In this episode, our content specialist, Rachel Rosen-Carroll and Executive Director of Media Prefs, Jamie Wagner share what exactly has been going on with the new and improved Media Prefs survey and how it will make it easier to hear from your students to make necessary changes in marketing, customer service and enrollment. 

Media Prefs has been around for 17 years and Jamie has been working alongside a development team to not only improve the survey experience for colleges, but to also improve visualizations. Listen in to hear how this living lab of data will change your marketing, enrollment and customer service by getting feedback straight from your community college students.

Learn more at: The Inside Scoop to Boost Enrollment

1:07: Set a Goal with our Survey Calculator 
2:35: Single Sign On for Students
4:11: Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner select a winner right in the platform
7:05: Start and Stop Feature
8:42: Logic-Based Questions and Billing Ease
11:49: What makes Media Prefs Special 
13:38: How it works

From COVID crisis communications to sharing Facebook logins to campaigns for free college, there is nothing we can't do as a team and the San Mateo Community College District colleges show us how it's done on this episode of the Community College Marketing Masterclass.

This episode was recorded in Universal City, CA at the April 2022 CCPRO conference and features: 

• Megan Rodriguez Antone, Cañada College Director of Community Relations and Marketing
• Dave Mclain, College of San Mateo Director of Community Relations & Marketing
• Cherie Colin, Skyline College Director of Community Relations and Marketing

4:00 - Introduction of Guests from San Mateo Community College District

6:05 - The Origin Story of SMCCD’s Collaboration 

11:00 - Coordinating Resources and Capacity … even by sharing Facebook Admin Access

12:40 - Meeting Cadence for Staying in Sync and Leaning into Action

14:56 - Added Bonus: Personal Professional Development

16:08 - Implementing Campaigns Under a District Umbrella 

21:00 - Chancellor and President Input and Involvement

24:00 - Collaboration within College Teams 

26:45 - Advocacy and Confidence in group collaboration through continued success

30:43 - Round Robin: What is it like working at a community college? 

In this episode, Dr. Pam Cox-Otto of Interact Communications hosts a conversation with Dr. Angel Reyna, president of Madera Community College, which recently won the Lumina Foundation's Million Dollar Community College Challenge. They are joined by Lumina Foundation's Shauna Davis, Mary Lapen Pope, and Tracy Chen. Dr. Reyna shares Madera's vision of the impact they aim to have on their community and students through delivering a message that elevates Madera's students' incredible resilience and how the college can help them reach the next level of their potential.

Be sure to check out Madera Community College's video submission for the Challenge, featuring the touching story of Madera student Marisela Maciel.