Let's be clear: This is not about admissions offices checking applicants' social networking profiles in their decision process. It's about reaching out to high school students in social media from Facebook.com to Formspring.me. That statistic comes from Kaplan Test Prep’s 2010 survey of college admissions officers, says AllFacebook.com. But also useful is a college admissions thread the FB news … [Read more...] about 82% of college admissions offices recruit in FB
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The social Web, reputations & an election
Five years ago was, I think, was the first time I wrote about young Net users needing to be good spin doctors and get in touch with their inner political consultants. I was thinking more about protecting reputations and future prospects than opportunities to run for office. But now we've had the first election in which politicians have had to confront the social-Web skeletons in their closets, the … [Read more...] about The social Web, reputations & an election
Our children’s digital dossiers
New parents probably don't think of baby blogs and online photo albums as part of their children's digital dossiers or footprints, but that's what they are. The computer security company AVG recently surveyed parents with Internet access and children under age two in 10 countries (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, the UK, and the US), asking them "when they … [Read more...] about Our children’s digital dossiers
Major exposure for ‘Overexposed’: TrendMicro’s winner
A little overexposure for the grand-prize winner in TrendMicro's online-safety video contest wouldn't hurt! "Overexposed," produced by Nicholas Chen and Edan Freiberger, gets its slightly funny, slightly scary message across in under two minutes (watch it here). Its subject and the number of submissions in its category "Keeping a good rep online" both point to how top-of-mind online reputation … [Read more...] about Major exposure for ‘Overexposed’: TrendMicro’s winner
Online reputation management: Getting smarter, Pew says
Interesting: We're getting smarter about our online spin control, especially the younger Net users among us, but apparently not because we're getting more concerned about our online reputations. According to Pew/Internet's latest report, "Reputation Management & Social Media," "Young adults, far from being indifferent about their digital footprints, are the most active online reputation … [Read more...] about Online reputation management: Getting smarter, Pew says