It’s been ages since I updated my blog. I guess having two kids has prioritized my time just a bit. The last post on this blog was back in 2019 when I wrote about our move from the United Kingdom to the United States. And then the pandemic struck a year after we had moved. One of these days I’ll get around to writing something about my move from being a freelance consultant (9 years!) to being a vice president for two different edtech companies and then leaving my last role in order to be a full-time parent to my two kids. But this post is really more about our news from 2022…when we moved to ..read more

Just a quick life update. We’re moving back to the United States in April. It’s been a big decision for sure as we’ve made a lot of great friends during our time in the UK and it’s a fantastic place to live. However, with family being mostly located in the States and a little one who loves his grandparents, it makes the best sense for us at this time to make the big move back across the pond. That said, I’ll be booking speaking/consulting engagements with conferences, universities/colleges, and companies starting up in May. My current topics for digital engagement presentations, sessions, and ..read more

When I was a college student, there were times when I skipped out on buying a required textbook for a course. Finances were always tight, so I tried to balance my checkbook with buying actual books. Even then, textbooks weren’t cheap. Today, students are paying more and more for their higher education experience. If a university can find ways to make attending college more affordable, accessible, and “high-tech/high-touch”, well, it’s not really an option, it’s a necessity. Today’s technology makes it easy to distill course materials into digital formats and enhances them as a result.  Co ..read more

The following is an excerpt from Chris Douce’s review of my keynote “How digital engagement enhances the student experience” presented at the Higher Education Academy’s HEA 2017 Annual conference: Generation TEF. The opening keynote was by Eric Stoller. Eric has built a consultancy about using technology and social media to create digital engagement, with a particular emphasis on higher education. I’ve noted that Eric said that there are social media skeptics and that social media is a subject that can be polarising. There was the suggestion that social media is all about learning, and the le ..read more

Audio from a podcast interview that I did with the Efficiency Exchange back in April at Jisc‘s DigiFest event. I had a cold, hence the reason why my voice is a bit off. Hope you enjoy this quick clip ..read more

If you’re interested in all things related to university enrollment, admissions, and recruitment, I would recommend reading the Enrollment Growth Playbook from Helix Education. Here’s my take on the playbook from earlier this year: The Enrollment Growth Playbook represents next generation thinking about how universities and colleges think about their enterprise-level goals, growth, marketing, enrollment, retention, and data intelligence. Recently, the team at Helix Education contacted me about a new interactive game-based version of the Enrollment Growth Playbook. Enrollment Growth Hero is d ..read more