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Bill Clinton Embraces Lifelong Learning

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

The GearyPMG team was fortunate enough to be part of a lucky few, thousand that is, who were able to hear former President Bill Clinton speak at the Career College Association’s Annual Convention in Las Vegas.

Clinton didn’t disappoint; and was dynamic and articulate. He touched on many “big picture” topics, namely advancements that we were fortunate enough to witness in our time: the mapping of the human genome, space travel and exploration, cell research, and other profound innovations in biology, physics, and our favorite, technology. As he highlighted those benchmarks of achievement, he underscored the importance of each person, regardless of age or background, being committed to lifelong learning.

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CCA Recap: Leads 360 – A New School Approach

Friday, June 18th, 2010

One of the world’s largest and successful sales software and lead management companies had the opportunity to share their “new school approach” for successful student enrollment at CCA 2010 last week in Las Vegas.

Currently there are many factors positively affecting student enrollments due to the landscape and evolution in higher education.

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CCA Recap: Building a Reputation Through Community Involvement

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Over the last 10 years the career college space has grown exponentially; helped by the internet and online marketing. What many schools tend to overlook are the opportunities in front of them. It’s easy to focus on lead generation from an online perspective, but there are many schools that benefit from their increased involvement in their communities.

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CCA Recap: Federal Legislation Priorities and Next Steps

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

This last week at the 2010 Career College Association Convention, I was able to hear from Brian Moran, Executive Vice President of Government Relations General Counsel for the CCA. Mr. Moran gave a comprehensive and informative update on upcoming federal legislation that will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the for-profit higher education industry. To quote Mr. Moran (himself paraphrasing the great Charles Dickens) “it is the best of times, it’s the worst of times.”

The Best of Times
President Obama has suggested that we restore America’s leadership in higher education and regain lost ground by 2020, returning to its #1 ranking in the world in higher education (currently 14th). To help achieve this, the President has requested a 6% increase overall in Department of Education (ED)’s FY 2011 budget, with $2.1 billion directed at higher education programs. Not to mention the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimulus) funding of Pell grants for school year 2009-2010 is $33B up from $18B in 2008. The money and desire are there for the proprietary education industry to continue the phenomenal growth realized over the past decade, and that growth must come from continuing adult learners and for-profit institutions.

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CCA Recap: Social Media and .EDU

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

I attended the Social Media session on Thursday afternoon, at the Career College Association (CCA) conference, and I must say they spoke really well to one point: Social Media is an essential part of your Brand Awareness.

Social Media is key to any brand that has a web presence. At CCA they hit on only one of the many important reasons you should use social media; that being brand-awareness. Their main point was that schools have to start paying attention to what is being said and posted on these social portals. (If you are not sure which portals are social media take a look at Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, to name a few.) Now this is a great point because you don’t necessarily want inappropriate things coming up in the search engine when people search for your school, but there is so much more to it.

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2010 CCA Annual Convention & Expo

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Career College Association Convention & Expo
June 9-11, 2010 – The Palazzo- Las Vegas, NV

Here at GearyPMG, we consider this event to be the most
important event in the educational industry. It is only
three days long, so in the past we have found that many have challenges with making the most out of it. So we thought we would share with you our preparation sheet that we have passed on to our clients.

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