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Related links:Digital Community CohortStudent Affairs Marketing and Communications surveyMarcomm Barbie Slack Group‍In this episode of Confessions of a Higher Ed Social Media Manager, Jenny Li Fowler chats with Josie Ahlquist, a trailblazer in the higher education community. Josie shares her inspiring journey into higher ed, shaped by her family's roots, her passion for student engagement, and her knack for empowering institutions to foster authentic online communities. The conversation dives deep into the dynamics between student affairs and central communications, exploring ways to bridge gaps, build relationships, and create meaningful student connections.Key TakeawaysRelationship-building is key: Building partnerships between central comms and student affairs starts with authentic, non-work-related connections.Empower "make-em-up marketers": Many student affairs staff juggle multiple roles; training and shared resources can significantly enhance their effectiveness.Understand student development: To communicate effectively, know where students are emotionally, socially, and developmentally.Ask students directly: Whether through feedback or collaboration, student voices are a powerful tool for shaping impactful communication strategies.Centralize resources without alienating teams: Hybrid models and shared resources can improve collaboration and strategy without overstepping boundaries.What inspired Josie's passion for higher education?Josie Ahlquist credits her family's legacy for inspiring her deep passion for education. Her grandparents, who valued education despite their working-class cowboy roots, instilled in her the idea that knowledge is invaluable. Her first steps on a college campus felt like home, sparking a career in higher education that has never wavered.What are the unique challenges student affairs faces in creating online communities?Student affairs teams often operate with limited resources and little formal training in marketing and communications. As Josie puts it, many are "make-em-up marketers," learning on the job and finding creative ways to manage their responsibilities. This DIY approach, while admirable, can lead to inefficiencies and misalignments with broader institutional branding.Additionally, Josie points out that social media has "grown up," making it more challenging for student affairs to stay strategic without dedicated support. From inconsistent messaging to a lack of positional structures, the divide between student affairs and central comms often hinders collaboration.How can central comms and student affairs work better together?Josie emphasizes the importance of relationship-building—starting with something as simple as coffee chats or happy hours to break down silos. Central comms teams should avoid diving in with audits or policies right away. Instead, build trust by getting to know the people behind the accounts and finding ways to support their work without micromanaging.She also suggests hybrid models that pool resources, ensuring that student affairs teams have access to central comms expertise while maintaining the unique connections they have with students.Why is understanding student development essential for effective communication?Josie highlights the importance of understanding student development theory—an often overlooked area in higher ed communications. Knowing where students are emotionally, socially, and developmentally can inform messaging strategies and ensure communications truly resonate.Student affairs teams, with their direct student contact, can be a treasure trove of insights. Josie suggests collaborating with these teams to collect feedback, co-create campaigns, and feature diverse student voices in marketing efforts.How can higher ed communicators better connect with students?Josie encourages institutions to consistently ask students for feedback, even if the answers are raw and unfiltered. She also stresses the importance of crafting messages that are valuable and relevant to students. It's not about the channel—it's about the content. If the messaging matters, students will engage, no matter where it's shared.‍What steps can central comms take to build bridges with student affairs?Map the structure: Identify who is responsible for communications across various student affairs offices.Start small: Begin with informal meetings or organic conversations before implementing larger initiatives.Create shared spaces: Platforms like Slack or Discord can foster collaboration without requiring rigid committees.Lead with empathy: Recognize that many in student affairs are juggling marketing as one of many responsibilities. Approach with support rather than critique.Partner for progress: Collaborate on building centralized resources and strategies while respecting the autonomy of student affairs teams.Josie's ConfessionAs someone who literally puts her face and name on her brand, Josie admits she has struggled with imposter syndrome and perfectionism in her journey. Hiring a team member to help her stay consistent with her content allowed her to overcome the internal battles that often held her back. Her mission today is to empower leaders and institutions to tell authentic stories, even when self-doubt gets in the way.Guest Name: Josie Ahlquist, Digital Engagement and Leadership Consultant, Keynote Speaker and Executive CoachGuest Social: XLinkedInFacebookInstagramBlueskyYouTubeThreadsGuest Bio: Josie Ahlquist empowers leaders, organizations, and students to embrace purposeful digital leadership through her dynamic speaking engagements, personalized coaching, and expert consulting services. Her approach is deeply rooted in her grant-funded and award-winning research, which has equipped her to train thousands worldwide, consult for various institutions and corporations, and coach executives on effective and personalized digital strategies.In 2023, Josie was honored as a NASPA Pillar of the Profession, recognizing her as a distinguished figure in student affairs. She has also been a three-time LinkedIn Top Voice in Education recipient. For five consecutive years, her insights have been recognized in Ed Tech Magazine's “Top 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs.” Her podcast, "Josie and the Podcast," has received accolades from The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. Her book, "Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World," debuted as an Amazon #1 new release in the college and university student life category. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Jenny Li Fowlerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jennylifowler/https://twitter.com/TheJennyLiAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:Confessions of a Higher Ed Social Media Manager is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com.Attend the 2025 Engage Summit! The Engage Summit is the premier conference for forward-thinking leaders and practitioners dedicated to exploring the transformative power of AI in education. 