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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Pauvre Ivan Tribble.

Not only does Prince Charles have a blog (plus video diary); "about a dozen or so [university] presidents, like Dr. McGuire [president of Washington DC's Trinity College], are vaulting the digital and generational divide and starting their own blogs."

Bob Johnson, a consultant to many universities on marketing, said he was mystified that university officials had not generally embraced blogs. Mr. Johnson said student blogs, for example, could be a “hugely effective” recruitment tool, even if they carried the implicit promise — or threat — of uncensored truth, however unflattering.

Mr. Johnson encourages presidents to be bold.

“Just because you can’t beat them,” he said, “doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it yourself.”




Many thanks to my student, Rachael, for forwarding this to me.
Posted at: 11/22/2006 09:10:00 AM