The Middlebury Blog Network » Social media http://sites.middlebury.edu/middblogs Selected Posts from the Midd Blogosphere Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 April 2013 Social Media Stats http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/fQsM40x2c9s/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/fQsM40x2c9s/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 12:30:38 +0000 Ian McBride http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=31766 Continue reading → Continue reading →]]> The following stats refer to activity on the Middlebury College Facebook page, the Middlebury College Twitter account, and share buttons on the main Middlebury College website. For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses, where appropriate.

Facebook Insights

  • 232 (326) new people liked our Page, while 54 (94) people unliked our Page.
  • 1032 (1286) unique people shared stories about our page. These stories include liking our Page, posting to our Page’s Wall, liking, commenting on or sharing one of our Page posts, answering a Question we posted, RSVPing to one of our events, mentioning our Page, phototagging our Page or checking in at our Place. [Daily People Talking About This]
  • 33979 (34072) unique people saw one of the items shared in that way. [Daily Viral Reach]
  • 74593 (84316) unique people saw content associated with our Page. [Daily Total Reach]

Top Five Facebook Posts

“Reach” is the number of people who saw the post. “Engagement” is the number of people who clicked on the post.

  1. New York Times notes Middlebury’s pioneering Feb program in this story about mid-year admissions. Reach: 8927, Engagement: 804
  2. The Burlington Free Press offers high praise for Middlebury athletics. Reach: 7436, Engagement: 399
  3. Political science prof. Erik Bleich offers a new take on diversification in higher ed. in today’s Atlantic Wire. Reach: 6795, Engagement: 377
  4. Vote for Middlebury to win the Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature. Midd is a finalist for this prestigious award, but we need your help to win. Click the link below and VOTE for Middlebury’s video. Please SHARE this with your FB friends, and let’s spread the word about Middlebury’s climate leadership! Reach: 6255, Engagement: 242
  5. Check out U.S. Army Lt. Emily Núñez ’12 in Bloomberg Businessweek! Emily and her sister just launched a business venture with help from Middlebury’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Emily will be deployed to Afghanistan later this year. Reach: 6252, Engagement: 353

ShareThis

ShareThis is a service that tracks the clicks on the sharing buttons on our website. These buttons are shown on news postings, which are primarily found in the News Room, Arts, Sustainability, and Athleticssections of the site.

Shares By Channel

  • Email: 48 (33) Shares, 326 (278) Clicks
  • Facebook: 42 (85) Shares, 3461 (6024) Clicks
  • Twitter: 29 (41) Shares, 366 (722) Clicks
  • LinkedIn: 5 (14) Shares, 0 (1) Clicks

Top Five Shared Pages

  1. Middlebury College offers 1,750 students acceptance to the Class of 2017. Shares: 27, Clicks 695
  2. Middlebury College mourns loss of Kathryn Wasserman Davis. Shares: 10, Clicks 906
  3. Men’s Lacrosse Sets Records, Advances To NESCAC Semis. Shares: 6, Clicks 52
  4. Hoffman Earns NESCAC Player Of The Week Honors. Shares: 4, Clicks 29
  5. Middlebury College Theatre Program Presents “Undressing Cinderella” April 10-13. Shares: 4, Clicks 26

Data Sets

]]> http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2013/05/02/april-2013-social-media-stats/feed/ 0 March 2013 Social Media Stats http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/zmhVH3K0NJo/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/zmhVH3K0NJo/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:00:07 +0000 Ian McBride http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=31639 Continue reading → Continue reading →]]> The following stats refer to activity on the Middlebury College Facebook page, the Middlebury College Twitter account, and share buttons on the main Middlebury College website. For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses, where appropriate.

Facebook Insights

  • 326 (229) new people liked our Page, while 94 (57) people unliked our Page.
  • 1286 (2049) unique people shared stories about our page. These stories include liking our Page, posting to our Page’s Wall, liking, commenting on or sharing one of our Page posts, answering a Question we posted, RSVPing to one of our events, mentioning our Page, phototagging our Page or checking in at our Place. [Daily People Talking About This]
  • 34072 (58721) unique people saw one of the items shared in that way. [Daily Viral Reach]
  • 84316 (104926) unique people saw content associated with our Page. [Daily Total Reach]

Top Five Facebook Posts

“Reach” is the number of people who saw the post. “Engagement” is the number of people who clicked on the post.