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Empowering Student Voices:  The Digital Transformation The use of social media in higher education has evolved from a platform for personal expression to a crucial tool for professional development and student engagement. Dr. Josie Ahlquist shared her expertise on digital leadership, emphasizing how social media gives students and educators alike the power to craft their own narratives. Gone are the days when online behavior was solely interpreted through a lens of fear; instead, we must encourage responsible and purposeful digital engagement. Revolutionizing Campus Culture: From Traditional to Trailblazing The episode highlighted the need to transcend traditional roles and embrace the flexible, interconnected nature of campus culture. The drive to humanize the workplace converges with the desire to inspire meaningful mentorship and collaboration, both within student affairs and across various campus departments.  A Visionary Approach to Student Engagement Dr. Alquist's curriculum, based on the social change model, teaches students to harness social media's potential for advocacy, community building, and change. Meanwhile, Dr. Jill Creighton's research brings to light the positive impact of social media on academic success, further advocating for its inclusion in student support strategies. Leading by Example: The Entrepreneurial Leap in Higher Education Chronicling her journey from campus professional to CEO, Dr. Alquist offers a candid look at the challenges and mental health tolls of entrepreneurial endeavors. Her experience underscores the importance of self-reflection, support systems, and the willingness to take risks - foundational elements that redefine professional growth in student affairs. An Invitation to Shape the Future Dr. Ahlquist and Dr. Creighton invite you to reflect on their own relationship with social media and its integration into higher education, encouraging continuous adaptation to the digital habits of a new generation of students. This conversation not only serves as a call to action for today's educators but a bridge to the untapped potential of tomorrow's student affairs landscape.   TRANSCRIPT Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:01]: Welcome to student affairs voices from the field, the podcast where we share your student affairs stories from fresh perspectives to seasoned experts. This is season 10, continuing our season 9 theme of on transitions in student affairs. This podcast is brought to you by NASPA, and I'm doctor Jill Creighton. She, her, hers, your essay voices from the field host. Hey, essay voices. Welcome back for our next episode, and I'm going to be bringing back something that we haven't done in a little while, which is a crossover episode with another podcast. You'll hear us talk about this in the heart of the show, but we are doing a crossover today with doctor Josie Alquist's podcast called Josie and the podcast. So the part one of this conversation drops on her show feed, and this is part 2 of that conversation. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:48]: But first, let me introduce you to Josie. Dr. Josie Alquist guides educational leaders, organizations, and students to practice purpose full digital leadership through speaking, coaching, and consulting. Her practical evidence based frameworks empower clients to build and implement a digital engagement strategy that fits their life, audience, and purpose. Josie's work is grounded in the grant funded and award winning research that has allowed her to train 1,000 around the globe as a speaker, providing consulting services to institutions and companies, and coach professionals in branding, voice, and positioning. Josie's work has appeared in the Handbook Student Affairs Dialogues on Equity, Civility, and Safety. She also served as a co editor and author of The New Directions in Student Services volume, Engaging the Digital Generation and the New Directions in Student Leadership Volume, Going Digital in Student Leadership. In 2023, Dr. Alquist was selected as a NASPA pillar of the profession, one of the highest honors in our field in student affairs. She's a 3 time LinkedIn top voice in education and has been recognized by EdTech Magazine as one of the top 50 must read higher education technology blogs for 5 years. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:02:02]: Her podcast, Josie and the Podcast, has been featured by the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. Her new book, Digital Leadership in Higher Education, Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World, was listed as number 1 on Amazon's new release list for college and university student life. She received her EDD in education from Cal Lutheran and an MED in counseling from Northern Arizona with a BA in psychology and human development and family studies from South Dakota State University. Prior to her independent path, Josie spent nearly 15 years on college campuses in areas of student leadership, student activities, residence life, and student affairs communications and marketing. She previously served as a research associate and instructor at Florida State University Leadership Learning Research Center, where her curriculum builds digital literacy and leadership skills for undergraduates to doctoral students. For more information about Josie's research, speaking, coaching, and consulting, you can find her at www.josiealquist.com. That's josiea hlquist.com. You can also connect with Josie on Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and Facebook. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:03:07]: Josie, I'm so excited to continue our conversation. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:03:10]: I get, like, a half day with you today. It is so delightful. I need this every month. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:03:15]: And this is a double episode because Josie just interviewed me on her show, which dropped yesterday. Do you wanna plug that real quick? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:03:24]: So my podcast is Josie and the podcast, and I get to interview amazing guests like Jill and talk about the intersection of marketing, communication, social media, and how to be a human on and offline. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:03:37]: How to be a human. That is a lesson that we are all continually relearning, I think. It's hard. It's hard. But it's a joy to have you on the show today because you have such an incredible breadth of experience in higher education both as an on campus professional and as a campus partner. As I mentioned in your bio, you recently received the Pillar of the Profession award, which is tremendous. You've authored a book. You've built an entire business that works directly with higher education. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:04:05]: But it didn't all start there. And so looking forward to hearing more about all of your transitions in career and the choices that you've made along the way to stay connected and anchored into the student affairs profession while serving a gap, that definitely exists in our profession. Let's start at the beginning. How did you find your way onto campus? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:04:27]: Well, the minute I step foot on a campus, whether if it was a tour or where I ended up going to college at South Dakota State, I was hooked. The talents were in and I was one of those freshmen probably on a coffee table yelling, I love college. And, I don't go on coffee tables anymore because that could really hurt my knees. But I just absolutely loved it. The energy, the exploration, the exploration, the involvement, and had really great mentors that were like, well, Chelsea, it's not all the fun stuff of being an orientation leader. There's there's actually a lot of, you know, operations, but I found my way through that too. And also found my way as social media arrived on our campuses that I was really comfortable playing in the sandbox along with a lot of a lot of change. So from my roots in student affairs over 12 years at different campuses, I'm based in Los Angeles. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:05:23]: My last institution was Loyola Marymount and I also have always education is such a core identity of who I am and, values. Early on, my mom or my grandma and grandpa saying you gotta get your education, kid. And I just always knew I wanted to get my doctorate. And so the doctorate was kind of a spark that started a fire. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:05:48]: I didn't ever realize. I can pause there. I can keep going. I don't know. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:05:53]: Well, your dissertation I think we share this in our stories that our dissertations really led to career changes, which is fascinating. Your dissertation was on social media behavior with undergraduate students. What did you learn from that? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:06:06]: I still feel like I am a interpreter of culture and generations and the internet And around 2013 is when I started my program, and then it was a very it was packed a diminished view of students' use of technology and especially for student leaders, I would hear a lot of talk about assuming students were doing the worst things possible online and I wasn't seeing that with my students. It went against, I feel like, who we are as practitioners that we're putting all this work into empowering them and giving them the tools and we know developmentally and you worked in conduct, you get it, you see that process, but we were making a lot of assumptions out of fear and so I wanted to know what were they really doing online, if it was as bad as we thought or not, because this also was the time where it was super black and white. Do not even look at your student stuff, don't let them connect with you. Some places, you still couldn't even have accounts as departments. It was it was very much scare tactics. And, honestly, that was one of the discoveries in my focus groups. Students would talk about their whole lives that they were educated about social media with fear. To catch a predator came up. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:07:41]: Oh, yeah. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:07:42]: Like, literally. And what was also so fascinating was they learned lessons based upon how the people in their lives older than them were making mistakes and or their peers, so they were just having to learn this stuff on the flight. Like, imagine dropping Josie, who grew up in Wyoming, on the 405 in LA without ever of driving in in a city before. You woulda had to tow my car out of there. I'm sorry. I just didn't have those skills, and sometimes that's what we're doing and or telling me before I get to LA how it you're gonna adapt you're not gonna make it unless you do x y z, and that kinda broke my heart a little bit. Like, again, we give so much and it's not even about, like, positive psychology but just tell them what to do then. What do you want them to do online? Like, they were so desperate that then they would say, well, this is how my RD, I've noticed, uses Facebook. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:08:36]: So maybe that's how an adult does Facebook even though there is no one way. We know that. Right? We get to make a million choices and so what came from that was a set of curriculum. I wanted to be able to share. I'm a I'm a sharer and this could be a framework you could teach your students And that also is what led then to me speaking to a lot of students in a new way because a lot of times they'd come to, like, my keynote or it to, like, get on LinkedIn or start a blog, share my story. No one told me I could share, but in a purposeful way. So I use the social change model as the framework in both the curriculum, but also what I was looking for. If the student leaders that we were putting so much investment in, if they were actually using those skills on social. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:09:37]: And I think the individual skills was definitely shown. Group skills are more harder. It was the time of the ice bucket challenge, so there was that kind of expression. Yeah. But overall, with a couple exceptions, they were they were using these tools in productive ways and I still think that holds true today that we need to give youth more credit than I think we're just assuming other tool. And so I just really got on a soapbox, Jill. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:10:03]: If it's a topic you're passionate about, this is good. But I'll give a shout out to doctor Jason Foster, Positive Use of Social Media and Their Academic Success. And that was kind of similar to what you were seeing, a time where I was using social media to connect and build relationships with people. This is before it was a dumpster fire all the time, I think. And we were hearing the narrative that social media was so bad. And so we thought we wanted to contribute to the literature in a way that reflected, well, there's obviously some benefits here. Let's talk about them. And we found that students were using social media to be academically successful in group projects, which was a really interesting twist. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:10:48]: And, you know, we ended up getting cited in the handbook of qualitative research, I think, or social media research, something like that. And I was like, wow. I didn't think this was that profound, but it's nice to Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:10:58]: This is blowing my mind because I'm fairly positive I cited that paper. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:11:03]: And now That's really funny. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:11:04]: Source because I'm like, wait. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:11:08]: That's amazing. And but I think the one lesson looking back because it was so extreme that there was this negativity. I stayed in that positive, purposeful place because we know now 10 years later, there are so many ethical issues and concerns and things that need to change and are problematic that things are different. 10 years cycle. