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Last Days at Radford U!

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Gary R Schirr

“Early retirement” has a unique meaning for tenured professors – it means retiring at any point prior to death. Continue reading →

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From Blog to Book: Success!

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Gary R Schirr

Aisha is Director of Recruiting for women’s basketball at the University of Kentucky. Despite her demanding role, she decided it was time to turn her blog from social media marketing into a book, Success is My Major! Continue reading →

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The dark side of remote work – do they really need YOU?

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Gary R Schirr

Last week on this blog I posted a video of a panel discussion on remote working. As a part of the panel, I conducted a survey of attendees and LinkedIn followers that showed favorable experience with remote work during the … Continue reading →

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A Panel on Remote Work

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Gary R Schirr

I was delighted to be a member of a live panel discussion (via Zoom) to discuss remote work in an event organized and hosted by the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. There was some optimism in the group that continued … Continue reading →

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#HIP – Was it High Impact for you too?

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Gary R Schirr

“High impact practices” (“HIP”) is a buzz word in higher education. Such practices are alleged to produce motivated students and loyal alumni of the university. Activities that have a high impact on students include: Varsity and intermural sports, Studying and … Continue reading →

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Using your Social Media Community to innovate

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Gary R Schirr

Was Mark Schaefer’s wonderful SocialSlam really eight years ago? I still use my talk about using your social media community to crowdsource innovation in my social media marketing class.  

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Higher Education and the pandemic: Zoom to the Rescue?

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Gary R Schirr

Will Zoom keep higher education running during the Covid-19 outbreak? Zoom seems to be the answer from every university, as they announce a physical shutdown for the semester due to the coronavirus pandemic. I understand why. I am a big … Continue reading →

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Eat like Andy – epic or flop?

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Gary R Schirr

Thanks to Burger King, Andy Warhol got another 15 minutes of Fame! Google Trend for Andy Warhol

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A Quick #Brandbowl Summary

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Gary R Schirr

My Superbowl summary… Tom B. looked like a fearful rookie in the first half but morphed into the old pro in the fourth quarter. #DaBears could have beaten either of these teams.😎 As for the real action of the Superbowl, … Continue reading →

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More advice from new #bloggers

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Gary R Schirr

A year ago I shared advice from my social media class, 4 weeks into blogging about how to succeed at blogging. I am back, this time with advice from new bloggers 6 weeks into their new passion! I think that … Continue reading →

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