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

[Steve Swinsburg]

Hi Josh

Count me in too.

Cheers
Steve
On 17/09/2014 6:12 AM, "Josh Baron" <Josh.Baron at marist.edu> wrote:

> 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
> -----------------------------
> 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
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> 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
> -----------------------------
> 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
>  ------------------------------
>
>
>
> 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
> -----------------------------
> Joshua Baron
> Senior Academic Technology Officer
> Marist College
> Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
> (845) 575-3623 (work)
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