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:11:31]: So let's talk about those transitions then because Yeah. In in our theme of transitions, we've seen all sorts of things from our guests in different personal transitions. But one of the transitions I appreciate from your perspective is this longitudinal arc of how students are using social media, what the concerns are from different generations of students with social media use, and the trends that you're seeing for how student affairs professionals can actually connect with students because I know they don't want us on TikTok. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:12:02]: They do if you meet the culture and the content for that platform. If you show up like you would in an email or on LinkedIn, give them the ick. Like, let that you know, it'd be cringe and I think this is where the concept of time right now kind of blows my mind. I feel like I'm still in my thirties, that I am full blown ahead in my forties. Right? And the longer we're in these positions and we see lots of students come and go, but we can sometimes forget how much has changed in 10 years. So the students in my study, and a lot of them I'm still connected with and some of them are higher ed pros now, they are now full into millennials and we still are thinking about those students and sometimes communicating like those are still our students and meeting them on platforms that we were for example, Facebook groups were big back then. We still have people trying to keep Facebook groups alive for 1st year students, like class of whatever. I'm like, honey, they're on Discord. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:13:03]: They've made a subreddit of you already. The pacing is so much different of these other platforms and so that needs, our side needs to change. They've also grown up even further back than the students in my studies. So as early as when they were born, potentially, the second they came out, they had a paper trail, Good or bad? And we are also seeing more students come or preteens, teens, young adults having more frustrations that then they didn't get say in what their digital identity was early on and or we are also seeing them double down and become influencers on different platforms whether that's a micro influencer just talking about makeup or running or a million other things And so, we might be inviting new students to our campuses. They have influence that we didn't in college in addition to access, so lots of communications. I do think that education and curriculum has improved but honestly the majority of it is their own self. Education and peer education tends to be always some of the strongest factors. I think the other thing that's also who grew up with social media early in their careers and so now they are their own kind of digital natives in executive roles. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:14:35]: I had previous vice presidents that wouldn't touch any tools, let alone know what they are or be willing to access them. So I think 2 things are happening at once, both what our students are doing and what it's impacting our profession and future leaders use or even misuse. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:14:52]: We are all over the place as a profession in terms of our level of comfort with having a digital identity or digital footprint, as well as our level of capacity or skill base for how that's going for folks. You know, some of us are all in on all platforms. Some of us are partway in on some platforms and all in on others. And some of us are like, you just said Discord. What is that? So there's a level of all of these things. Right? Like, I'm on Discord. I'm on Slack. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:15:21]: I'm in the YouTube space. TikTok was banned in the country I was last in, so couldn't be on there. But Douyin was allowed, which is, like, the counterpart in the country. But there's also social media that is huge in other parts of the world that a lot of Americans have never heard of or use. Like, WeChat is, like, a tool of life Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:15:39]: Oh, yeah. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:15:40]: In a lot of Asia. Yes. And and you can't function without a WeChat account. It's where all the information is. So given all of this major big landscape, how would you recommend that student affairs professionals who want to gain digital skills and don't necessarily feel like they know how to do that go about the process. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:15:59]: I think just like how our students are sorting it out and how we seek out mentors and sponsors is to find those yourself. And the nice thing is you can just kind of lurk and scroll on your own, but I do highly encourage people to actually reach out, right? Like if someone aspires to be like you, I aspire to be like you, Joe. But I have a podcast or again, like, working internationally, like, reach out. Use the access not just for the likes and comment. That is my number one advice when students are doing their doctorate or masters. You have a secret sauce that somehow gets taken away after you graduate is that you just say you're a student, people will take your calls more often for guidance and mentorship and so I called up a lot of the people I was citing or just people that were talking a lot about social media and tech to ask some questions and now they're some of my closest colleagues and even friends. And so I guess my advice is you have to take it offline. You really do have to take the relationship piece. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:17:01]: The tools can be a spark, but they are not the source to keep it sustainable. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:17:07]: You wrote a book recently that was listed as number 1 for new college releases, which is very exciting, on Amazon, Digital Leadership and Higher Education, Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World. Now I don't want you to have to rehash your whole book, but I'm wondering if you have nuggets for professionals who are aspiring to increase their professional digital presence, both for their campuses and for the field. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:17:31]: Write the book. If you wanna write the book, make sure it's in the right place. The reason why you think you want to write a book, my number one piece of advice is write it with someone else. Or it might be great, maybe I was the queen of committee work. I loved it. I was good at it but also then I was, like, I just wanna close myself in my office and be alone. A book project where you're already with working with so many people, it might be a glorious thing for you to get to do something on your own. I would also say just like you need to rearrange the furniture of your life when you do your doctorate, a book will be the same that you will need to and or it's just not gonna get done. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:18:09]: And I would say what I have learned is make it a living thing. What I don't like about books is then they are printed and you can't change it like you can on the Internet. Mhmm. And my book is already very outdated. And I have to think about how do I keep contributing to that topic or leave it entirely and or what is the future versions of it, whether if it's me that's contributing or other people. And I think maybe that's just a lifelong learner in me. