Modern science has shown that stories affect us deeply neurologically and psychologically — helping us to solve problems, experience pleasure, provide pattern, provide order and assimilate into society. In short, humans are wired for story. Storytelling also plays a significant role in helping […]

To differentiate your brand, act differently

Campus marketing and communications professionals are challenged to differentiate a brand in a sea of sameness. And yet, when it comes to social media (the largest source of online conversation about colleges and universities), most publish very similar content in search of improving the same metrics that don’t reflect brand priorities. It wasn’t always this […]