Flashback to earlier in the pandemic, when most institutions and organizations made the pivot to remote learning and working. An #emchat session posed questions about what experience people had with working remotely, including how long they had done so. I remember my answer to the “how long” part of the question was significantly longer than…
The COVID-19 pandemic has helped push the desires of college students for varied types of learning from emerging status into reality. Schools, especially the brick-and-mortar variety, should focus on these new realities as they seek to increase enrollment and access. More Distance and Hybrid Learning A recent U.S. News & World Report article highlights the…
With constant headlines touting a “chronic labor shortage” and millions of “missing workers,” one might expect employers in these early 2020s to adapt the way they hire to fill the many vacancies left in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. And yet, one of the most notable things about current hiring practices across professional industries…
Plenty has been written about how the “Great Resignation” is impacting higher ed – from sage words by HA ThirtyOne consultant Angie Vicars and colleagues in the field like Jaime Hunt of Miami University to industry megaphone The Chronicle. Yes, people are leaving higher ed, but what can be done to retain them, as well…
When Miami University Vice President and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer Jaime Hunt tweeted, “a troubling # of colleagues across the US are leaving higher ed,” the responses were quick and abundant. Current and former higher ed colleagues weighed in on causes Hunt mentioned including job stress, flexible work, and bare bones staffing. At HA…
Politics. Pandemics. Economic turmoil. We’re not even through the first quarter of 2020 and things have felt, well, overwhelming. The steady stream of crises or attention-demanding situations hasn’t let up and the toll it can take on leaders – particularly communicators – is intense. It can make a person feel like they must always…
The H·A ThirtyOne podcast, 31Minutes, launches Part Two of its first ever multi-part series today. The episode, “Creating a Culture of Planning and Strategic Risk,” interviews Credo’s Emma Jones, Chief Brand Officer, and Joretta Nelson, Chief Knowledge Officer & SVP about their recent work with the Thriving 2.0 framework. (That’s the “Thriving” part of this…
Pivot. Hear the word and some people can only think of the Friends couch scene with Ross obnoxiously yelling, “PIVOT! PI-VAWT!” As Ross shouts, Rachel and Chandler struggle to hold on to a heavy couch while moving the piece of furniture up a twisting staircase. If you haven’t seen it, it is a guaranteed laugh…
31Minutes of Your Time: Introducing H·A ThirtyOne’s monthly podcast for sharing the best ideas to inspire higher ed communicators and leaders In lieu of a #whoshareswins post—or perhaps as the meta #whoshareswins—we are thrilled to unleash our first episode of H·A ThirtyOne’s newest content nugget, the 31Minutes podcast! Karyn Adams (H·A ThirtyOne’s Principal and Creative…
H·A ThirtyOne’s #whoshareswins posts are all about spreading the word about good things, no matter how far afield from our higher ed focus they may at first seem to be. There’s typically a dose of serendipity that, as the idea keeps coming back to us, pieces start to fall into place and before we know…