  1. Congratulations to Middlebury’s newly-admitted students! We look forward to meeting you. Reach: 10246, Engagement: 1130
  2. Jonathan Safran Foer to deliver Middlebury College commencement address Reach: 9897, Engagement: 800
  3. Panther Men Win Slalom Title, Boast Two All-American Reach: 7941, Engagement: 422
  4. Former Olympian and Midd skier Andrew Johnson to coach  Nordic team. Reach: 6881, Engagement: 419
  5. Middlebury’s growing MiddCORE program showed up in the Wall Street Journal today. Reach: 6339, Engagement: 325

ShareThis

ShareThis is a service that tracks the clicks on the sharing buttons on our website. These buttons are shown on news postings, which are primarily found in the News Room, Arts, Sustainability, and Athleticssections of the site.

Shares By Channel

  • Facebook: 85 (72) Shares, 6024 (3359) Clicks
  • Twitter: 41 (31) Shares, 722 (579) Clicks
  • Email: 33 (28) Shares, 278 (248) Clicks
  • LinkedIn: 14 (6) Shares, 1 (4) Clicks

Top Five Shared Pages

  1. Men’s Basketball Edges Ithaca To Earn Spot In Elite 8 Shares: 15, Clicks 272
  2. Middlebury College offers 1,750 students acceptance to the Class of 2017 Shares: 14, Clicks 1540
  3. Donahoe Named All-NESCAC – Silcoff Is Rookie Of The Year Shares: 13, Clicks 22
  4. Women’s Hockey Knocks Off Plattsburgh – Headed To NCAA Championship Game Shares: 11, Clicks 254
  5. Jonathan Safran Foer to deliver Middlebury College commencement address Shares: 9, Clicks 1151

Data Sets

]]> http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2013/04/09/march-2013-social-media-stats/feed/ 0 February 2013 Social Media Stats http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/JqkvmhgfgRU/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/JqkvmhgfgRU/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:02 +0000 Ian McBride http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=31342 Continue reading → Continue reading →]]> The following stats refer to activity on the Middlebury College Facebook page, the Middlebury College Twitter account, and share buttons on the main Middlebury College website. For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses, where appropriate.

Facebook Insights

  • 229 (233) new people liked our Page, while 57 (52) people unliked our Page.
  • 2049 (801) unique people shared stories about our page. These stories include liking our Page, posting to our Page’s Wall, liking, commenting on or sharing one of our Page posts, answering a Question we posted, RSVPing to one of our events, mentioning our Page, phototagging our Page or checking in at our Place. [Daily People Talking About This]
  • 58721 (20737) unique people saw one of the items shared in that way. [Daily Viral Reach]
  • 104926 (48283) unique people saw content associated with our Page. [Daily Total Reach]

Top Five Facebook Posts

“Reach” is the number of people who saw the post. “Engagement” is the number of people who clicked on the post.

  1. Middlebury students are confronting a formerly taboo subject — how much each of them pays to be at Midd. Check out this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Reach: 8101, Engagement: 1489
  2. Middlebury is the most “winter wonderful” campus according to BuzzFeed. (Beautiful pic by Midd staffer Adam Franco!) Reach: 713, Engagement: 1069
  3. This amazing short film by new Feb graduate Bianca Giaever ’12.5 might be the best eight minutes you’ll spend today. (It’s quickly gone viral and you’ll see why when you watch it.) Reach:7356, Engagement: 999
  4. Do you have fond memories of J-term? Tell us what J-term course you’d want to teach if you came back to Midd. some day. Reach: 5997, Engagement: 377
  5. Check out the Feb Cam video, shot today at the annual ski-down celebration for February graduates. Special thanks to Feb Hanna Howell for wearing the camera up and down the mountain. Reach: 5077, Engagement: 290

ShareThis

ShareThis is a service that tracks the clicks on the sharing buttons on our website. These buttons are shown on news postings, which are primarily found in the News Room, Arts, Sustainability, and Athleticssections of the site.

Shares By Channel

  • Facebook: 72 (51) Shares, 3359 (3332) Clicks
  • Twitter: 31 (43) Shares, 579 (425) Clicks
  • Email: 28 (39) Shares, 248 (1050) Clicks
  • LinkedIn: 6 (13) Shares, 4 (6) Clicks

Top Five Shared Pages

  1. Men’s Basketball Loses Triple-Overtime Thriller To Amherst Shares: 13, Clicks 8
  2. Carolyn Kuebler to become editor of the New England Review Shares: 12, Clicks 691
  3. Men’s Basketball To Host Curry In NCAA Tournament Game – Ticket Info. Shares: 8, Clicks 71
  4. Soccer Drafts Crown Point’s Dmitri Duval From Team IMPACT Shares: 7, Clicks 343
  5. Women’s DMR Team Breaks National Record Shares: 7, Clicks 295

Data Sets

]]> http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2013/03/04/february-2013-social-media-stats/feed/ 0 January 2013 Social Media Stats http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/wEMYulrldNY/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/wEMYulrldNY/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:00:34 +0000 Ian McBride http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=31206 Continue reading → Continue reading →]]> The following stats refer to activity on the Middlebury College Facebook page, the Middlebury College Twitter account, and share buttons on the main Middlebury College website. For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses, where appropriate.

