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This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #35 - In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Steven Weiner, President of Menlo College. Steven talks to us about how collaborative decision-making is critical. He also talks about decision making risk factors in the age of Covid, his college's switch to 100% online for the fall term, and the need for college preparedness - writing, math, critical thinking skills - at the high school level. Steven believes social awareness and equ...

In this 3 episode special series in partnership with the American Marketing Association and Lipman Hearne, The EdUp Experience brings you the medium to get to know all three team finalists for the 2020 Higher Education Team of the Year Award. The AMA Higher Education Team of the Year Award is sponsored by Lipman Hearne - and your special guest host for this three-episode series is Peter Barber, Executive Vice President with Lipman Hearne. Finalist #3 is the marketing team from Purdue University.

In this 3 episode special series in partnership with the American Marketing Association and Lipman Hearne, The EdUp Experience brings you the medium to get to know all three team finalists for the 2020 Higher Education Team of the Year Award. The AMA Higher Education Team of the Year Award is sponsored by Lipman Hearne - and your special guest host for this three-episode series is Peter Barber, Executive Vice President with Lipman Hearne. Finalist #2 is the Alumni Communications Department from ...

In this 3 episode special series in partnership with the American Marketing Association and Lipman Hearne, The EdUp Experience brings you the medium to get to know all three team finalists for the 2020 Higher Education Team of the Year Award. The AMA Higher Education Team of the Year Award is sponsored by Lipman Hearne - and your special guest host for this three-episode series is Peter Barber, Executive Vice President with Lipman Hearne. Finalist #1 is Simon Fraser University!

In this episdoe of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Dre "Dre All Day" Baldwin, Founder/CEO of Work On Your Game. WOYG is a mental framework, business, brand, and content machine helping you to become your best self by developing the thing that matters most - YOU! Dre talks to us about how to become a story instead of a statistic, what it takes to become great at what you do, and why all things are not and should not be equal in life. What does this mean to higher education? It means everything....

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Ardis Kadiu, CEO of Element451. Element451 is a CRM and marketing automation platform handling everything from leads to communications to yield management for colleges and universities. Element451 can be implemented in a modular way that prevents headaches and compromised systems. An effective CRM can be a differentiator when it comes to growth and competition!

Ardis is the CEO and founder of Element451, the intelligent admissions marketing, ...

BONUS - EdUp Embedded Episode - In this episdoe of The EdUp Experience, Dr. Joe Sallustio talks one-on-one with Minesh Parikh, CEO at Lipman Hearne. Minesh gives fantastic advice about the importance of crystallizing institutional brand, especially with the increase in competition. He also discusses the necessity of thinking outside the box to diversify revenue, why "tightening" operations in marketing and enrollment will increase yield and the reasons why the institutional website is of critica...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we welcome Academic Advisor at Granite State College, Katherine Acker. Katherine is an Academic Advisor for a non-traditional college (Granite State College) that caters to adult learners. She specializes in helping students in the fields of Human Services and Public Safety find academic success. Through in-depth conversations and thoughtful degree planning, she encourages students to make connections with their education and future career goals.

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This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #34 - In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Dr. Brad Sims, President of Capitol Technology University. Brad talks to us about the long-term value of technology programs in higher education and why CTU leads the Washington metro area in offering programs leading to jobs. STEM education has its place in higher education, especially in the growing field of cybersecurity. Capitol is a STEM university with a strong humanities underpi...

Episode 100! Can you believe it? In this 100th episode of The EdUp Experience, The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #33, we welcome Dr. Daria J. Willis, President of Everett Community College. As Everett CC's first African American President, Daria discusses why saying "yes" to opportunity and keeping it real underpinned her meteoric rise through the ranks. Though diversity, equity, and inclusion are important, so is authenticity and disrupting the traditional nature of higher education ...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Adam Haber, Founder & CEO of Higher Level Education. If you work in Higher Education, do you think that you work in sales? We are all salespeople in everything we do, whether it's asking for a raise, interviewing for a job, or even talking with our spouse about who will take out the trash. Adam talks about sales, relationships, and the necessity of having a knowledgeable marketing team with you in this "new normal" of higher education operatio...

This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #32 - In this episode, we welcome Lee Lambert, Chancellor and CEO for Pima Community College. Pima has grown to be one of the largest multi-campus community colleges in the nation. Lee talks to us about a variety to topics including the four tech superpowers, industry 4. 0, the community college as the hub of a community, and Pima's focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.

