Comments on: AlumTweet – Your Alumni on Twitter http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2009/06/18/alumtweet-alumni-twitter/ Brad J Ward's Thoughts on Higher Education Recruitment Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:23:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2009/06/18/alumtweet-alumni-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2279 Mike Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:18:24 +0000 http://squaredpeg.com/?p=508#comment-2279 Hi Brad, great blog as always. It's an interesting tool for administrators, and I think it helps to take away some of the hesitation from students to interact with Alumni Groups who often are seen as just looking for donations. Students now have the ability to opt out of the conversation, or just ignore the tweets. Ultimately, students want to have connections to their alma mater, they just don't desire those connections to be financial ones. Check out my commentary on Alumtweet and let me know what you think: http://tinyurl.com/l9lndf Hi Brad, great blog as always.

It’s an interesting tool for administrators, and I think it helps to take away some of the hesitation from students to interact with Alumni Groups who often are seen as just looking for donations.

Students now have the ability to opt out of the conversation, or just ignore the tweets.

Ultimately, students want to have connections to their alma mater, they just don’t desire those connections to be financial ones.

Check out my commentary on Alumtweet and let me know what you think: http://tinyurl.com/l9lndf

]]> By: nino http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2009/06/18/alumtweet-alumni-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2269 nino Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:03:46 +0000 http://squaredpeg.com/?p=508#comment-2269 cool concept, i like it cool concept, i like it

]]> By: Ron http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2009/06/18/alumtweet-alumni-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Ron Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:12:43 +0000 http://squaredpeg.com/?p=508#comment-2267 I too, like keeping those ecosystems separate, though I'm fine with old college folk who find me on Twitter. But so far, it's been very, very few. I'm fine with that. I too, like keeping those ecosystems separate, though I’m fine with old college folk who find me on Twitter. But so far, it’s been very, very few. I’m fine with that.

]]> By: Todd http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2009/06/18/alumtweet-alumni-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2264 Todd Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:32:16 +0000 http://squaredpeg.com/?p=508#comment-2264 Finding old HS/College friends is the reason I left facebook. Now twitter gets destroyed, too? :( This is BS. #midlifeFAIL Finding old HS/College friends is the reason I left facebook. Now twitter gets destroyed, too? :( This is BS. #midlifeFAIL

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