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:18:38]: So now let's jump back because you are one of the most, I think, beautifully present people in the campus partner space. We know you well. We see you often. We see you engage with professionals both on and off campus. But that transition was, I think, a scarier leap when you made it than I think it's a little more common now. Tell us about making the determination to discontinue campus based work and, as you put it, accidentally build a business. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:19:08]: Yes. I think I blogged about this and shared a bit on my podcast, but I think it's good to share the full breadth of the story. I mean, not too long. I swear. I won't be too long winded because it was difficult not just in the doing but the unweaving and rebuilding of my identity. And so it started with applying for a position that I did not receive that was gutting and required me to reconsider and it was an internal position. And I looked around and I there was nowhere else on campus that I could see myself which also scared the heck out of me because I was 6 months into a doc program. I was like, well, is this place even for me? And my husband and I were out for a run. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:19:51]: I all of a sudden just start crying uncontrollably. He's like, did you fall? And he knew I was kind of having a hard time. And he's like, we're okay. Like, what if you just did school? And I'm like, who you. I've been working since I was 12. Work is my identity. I grew up in a low income and middle class family in Wyoming. My grandparents are all ranchers. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:20:13]: Like, work is what we do. It was never even a consideration of not doing. I sat on it for a couple of months and it started to grow on to me. So, honestly, it even started with the idea and so that might resonate with some listeners of what it means to just do school full time and not be contributing to your family or needing to take out other resources, that that internal struggle is real and validated. But then what I didn't anticipate was leaving my job then and the excitement and the going away parties that then went away in 2 months and I completely was in a free fall. My mental health, you know, you can that I discovered panic attacks and anxiety? And I've always, I think, had anxiety, but it cracked open, again, just doing school. And I had busied myself so much. Again, queen of committees. Put me in everything. Do everything. Output. So I blogged every day for 50 days and just poured myself into Twitter now x, where I found a community where student affairs used to be very active Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:21:30]: Of colleagues, friends, and just continue to go there. That was, like, my water cooler. And by the time I graduated, I was already starting to get invited to do speaking because I was blogging my coursework and you could still do this. Set up a substack and share what you wrote about on Black board, like or it literally could be, this is a quote from my paper that you did because that's how I just started to share the work I was doing. I was still terrified that what I was doing wasn't real or worthy. So I picked up, like, 4 adjunct positions at once and doing some speaking on the side. But I always had this, I need a plan b. So I'm still looking at jobs. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:22:15]: I'm, like, doing the speaker circuit thing. And it wasn't until, honestly, a couple years before the pandemic that I finally said, Josie, you need to make a commitment. Is this a business? Are you in or you're out? Because mentally, it's also tormenting. And so then I did. I've I I mean, I literally took out, like, a license that, you know, like I'm incorporated now and, brought on people to help me. And I just think to acknowledge and not to scare people of, like, you make this transition, there might be mental health impacts, like, things that were kind of already residing that I would say have resources ready for you at the ready and to bet on yourself too. I didn't bet on myself early enough because honestly, I think people listening in higher ed will get this. We're a perfectionist. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:23:07]: We don't want to fail. And I was scared if I called it a business and it didn't make it, then I was gonna be a failure. And that held me back though for what could've and is coming to be. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:23:19]: You've said a couple of things that I I think are really important to touch back to. And the first is that I think in student affairs, especially, there's a lot of identity wrapped up in the profession, in a job title, in a job function. I think that's partly because the outside world doesn't grasp the profession. And a lot of times, our own families and partners don't grasp the profession, and so we kind of hang on to the identity maybe a little bit tighter than other professions may. And so letting go of that is not just transitioning a career. It's figuring out where that piece of you goes or what happens to it, after you transition. That's a big one. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:23:59]: Well, and some of that is not knowing what box to check. NASCLA only just recently added a consultant membership or, you know, or I wouldn't be able to go to certain things. I had to have a campus affiliation and there was a sense of it wasn't embarrassment but I was very fearful people were gonna see me as an outsider, that I was gonna be cold calling them and so, I also I've always been centered in community and relationships which, so I've been doing sales but in a heart centered way because I need to work. I need to make it. I'm going to make this work. Right? But I had to do a lot of money stuff on weaving some of that money mindset things in order to build a business, that wasn't that was going to be productive. In higher ed very much. There's an entrepreneurship element to your transition and higher ed very much. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:24:59]: There's an entrepreneurship element to your transition story. I have a friend who researches entrepreneurship. They're an assistant professor in the College of Business, and that's kind of their their area of research. And they have found through their research that the most successful entrepreneurs are the ones who tilt in a 100%, the ones who actually take away their safety net, which is the most terrifying thing that you can do. But it sounds like that's what you did. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:25:23]: Yeah. You should have sent me that article. Yeah. And I think just even not saying I'm my only identity is entrepreneur, but not resisting that. And I don't have an MBA. I swear I don't know what I'm doing half the time on business side, but I'm seeking out different types of mentors. And I'm also finding others, and you're one of them now, in a different type of way that we need our own resources as campus partners in community, in how we can transform the industry too because it needs to be done from the outside. And it's not outside in a negative way. