This Is How Your Work Makes A Difference

by Alex Duffy, Best of HESM 2021 VolunteerIt’s common for social media professionals to feel undervalued. You’re dealing with everything from major events to major controversies, yet yours is a job some people think “anyone can do”. You’re at risk of social media...

Never Applied For An Award? Here’s Why You Should.

by Alex Duffy, Best of HESM 2021 VolunteerIn 2020, five years into my social media career, I applied for my first ever award. My (then) head of department suggested I enter my work for the Best Use of Instagram category, focusing on a campaign I ran using user...

Top reasons to enter the #HigherEdSocial Awards!

by Sarah Wells, Best of HESM 2021 VolunteerWinning a #HigherEdSocial Award comes with some serious bragging rights! You could be the first EVER winner of a #HigherEdSocial Award These are the ONLY awards for social media professionals working in higher education It is...

How To Prepare Your Submissions

by RJ Thompson, Best of HESM 2021 Competition ChairLet's see what you've got.The Best of HESM 2021 Competition isn't the first social media competition on the internet. It is, however, the first competition for Higher Ed social media (HESM). It was also created by and...

A Strategy for Success: Mission Focused Planning for Social Media

A Strategy for Success: Mission Focused Planning for Social Media Strategic plans. Every organization has one, and I would be willing to bet most employees couldn’t tell you even one of the goals in their company’s plan. I am a nerd - I will mention that several times...

The Undeclared Podcast

By Andrea Honaker   In April, I stepped outside my comfort zone and agreed to be the interviewee rather than the interviewer for a change. From my home in Macon, Georgia, I was interviewed via Zoom for an episode of “Undeclared,” a higher education podcast hosted...

Online / remote internship with HigherEdSocial for Fall 2020

Online / remote internship with HigherEdSocial for Fall 2020   HigherEdSocial; the world’s largest professional community for social media managers in higher education is looking for a few good interns for this fall 2020 semester. Interns will be working directly...

Captioning with Ease

Captioning with Ease After sitting through a session on accessibility at #EduWeb19 with Erika Boltz, I knew that accessibility was an area that I desperately needed to improve on with our social accounts. I manage social media at a small, private school in South...

Higher-Ed Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Shows Critical Value of Social Media

By Tony Dobies (Senior Director of Marketing at West Virginia University) Social media has never been more important than during the COVID-19 pandemic. We may not deal with a crisis like this again in our lifetime (we can all hope). In this moment, we see the things...

An Inspirational listen – time to podcast!

An Inspirational listen - time to podcast! Hey everyone! I’m Dave and I am the Head of Community and Content at The Access Platform - a peer recruitment tool based in the UK but working all over the world. I’ve been invited to pen a few words for you about one of my...

This Is How Your Work Makes A Difference

by Alex Duffy, Best of HESM 2021 VolunteerIt’s common for social media professionals to feel undervalued. You’re dealing with everything from major events to major controversies, yet yours is a job some people think “anyone can do”. You’re at risk of social media...

Never Applied For An Award? Here’s Why You Should.

by Alex Duffy, Best of HESM 2021 VolunteerIn 2020, five years into my social media career, I applied for my first ever award. My (then) head of department suggested I enter my work for the Best Use of Instagram category, focusing on a campaign I ran using user...

Top reasons to enter the #HigherEdSocial Awards!

by Sarah Wells, Best of HESM 2021 VolunteerWinning a #HigherEdSocial Award comes with some serious bragging rights! You could be the first EVER winner of a #HigherEdSocial Award These are the ONLY awards for social media professionals working in higher education It is...

How To Prepare Your Submissions

by RJ Thompson, Best of HESM 2021 Competition ChairLet's see what you've got.The Best of HESM 2021 Competition isn't the first social media competition on the internet. It is, however, the first competition for Higher Ed social media (HESM). It was also created by and...

A Strategy for Success: Mission Focused Planning for Social Media

A Strategy for Success: Mission Focused Planning for Social Media Strategic plans. Every organization has one, and I would be willing to bet most employees couldn’t tell you even one of the goals in their company’s plan. I am a nerd - I will mention that several times...

The Undeclared Podcast

By Andrea Honaker   In April, I stepped outside my comfort zone and agreed to be the interviewee rather than the interviewer for a change. From my home in Macon, Georgia, I was interviewed via Zoom for an episode of “Undeclared,” a higher education podcast hosted...

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