A U.S. Army veteran, Chancellor Lambert was born in Seoul, South Kore...

This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #31 - In this episode, we welcome Dr. Emily Barnes, Interim President at Cleary University. Cleary University is dedicated to providing an intimate and inclusive, student-centered business education that instills the values of the Cleary Mind. Emily talks to us about how to nurture women leaders, her transition from Provost to Interim President and how she uses pressure as a great motivator!

Provost Emily Barnes, MLS, Ed.D., is the eleventh p...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Senior Vice President of Everfi, Rob Buelow. Rob talks to us about how today's students demand more from their campus experience, evaluating institutions on their commitments to safety, health and wellness, and inclusion. Rob enlightens us about Everfi's Social Impact Index ranking and why there is a necessity to look at emerging factors which are key indicators for the future of higher education's relevance.

Rob Buelow is the Senior Vice Pre...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, Joe and Liz talk with Robert Morse, Chief Data Strategist with US News & World Report. Bob talks to us about the data, data analysis, indicators, strategy, and reasons for the rankings and why it can be used as a decision point for parents and students looking to make a higher ed decision. However, rankings are not without controversy - so we ask questions about debt, inclusion, online education, and return-on-investment. Bob gives us his take on the contr...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience podcast, we welcome Andrew Lang, CEO of Omega Notes. Andrew talks with Joe and Liz about how Omega Notes works to help students, Generation Z and Millennials in particular, engage with course work using a social media style platform to increase retention rates. They also talk about Andrew's thoughts on open educational resources (OER), how Covid has changed learning behavior and his thoughts on the future of higher education.

Andrew's passion for EdTech st...

This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #30 - In this episode, we welcome the President of Saybrook University, Dr. Nathan Long. Saybrook University is dedicated to transformative social change by focusing on the elements that make us human. Nathan talks to us about the necessity of the humanistic elements being embedded in the online experience to create the right engagement for effective learning. Nathan also touches on why it's so important that we "check-in" with each other duri...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience podcast, we welcome Andrew Ko, Founder of Kovexa. Andrew founded Kovexa to modernize education by accelerating and promoting companies that create pathways for high-tech skills and drive the use of advanced analytics assisting educators. In addition to discussing Kovexa, we talk to Andrew about educational value, data being the new currency, and educations role in the future of technology

Prior to Kovexa, at AWS, he was the Managing Director for Global Edu...

In this BONUS EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Dr. Joe Sallustio goes one on one with Robert Keiser, COO/Executive Director of Southeastern College & Institute. Robert discusses the absolute necessity of institutional choice for students citing that students are different, so there needs to be a myriad of institutional types to serve them - this includes career training colleges focused on job skills. Joe and Robert discuss the stigma of a "for-profit" college and explore how every ...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk to Dr. Kevin Kruger, the President of the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), the body representing Student Affairs professionals at every level. In this timely and important conversation, Kevin talks to us about the state of student affairs across college campuses given the pandemic and the exhaustion student affairs professionals have been feeling. We discuss different operating models, why student affairs may see c...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, our guest is Greg Shepard, Founder & CEO of Boss Capital Partners. Greg talks to us about the harsh realities for today's entrepreneurs, how the wealth gap inhibits innovations, and why higher education is stuck in the "ratchet effect". The Business Operating Support System (BOSS), which Greg created, helps acts as a catalyst to help prevent a business from failing. Greg says there are three valuation drivers - growth, margin, and retention. These concepts...

On this EdUp Experts episode, Justin Nguyen, CEO/Founder of GetChoGrindUp and a LinkedIn expert who receives over 200K views on his content each month, goes over the exact method on how creating content can be a unique differentiator when looking for a job.

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In this EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Giovanni Estrada, Founder, FLO-OPS and Dr. Joe Sallustio have a one-on-one about this new learning management system plug-in. They discuss how Giovanni came up with the idea, how it works and how it can be used in higher ed and beyond. They also talk about how FLO-OPS can help with student engagement, retention and completion rates.

Giovanni’s interest in education began during his undergraduate career at the College of the Holy Cross. He st...

This is The EdUp Experience President Series, Episode #29 - In this episode, we welcome Dr. David Finegold, President of Chatham University. Dr. Finegold talks to us his school's rich, 150-year history, with a legacy of tackling the challenge of sustainability, voted as the greenest campus in the US.

His university is also ranked # 3 in the US for undergraduate women's leadership and is devoted to developing initiatives focusing on gender equity and intersectionality and encouraging participati...