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:25:59]: It's actually more it's gonna be more impact full in the end. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:26:03]: Let's talk about that transition to being a CEO, so your your own boss and your own employee, but also a person who's driving their own schedule, driving when you work and when you don't, setting your own limits, deciding when enough is enough for a day, a week or a month, that feels really overwhelming to me, just looking at the lack of limit and needing to self impose as a person who also drives with a lot of purpose. How did you figure that out? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:26:30]: Oh, trial and error and lots of therapy and hiring a coach. Mhmm. So I brought on a business coach and you'll just laugh at me what she caught on quickly that I was a workaholic that especially when the business wasn't doing well, to me, you just work more. It's almost like your punishment then. You have to work every single day. And one of her first homework assignments was, she's like, I want you to take every Sunday off. And I looked at her. We negotiated it to one Sunday off a month. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:27:00]: That's what I negotiated it down. I'm embarrassed. Like, I put up such a front that I couldn't even imagine what it would be to not work one day a week or what a month, let alone a whole weekend. And by the time we finished our work together, my husband and I also purchased an RV and I took off 6 weeks. So you can't sometimes we don't see how we are in our own ways. We need people and it doesn't mean you have to pay people to tell you that, but I needed that mirror because at the same time, I was completely this was toward the end of the book and, you know, we're in a pandemic. I was completely crumbling, like, the foundation was so weak and I just kept jumping on the trampoline, like, no, it's not. So I have known I've really I have to prioritize it. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:27:55]: I will edit this because it is a professional podcast. But I may be my own boss, but she can be a real bee sometimes. I have very high expectations of myself. So I need other people to help me make sure I'm staying grounded. And I've also realized that I don't like to work alone and while I'm sacrificing financially, in November, I brought on my very first full time employee which was both terrifying and exciting for someone else to be relying on you. But I'm also so strategically and to wanna grow. And but for some people listening, they might or you've already built your own person shop and that's that can be great too. We all we don't all need to turn into these big agencies or or whatever. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:28:51]: I think that's the other piece that I found. You get to define not only your time, but how you are going to structure your your business. It's so funny when you think about a dissertation is such a recipe card. Sure, you can mess it up, but, like, it is so structured. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:29:08]: Chapters 1 through 5, maybe 6. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:29:11]: Yeah. And then this is what you write, this is what you say, you've got this feedback. Being an entrepreneur is not a whole bunch of it. And I am a recovering control girly. And sometimes you have to let it go and sometimes you have to be like, what do I want? I could do anything today. Well, not always, but from now, I work at WeWork sometimes or I need to get out of the house more. So I also joined a gym that is right next to WeWork. Giving yourself permission to really pay attention how you work best and how Dr. Jill Creighton [00:29:42]: you're gonna best make that impact. Can you talk a little bit about how your views on the profession changed from being a campus based professional to being a campus partner? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:29:51]: Oh, wow. How they have changed. Well, it is nice to see that there is more of a acknowledgment of how the work by partners, by consultants, whatever they're called, are necessary and we're not it's not just about the money or adversarial. That's been just good for my own mental health and where I fit into things. I see much more macro things happening. I mean, we were just talking, before we started recording about we're losing really great people. We that our students need those people. The the mental health weight of this work, it makes me want to do something bigger than my myself or what my business provides. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:30:35]: And so that's why a lot of my work is just trying to put good minds together, whether if that's on a panel, in a Slack channel because I can't do it all, but I just wanna connect all the people to help because it still blows my mind how many people like, they say student affairs is a small world, but it's not. Even people I'm like, wait. You don't know each other? Like, how in the world does this not happen? And that that honestly brings me more joy sometimes than, like, being asked to speak somewhere is that then I get to I mean, it's the same thing with our students, right? We get to go see what they do with the rest of their lives. I would also say it's only to a certain extent, but so many of the challenges you're facing, a million others are on their institutions to like I'm not saying normalize it, but for example, social media, I can anticipate what I'm gonna be finding in consulting or coaching and exec. We we can be so hard on ourselves. We're not far enough along. Our engagement isn't going well. Just hear it from me. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:31:29]: Like, it's all a bit of a struggle. And that could kind of be nice to hear. Like, oh, it's not just me. I feel a little and that's not just with social. It could be a variety of different topic. Oh my gosh. And honestly, what I am finding is and what I'm bummed so bummed about, even in grad school and maybe programs are doing better now. I feel like I was hid from what our admissions and enrollment people really were doing and are up against Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:31:56]: And I think we're having because especially we're seeing student affairs and enrollment pair up but I I don't know if it was the institutions I was at or where I got my grad program but, like, I feel like it was, like, we don't talk about that. That's not your place. You just focus here. And I think that's such a disservice because even when I talk to marketers or enrollment people, I'm like, y'all are y'all are doing the work of student success, right? And even they're not hearing that. Mhmm. So somewhere in our echo chambers, that is being perpetuated to continue and I think the institutions that are doing the best, sure, we've got department names and divisions are we need a collective effort. We obviously all need to do what our work or tasks are meant to do, but it's not doing a service to, like, keep people not understanding how they could make an impact on enrollment. I really appreciate you Dr. Jill Creighton [00:32:50]: mentioning that because I think that aligns with a lot of my experiences as well. Even, even sitting in an ADP or a CSAO seat, you know, the enrollment side can have a level of mystique to it. And it's interesting having spent a career in higher education, and I don't think I could advise, a high school student the best way to craft their application for admissions at this point because it is, a, still a little mystical, but, b, because it's different everywhere. And that's that's interesting if you really break it down on how siloed our profession can be within itself sometimes. But when we can connect those things, the power in that is really extraordinary. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:33:34]: Right. Even within in within our campus walls, in different divisions, we we're having similar challenges of retaining a certain type of staff or again, I just I think we're missing out so many ways of going back to the beginning of humanizing the work that we do and workplace challenges in addition to students just want to learn. And no matter what the title of the department is, sometimes that bureaucracy gets in the way. And I once I love social media because it kind of doesn't care. Like, a student's gonna find what they wanna find wherever they're gonna find it no matter what the title is. And if they can't find it on your website because they probably aren't, they're gonna ask on Reddit, and it may or may not be But I would say I am excited. I am energized and I just wanna say one more thing that I haven't said that I especially say to a lot of people that come to me. They're like, I wanna start my own business. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:34:38]: I wanna be a consultant. From the beginning, I had a partner in this with me, And we have gone ebbs and flows of sometimes it's more me, sometimes it's more him in order to do this work. That is a privileged place to be in that I fully acknowledge both financially, emotionally, that I wish people could just do the thing they wanna do immediately. But there were times if I didn't have a partner, I would also have needed another job or 2 to make ends meet. And I think people need to hear it both in an ethical way, but also there are ways that you could start doing speaking consulting immediately. There's no reason that you need to do it fully as a full time thing. That would also be great for you to get experience and to see if that's something that you'd really wanna do because it's not easy either. There's some some gritty parts of it that may not be a good fit. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:35:29]: It's time to take a quick break and toss it over to producer Chris to learn what's going on in the NASPA world. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:35:35]: Thanks so much, Jill. Glad to be back in the NASPA world to let you know about some amazing things that are happening in the profession. 1st and foremost, there are a few brand new NASPA books that are in the NASPA bookstore. The first, Student Affairs Professional Preparation, A Scholar Practitioner Guide to Contemporary Topics by Jackie Clark, Jeanette Smith and Associates. This book offers unique insights into critical issues facing higher education and student affairs. It was written by a diverse team of practitioners and faculty. This comprehensive volume serves as both a primer on contemporary topics and a tool for practitioners and students. Some of the chapters in the book address HISA matters that have been central to professional preparation for decades. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:36:23]: Others concern aspects that are emerging and evolving in unprecedented ways. Each chapter is written by a team consisting of at least 1 practitioner and at least 1 faculty member. This intentional partnership allows for a rich conversation that addresses both professionals in practice and students and faculty in preparation programs. The content can be directly used in practice or to generate critical lively conversations in the classroom. The authors have also included excellent resources for further reading and classroom activity. The second book, Crucial Collaborations, A Practical Framework to Ensure Access, Equity, and Inclusion for students with disabilities. This was written by Neil Lipsitz, Michael Berger, and Eileen Connellberger. Ensuring access and sense of belonging for students with disabilities in higher unique organizational structure, culture, faculty, staff, and students. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:37:25]: This book presents a cross functional framework that administrators, faculty, access service providers, parents and guardians, and students themselves that can be used in the review and responsibilities of each stakeholder who contributes to positive post secondary experiences for students with disabilities. The groundbreaking framework has many applications, including facilitating student inclusion and socialization, empowering stakeholders through shared knowledge, and assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of institutional programs for students with disabilities. Throughout the book, the authors discuss their personal and professional experiences to animate and operationalize the framework. One other thing that I wanted to share with all of you today is a brand new book in the NASPA book store. It's a book in the NASPA book store called The Business of Student Affairs Fundamental Skills for Student Affairs Professionals written by Larry Mineta and Ellen Jay Consulting. This book is a primer on the fundamental business related aspects of student affairs that all practitioners need to know. Drawing on his 46 year career in higher education, Larry Mineta, the author, presents critical skill sets to better equip student affairs practitioner educators to analyze circumstances, alter environments, invest in structures and programs, and lead campus progress. Topics include financing and budgeting, organizational design, human resources, facilities management, technology, auxiliary operations, legal issues and risk management, crisis management, strategic planning and communications. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:38:58]: The key takeaways in each chapter provide further guidance to achieve success in the field. For anyone going into student affairs or new to student affairs, you may find that many of the topics in this book may not have been covered in your graduate preparation program or maybe something that you just need more insight into. And this book definitely provides you with that insight. I highly encourage you to go to the NASPA bookstore today and check it out for yourself. Every week, we're going to be sharing some amazing things that are happening within the association. So we are going to be able to try and keep you up to date on everything that's happening and allow for you to be able to get involved in different ways, because the association is as strong as its members. And for all of us, we have to find our place within the association, whether it be getting involved with a knowledge community, giving back within one of the the centers or the divisions of the association. And as you're doing that, it's important to be able to identify for yourself, where do you fit? Where do you wanna give back? Each week, we're hoping that we will share some things that might encourage you, might allow for you to be able to get some ideas that will provide you with an opportunity to be able to say, hey, I see myself in that knowledge community. