Nancy Prater :: Podcast :: Ball State University’s Social Media in Student Recruiting

April 18, 2006 by Robert

HEBC Ball State University is doing some remarkably innovative things with social media. Meet Nancy Prater, John Dailey and Heather Shupp. They are the brains behind this truly interesting “Brady Bunch” homage that is making Ball State University a place to think about for college.

This fall, Ball State University took blogging to a new level by offering a multi-media version that includes podcasting and video. In addition, the blogs are unedited and the comment feature has been left on, allowing for more interaction with prospective students. Learn about how they did it and how they plan to research the blogs’ effectiveness.

View the video presentation; requires Windows Media Player.

View the PowerPoint for this presentation.

And, we have a podcast that I recorded with Nancy a few weeks ago. Sorry for the delay in sharing it, but I’ve experienced a computer crash and had to retreive and restore a great deal of information. Time for a new computer, I fear.

The podcast link is below (18 minutes). Please visit Nancy’s presentation, too. Case Study: Blogging and Podcasting for Student Recruitment.