Putting community first
Why would a group of 10 people from Temple College brave near 100-degree heat to tour a village for homeless people in Austin, Texas? Ellen Davisis director of marketing and media relations at Temple College…
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Let frustration inspire innovation
Editor’s note: This article is part of a bimonthly series provided by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR), an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. Frustration is good. Frustration works. Frustration…
The physics of adult student marketing
Editor’s note: This article is part of a bimonthly series provided by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR), an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. In this new economy with unemployment…
Cultivating a large donation
Editor’s note: This article is part of a bimonthly series provided by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations, an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. Listening, teamwork, building a relationship and…
Becoming part of the community
Editor’s note: This article is part of a monthly series provided by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations, an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. On weekend mornings in the…
Outreach for a new president
Editor’s note: This article is part of a monthly series provided by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations, an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. The interviews have concluded, the…
Helping with leadership transitions
Editor’s note: This article is part of a monthly series by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR), an AACC-affiliated council. More and more, community colleges are seeing frequent turnover in senior leadership….
Social media for college presidents
By now, your marketing and communication teams have almost surely embraced social media as the spear-point of low-cost, high-touch targeted outreach to potential students. What’s more, cultivating an online community of students and college staff…
Communication strategies for community college leaders
Community colleges are vibrant, constantly changing, critically important institutions. We are where the action is in higher education today, right? The pivotal intersection of high schools and universities, welfare and the workforce, immigration and assimilation….