[sakai-pmc] FINAL PLEA > > Sakai Marketing Interns and Support

Tue Sep 16 13:56:56 PDT 2014

Count me in. Looking forward to contact.

Regards,
           Alan

Alan Berg

Innovation working group
On the use of ICT in Education & Research
University of Amsterdam
Postbus 1025 / 1000 BA Amsterdam
Weesperzijde 190 / 1097 DZ Amsterdam
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From: sakai-pmc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [sakai-pmc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] on behalf of Josh Baron [Josh.Baron at marist.edu]
Sent: 16 September 2014 22:12
To: sakai-pmc at collab.sakaiproject.org
Subject: [sakai-pmc] FINAL PLEA > > Sakai Marketing Interns and Support

Colleagues,

My thanks to Anthony for replying and agreeing to engage with the marketing interns.

This is my final plea here for more help.

I'm not asking for more than a few hours of people's time over the entire fall semester and was hoping that a few more folks would step forward to assist.  All that you'd need to do is provide answers and feedback to the students to help them understand how to best position and market Sakai.  Given the importance that has been placed on marketing and communications I'll admit that I'm surprised by the limited response. There are several folks from the Teaching and Learning Group ready to engage with the students, if we could get 1 - 2 more PMC folks that would be a huge help.

I believe this model has huge potential to address critical strategic needs of the Sakai project but it will require effort by the entire community, not just the students.

If folks are not responding because I've done something inappropriate or out-of-line with how things are normally done in this group please let me know.

Thanks, Josh
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Joshua Baron
Senior Academic Technology Officer
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
(845) 575-3623 (work)
Twitter: JoshBaron

From:        Josh Baron <Josh.Baron at marist.edu>
To:        sakai-pmc at collab.sakaiproject.org,
Date:        09/11/2014 05:22 PM
Subject:        [sakai-pmc] Help Needed > Sakai Marketing Interns and Support
Sent by:        sakai-pmc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
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Folks,

I'm re-posting my note from earlier in the week to make sure everyone saw it as I know its a busy time of the year for many of us.

I will be spending time with the marketing and communication interns and graduate students next week in order to help them prepare a strategy for Sakai.  This will only be successful though if we can get a few other leaders in the community to help out as well and engage with the students.  Several folks in the Teaching and Learning group agreed to do so on the call this week but I think it is critical that a few PMC members are also involved.  This should not take more then a few hours over the course of the fall semester.

Might 2-3 members be able to engage with the interns and graduate students that are now involved?

It would be a big help if I could update them when I speak to them early next week.

Thanks, Josh
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Joshua Baron
Senior Academic Technology Officer
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
(845) 575-3623 (work)
Twitter: JoshBaron

From:        Josh Baron <Josh.Baron at marist.edu>
To:        sakai-pmc at collab.sakaiproject.org,
Date:        09/08/2014 10:01 PM
Subject:        [sakai-pmc] UPDATE > Sakai Marketing Interns and Support
Sent by:        sakai-pmc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
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Colleagues,

I want to update folks on some of the plans that are underway to bring some more marketing support into the Sakai community and specifically the PMC.  I would be happy to provide more details, answer questions or address concerns.

Over the past few weeks I have been working to finalize plans that I noted in an earlier post to engage Marist students in our School of Communications and the Arts to provide marketing and communication support and expertise to Sakai.  With support from the Apereo Foundation and Marist College I'm excited to share that we have now created two Sakai Marketing and Communication Internship positions, one which is being filled by a Marist undergraduate and the other by a recent graduate from our Masters in Integrated Marketing and Communication.  Both interns, who will both be paid, will be under the supervision of Dr. Mark Van Dyke who is a senior faculty member in our School of Communications and who has 25+ years providing communication leadership in the US Navy.

In addition, Both Mark and Dr. Jennie Donahue will be working to incorporate marketing and communication activities for Sakai into their fall semester graduate courses.  The first phase of this work will focus on developing a strategy marketing and communication strategy which we hope to complete over the next 8 weeks.  Following this, students will focus on implementing this plan over the remained of the fall.  If this is successful we will work to expand the efforts going into the spring which could include engaging additional institutions.

I NEED YOUR HELP...
Although Mark will be providing oversight and supervision of this work, this team will need to connect with experienced Sakai community members as they conduct research, analyze our needs and provide recommendations.  I would value having 2-3 PMC members come forward who would be willing to engage with the students over the fall.  The amount of time and effort should be relatively small (a few hours over the semester) and I think you will find this to be both fun and rewarding as you'll be helping to provide a powerful learning experience for these students as they help us better market Sakai.

Finally, if you think there are faculty at your institution who might be interested in replicating this model and working with Mark next semester please let me know.

Thanks, Josh
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Senior Academic Technology Officer
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
(845) 575-3623 (work)
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