This was a technology keynote given to student affairs professionals by Kevin Prentiss of Swift Kick and Red Rover. Theme of the speech was a "do more with less" approach. Getting your students connected and successful includes encouraging public blogging by your best role models. This was part two of a two part speech.

2. To Do List.
1.Subscribe to www.thesablog.com
2. Sign up to write (Optional)
3. Subscribe to http://blog.swiftkickonline.com
4. Encourage or mandate blogging by groups, student
leaders, or campus activities members.
5. Publicize the students’ blogs.
6. Give each of your groups a wiki.

3. 1. Context: This is about transforming lives.
2. Be Extraordinary: This is success, not survival.
3. Whatever you can implement, implement. Leave
the rest.
4. I’m done in 38 minutes. (Then conversation.)

4. “The time has come
for some far reaching
changes to the university,

5. our model of pedagogy,

6. how we operate,

7. and our relationship
with the rest of the
world. . .

8. BUT

9. we need to listen to
these
Net Generation
students to see
the way forward.”

10. we need to listen to
these
Net Generation
students to see
the way forward.”
Dr. Luis M. Proenza, President, University of Akron
As quoted in “grown up digital” by Don Tapscott

11. Meet Andy Drish:

17. Lessons from Andy:
1. Your best (3%) students already use all of these tools
2. These students want to help
3. As a resource, Andy is wasted by his university
(he had to go global to find an audience)

18. . . . but your school has non-traditional students.

19. Sargeant Reynolds

22. This is Obi-wan
in a cave.

23. Your school has hundreds of mentors,
with no one to teach.
Obi-wans in a cave.
Level 5 dancers on an empty floor.
They simply need an introduction.

24. Good for the:
Student School
Blogging

25. Good for the:
Student School
You blogging.

27. is the new resume.

29. Teach students to be public.

30. Instead of teaching fear.

31. To Do List.
1.Subscribe to www.thesablog.com
2. Sign up to write (Optional)
3. Subscribe to http://blog.swiftkickonline.com
4. Encourage or mandate blogging by groups, student
leaders, or campus activities members.
5. Publicize the students’ blogs.
6. Give each of your groups a wiki.

32. Many things are changing, and it’s their world.

33. But there’s good news:

34. Students are human.
>
till
s
(They just do a lot of stuff online.)

35. They Need Comfort
>
still
are
You
not :)
lone
a
Comfort

36. They Need Connection
>
still
Hi, I’m new.
Awesome,
Connection
join our team!
Comfort

37. They Need Contribution
>
still Here,
let me help.
Contribution
Thanks!
Connection
Comfort

38. They Need the Same Things
>
still
(They just look for them online.)

39. They Need the Same Things
>
still
(And it doesn’t work that well.)

40. Their Current Approach:

41. Comfort: Find People Like You
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First year students try to connect with other new students via Facebook
groups, but group “wall” posts are full of questions and few answers.

42. Connection: Join the College Community
Activities
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Students often can't make sense of their institution’s many websites,
and information is difficult to keep up to date.

43. Contribution: Give to the Community
?
There is no central place to share with the college community,
so the best work is lost online or buried in private class forums.

44. Schools Want Students to Succeed
Your
EDU
Contribution
Connection
Comfort

45. but Contri
buti
25%
of students will drop
out in their first year.*
Contribution Connection
Connection
Comfort *According to American College Testing

46. “The major cause of student attrition [is] the
inability of students to make the transition to
college and become incorporated into the
institution's ongoing social and intellectual life.”
-Dr. Vincent Tinto,
Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition.
Second Edition.
hello?

47. We can do better.
(With a new web tool and the necessary support.)

48. Your
EDU
A Single Web Based Tool:
Helping students
1. Find people like them
2. Create and join groups, connect to
mentors
3. Contribute to the college community
Contribution
And helping colleges
4. Track, assess, advise and
Connection
support the process
Comfort

49. Comfort: Find People Like You
2 minutes to sign up
See interest matches
(in year, major, and residence hall)

50. Connection: Join the College Community
Receive recommendations
for student groups
(based on matching interests)
Join groups with one click
(clubs recruit automatically)

51. Connection: Join the College Community

52. Contribution: Give to the Community
Class College
Club/ Org Major
e.g. College 101
Automatically share content you create online with
any of your groups or with the entire college

53. Assessment: Support and Advise
A live dashboard shows student activity
and highlights support needs.

54. Assessment: Support and Advise
A live dashboard shows student activity
and highlights support needs.
Ashley Wilson
volunteering
Lauren Brooks
Scott Thorpe
Javier Hall
Shatisha Rollins

55. Assessment: Support and Advise
A live dashboard shows student activity
and highlights support needs.
Ashley Wilson
volunteering
Lauren Brooks
Scott Thorpe
Javier Hall
Shatisha Rollins

56. Timeline: Your College with Red Rover
Students:
• Share their online content
• Meet peers in their • Find and join groups
• Find campus mentors • Contribute to community
major and residence hall
College:
• Facilitate connections • Assess and encourage • Teach effective use of tools
• Measure interaction student leaders & mentors • Create community culture

57. Your
EDU
Contribution
Connection
Comfort

58. The 2009 software
will be made available to a
few select colleges.
To discuss participation in either
the software or an integrated package
of training and software,
please email kevin@redroverhq.com.