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April 25, 2006

Blogs, Podcasts, and RSS in Graduate Recruiting

Filed under: Talks, Blogging, RSS, Conferences, Podcasting — Dan Karleen @ 7:55 pm

Despite the early timeslot, we had a hearty turnout this morning at NAGAP for the talk on blogs, podcasts, and RSS, and how they are and can be used in graduate recruiting. There was a considerable amount of excitement about these tools, and much of the time was spent in conversation with those in the audience who had questions, or who had something to share about their own school’s efforts. It was very much the dialogue I had hoped would transpire. If you were in the session, thank you very much for being so engaged and enthusiastic. Below I’m providing a set of links to many of the free resources I mentioned in the talk. I also provide a link to the screencast, which is a movie of the presentation, complete with slides and audio. All you’ll need to do is click on the link for the screencast, and the movie will play in your browser. In an earlier post I talk about the main points I make in the presentation.

View the screencast (click to play the movie in your browser, 65:00)

Get the slides (.ppt slides in a .zip file; 7MB).

Links mentioned in the talk:

Petersons.com, the search portal covering more than 4,000 accredited institutions and 30,000 accredited graduate programs

Oregon State University Admissions Blog

Wordpress.org free open source blogging platform

Definition of a blog

Definition of a podcast

Definition of RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

Johns Hopkins Public Health News Center RSS page

Pew Internet and American Life project

iTunes podcatcher
iPodder podcatcher
FireAnt podcatcher