Higher Education Webinar Series
- Thursday, February 9, 2012, 2:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific
- Speaker: Alan Cattier, Director of Academic Technology Services, Emory University
- Moderator: Jon Corshen, CEO, GoingOn Networks
In this free 50-minute webinar, you will:
- Learn how social technologies are being utilized to help streamline communications & foster student engagement
- Discuss the emerging role of Private Academic Social Networks, and how they differ from Facebook and Twitter
- Discover how to transform static portals into "intelligent activity streams" that ensure that you get the right information to the right people in the right way
- Explore new tools for fostering connections and collaboration between colleagues, cohorts and classmates
- Learn how students, faculty and staff can benefit from a connected campus
Long before the emergence of Facebook, Emory University pioneered LearnLink, an institution-wide online community and communications environment for engaging students, faculty and staff around both academic and co-curricular activities. Almost 15 years and millions of posts later, LearnLink has become an integral part of the “Emory Experience,” and has helped to set the bar for online engagement in higher education.
Today, Emory University is again at the forefront of exploring modern social technologies to re-shape how students and faculty engage in academic life. During this webinar, Alan Cattier, Director of Academic Technology Services at Emory University, will share his vision for building a vibrant, more engaged campus, as well as the hard fought lessons and best practices that he has learned.
If you are unable to attend the live webinar, please register and we will send you the recording afterwards.
Who Should Attend: Professionals from the office of the CIO, academic technologies, student affairs, academic affairs and continuing education who are interested in fostering a more engaged campus.
Speaker Bios
Alan Cattier, Director of Academic Technologies, Emory University
Alan Cattier is the Director of Academic Technology Services at Emory University. He has led this division of University Technology Services for 7 years. He is responsible for providing strategic coordination and operational management for faculty and student academic computing support across the University.
Alan is an avid outdoorsman and co-author of An Outdoors Guide to Bartram's Travels. Alan is also adjunct faculty in the English and Environmental Studies departments and teaches on literature and the environment. Alan holds a BA from Dartmouth and an MA from Middlebury.
Jon Corshen, CEO, GoingOn Networks
Jon Corshen has over 20 years of experience helping build successful enterprise and Internet software companies. Throughout his career, Mr. Corshen has touched almost every aspect of software design, development, marketing and sales. In 1996, he helped found Tradex Technologies, and successfully lead the creation of an entirely new market segment for Digital Marketplace software. Tradex grew from 5 to over 125 employees, from $0 to $150M in revenue, and was sold to Ariba Technologies. He was named VP of Corporate Strategy for Ariba between 2000 and 2003, helping to guide business and marketing strategy and leading several key acquisitions. Mr. Coshen started his career as a Developer and Senior Analyst at Andersen Consulting (Accenture). He received his BS in Management Sciences and MS in Quantitative Economics from the University of California at San Diego.
