Going along with the theme of my posts this week, "Yahoo Groups" could potentially be another method of getting information out to the student population.
Courtesy of groups.yahoo.com...
"What's a Yahoo Group?
It's where people with a shared interest meet, get to know each other, and stay informed. Your group gives you instant access to:
Shared message archives
Photos and photo albums
Group event calendars
Member polls and shared links
And best of all, it's free."
This sounds like a great way to have another avenue to communicate using technology. The shared messages feature could be used similar to that of the blog. Answer questions, share a different perspective that studetns dont normally hear, etc. The photos can be used to post all of the photos that opur department takes. There are many events where our marketing staff takes tons of photos, yet they never make it onto to the website for various reasons. I'm sure studetns would love to see them. The group event calendar is obvious. Any reminder of when our special events and deadlines are cant hurt the cause. Menber polls can actually be very successful. The only feedback we get right now is through a survey at the playoff captains meeting. if we had accessible polls online, a lot more responses would probably be recieived.
Granted, similar to facebook, we could not make this the only way to get information. it would just be an addition to beneift those studetns who use Yahoo. Thoughts?
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I like the Yahoo Groups idea. I think it offers a better alternative to Facebook. I am actually a member of some Yahoo Groups and they are very good. As you mentioned, you could attach pictures, there's a calendar, and other useful tools. This is very similar to creating a Facebook group for the event, but I think the associations and stigmas which exist for Facebook are not present with Yahoo. The fact that the service is free and user friendly also reinforces reasons to use it. Do you think Yahoo will ever charge for their services?
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