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League for Innovation 2015: The New Challenge of Doing Less with Less
I have been under the weather so I apologize for not getting this out sooner. At any rate I have attended several League for Innovation conferences over the years and have always been amazed at the solutions presented and the dedicated professionals who are doing great work in challenging circumstances. The League for Innovations annual…
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The Magic of the Conference Hashtag: an #INNMA Primer
March 4, 2015 | Filed under: Social Media, Twitter and tagged with: 2015, Boston, hashtag, League for Innovation, social, Tweet,Twitter For me Twitter is another way for this “wee acorn” to mingle with the “giant oaks” of my profession. What is a Hashtag? In general a hashtag is a word or phrase used in social…
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The Mouse is Watching You
I always feel like somebody’s watching me -Rockwell Keeping up with all of the new technology coming at us is a difficult if not impossible task. If you watch this blog you know that I have been privileged to attend some amazing events and participate in some amazing activities which has helped me keep up…
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Everyone Hates Their ERP except the Kuali Community…at least for now
A question begets a question, which begets a question, thus I will follow up from my last post with a few thoughts and a few more questions I have seen via various channels such as Twitter and blogs. I have observed the Kuali Community for years now, using both Jenzabar and Ellucian’s Colleague, while…
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Observing the Rising Dragon was my start with Blogging
The dragon is sometimes used as the national emblem of China in the West. We are told: Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and Chinese folklore. The dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles, fish, and imaginary creatures, but they are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. In yin and…
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Commercial Kuali: Is Their New Path the Right Path?
Community-source software is only as successful as the community that builds it. -Kuali Foundation Website In a previous post I stated that one of the strengths of Kuali was its commercial support model in conjunction with its community. At that time, I wrote that an engaged, enthusiastic community of members whose jobs are often on…
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Kuali Questions Continue at Educause
It’s been a little over a month since the Kuali Foundation announced the formation of a for-profit Kuali entity. My reflection upon all the conversation flying about regarding the new Kuali commercial company was renewed this past week during Educause 2014. Educause is the premier higher education technology conference held every fall and conversations during…
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Do you want to party with your ERP like it’s 1998?
I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if I go astray -Prince On January 20, 1998 I was sitting in an auditorium at Oklahoma City Community College (OKCCC) mulling over a brand new ERP system for higher education. I’ve thought about that meeting several times over the years and thought it might be…
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KualiCo, The Kuali Community, and Other People’s Money
After posting recent blogs on the formation of KualiCo, I have been contacted by many people on both sides of the KualiCo/ Kuali.org discussion. I think I would rather be in a pair of waders in the North Platte River than wading back into the Kuali conversation of the last couple months, however as mentioned…