This month: use your blog to communicate Homecoming events and news to your students and also consider creating a post that celebrates your program’s latest achievements and points of pride.
How does your department embody the ideals of public affairs, or how do you integrate or connect to the public affairs theme “Global Perspective: Why it Matters”? This would be a great topic to explain in a blog this month.
A blog is a great tool to communicate short messages to your audience, but the less often you post, the more people forget that you’re there! This is why we recommend that blogging becomes a habit, and recommend that you update it at least once a month.
Over the past few weeks we have been converting all Missouri State blogs to our new redesigned theme, which is designed to utilize all of the new features offered in WordPress 3.x and better coordinates with the2010 web templates. Now that the conversion process is completed, I wanted to share more detailed information about the new theme and all of the options now available to blog users.
Many institutions have “gone digital” with alumni magazines by posting simple PDF versions or by paying third-party vendors to create Flash page-flip versions. This presentation shows how Missouri State University designed and built a new magazine website from scratch with only a few staff members and student workers. The presentation covers the challenges of transitioning from print to web, the design and implementation process, social media integration and interactivity with readers.