Facebook Insights

  • 233 (325) new people liked our Page, while 52 (62) people unliked our Page.
  • 801 (938) unique people shared stories about our page. These stories include liking our Page, posting to our Page’s Wall, liking, commenting on or sharing one of our Page posts, answering a Question we posted, RSVPing to one of our events, mentioning our Page, phototagging our Page or checking in at our Place.
  • 20737 (28907) unique people saw one of the items shared in that way.
  • 48283 (52082) unique people saw content associated with our Page.

Top Five Facebook Posts

“Reach” is the number of people who saw the post. “Engagement” is the number of people who clicked on the post.

  1. Board of trustees promotes seven members of Middlebury faculty. Reach: 6804, Engagement: 711
  2. “Dan Rather Reports” features the amazing story of Kenyan Middlebury student athlete Gilbert Kipkorir.  Reach: 5640, Engagement: 273
  3. Middlebury’s been recognized again for the excellence of its environmental studies program. Reach: 5167, Engagement: 632
  4. Middlebury College cross country skiers have stand-out performances at U.S. Nationals. Reach: 4811, Engagement: 255
  5. Former provost and longtime faculty member at Middlebury College will become the first woman president of Lafayette College. Reach: 4790, Engagement:351

ShareThis

ShareThis is a service that tracks the clicks on the sharing buttons on our website. These buttons are shown on news postings, which are primarily found in the News Room, Arts, Sustainability, and Athleticssections of the site.

Shares By Channel

  • Facebook: 51 (60) Shares, 3332 (1326) Clicks
  • Twitter: 43 (24) Shares, 425 (264) Clicks
  • Email: 39 (21) Shares, 1050 (130) Clicks
  • LinkedIn: 13 (11) Shares, 6 (20) Clicks

Top Five Shared Pages

  1. Panther Cross Country Athlete Featured On Dan Rather Reports 21 Shares, 646 Clicks
  2. MIL, Middlebury College launch Vermont World Language Initiative 11 Shares, 186 Clicks
  3. Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship to host symposium Jan. 24-26 10 Shares, 69 Clicks
  4. Alison Byerly named president of Lafayette College 9 Shares, 362 Clicks
  5. Panel discussion on Jan. 22 will explore how endowment should be invested 9 Shares, 249 Clicks

Data Sets

]]> http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2013/02/02/january-2013-social-media-stats/feed/ 0 In Their Own Words: Ellery Berk ’14 http://sites.middlebury.edu/middblogs/2012/10/29/in-their-own-words-ellery-berk-14/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/middblogs/2012/10/29/in-their-own-words-ellery-berk-14/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:12:06 +0000 Hillary Chutter-Ames http://sites.middlebury.edu/internship/?p=5479 Continue reading →]]> “In Their Own Words” is an ongoing series featuring the experiences of Middlebury students at their summer internships. This summer Ellery Berk ’14 interned with Gardens for Health International in Kigali, Rwanda.   

What did you do?

For the month of June, I interned with Gardens for Health International as a communications intern, conducting interviews, collecting media and writing blogs. Gardens for Health  is an agricultural NGO that partners with Rwandan health centers to equip families facing malnutrition with the knowledge and resources for greater self-sufficiency.

What did you learn?

Through Gardens for Health, I learned anew the values of self-sufficiency and community, and I have great expectations for our partnership moving forward. I learned that it is very important to be flexible.

What are your plans for the future?

My interest in development and global health remains strong; however, I realize that my place in the field likely does not lie in a small grassroots organization. While in Rwanda, I found that the most effective work Gardens for Health did was completed by Rwandans themselves. Expat staffers provided programmatic and technical support for Rwandan staff members, but little else. From this experience, I’ve learned that if I want to continue in the global health and development field, I should probably work with larger organizations, like Oxfam or the UN, and I should get an MPP and MBA.

Think this experience sounded pretty cool? Check out opportunities like this and more on MOJO.

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