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:40:20]: I see myself doing something like that. Or encourage you in other ways that allow for you to be able to think beyond what's available right now, to offer other things to the association, to bring your gifts, your talents to the association, and to all of the members within the association. Because through doing that, all of us are stronger and the association is better. Tune in again next week as we find out more about what is happening in NASPA. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:40:50]: Chris, thank you so much for keeping us updated on what's going on in and around NASPA. We know we just came out of annual conference, but there is still a lot more opportunities for engagement. So I appreciate you letting us know what those are. And, Josie, we have reached our lightning round. I've got 7 questions for you, 90 seconds. Ready? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:41:10]: Okay. Okay. I'm scared. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:41:12]: Number 1. If you were a conference keynote speaker, what would your entrance music be? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:41:17]: Well, I am a conference keynote speaker. I have to pick Beyonce's new tunes. Any of the 3 that have come out recently, I think at that point, I wanted to be a swim coach. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:41:37]: I was a swimmer. Number 3, who's your most influential professional mentor? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:41:43]: Ed Cabellan. He brought me under his wing early, early days meeting on Twitter, and he sponsored to help me get to my very first ACPA conference to present Dr. Jill Creighton [00:41:54]: with him. Number 4, your essential student affairs read. The Chronicle. Number 5, the best TV show you binged during the pandemic. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:42:03]: Why did Tiger King immediately come to mind? It was not the best. It was just the first thing I thought of. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:42:08]: Oh my gosh. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:42:09]: Number 6, the podcast you've spent the most hours listening to in the last year. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:42:13]: Well, it is mine, Josie and the podcast, because of editing and creating. But, my Spotify rap tells me Armchair Expert is, all their different shows are super fun. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:42:27]: And finally, number 7, any shout outs you'd like to give, personal or professional? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:42:31]: Oh my gosh. I think I'm especially maybe it's from the Barbie, Taylor Swift, Beyonce movement. It's a summer for women and girls, and I am also just, like, on fire about that. So I just wanna give a shout to all the women and girlies listening and, I mean, all gender unconforming identities that we need space and community and and being lifted up. And so I'm doing a lot of different groups and meetups to do things like that, but we're taking over, Jocey. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:43:00]: I'm so grateful to you for this 2 part episode. Again, part 1 dropped on Josie's podcast, Josie and the podcast. This is part 2 of the conversation. So if you'd like to go back and listen to part 1, go ahead and find her show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you download your podcasts. But, Josie, if folks would like to engage you as a consultant or just have a chat with you, how can they reach you? Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:43:21]: Well, you can find me at josiealquist.com, blogging, podcasting, all of the things. I am on Instagram, LinkedIn threads, x is swirling as it does. And I actually do have a TikTok, but currently it's all reactions to my husband's content, which is epic rap battles of history. So if you want that type of entertainment, you can go there. And as Dr. Jill Creighton [00:43:44]: you search for Josie, so that's Alquist with an a h l q right in there. Josie, thank you so much for sharing your voice with us today. Dr. Josie Ahlquist [00:43:53]: Thanks for having me. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:43:57]: This has been an episode of Student Affairs Voices from the Field, a podcast brought to you by NASPA. This show continues to be possible because you choose to listen to us. We are so grateful for your subscriptions and your downloads and your engagement with the content. If you'd like to reach the show, please email us at savoices@naspa.org or find me on LinkedIn by searching for doctor Jill L. Cratney. We always welcome your feedback and your topic and guest suggestions. We'd love it if you take a moment to tell a colleague about the show and give us a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're listening now. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:44:31]: It really does help other student affairs professionals find the show and helps raise the show's profile within the larger podcasting community. This episode was produced and hosted by doctor Jill Creighton, that's me, produced and audio engineered by Chris Lewis. Special thanks to the University of Michigan Flint for your support as we create this project. Catch you next time.  

Today's college or university president is expected to be highly influential and effective in their leadership. These higher ed CEOs are expected to positively impact every aspect of their institutions, regardless of size. The employee experience, however, can often be one of the least prioritized areas. How did one of the most respected and recognized presidents in the country work with his faculty and staff? Walter Kimbrough visited “I Wanna Work There!” to talk about how he worked to create a positive talent experience during his presidencies.Here are the takeaways for this episode:We will hear about the importance of establishing a culture from the president's seat.We will learn what it means to communicate honestly with faculty and staff.Walter will share his advice for aspiring presidents to help foster a productive campus work culture. Guest Name: Walter KimbroughGuest Social: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/walterkimbrough/X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/HipHopPrezGuest Bio: Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough is the president in residence for the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions and the former president of Dillard University and Philander Smith College (now Philander Smith University). Under his leadership, Dillard's endowment grew 115% and alumni giving increased from 4% to 23%. Dillard also recorded its largest alumni gift, its largest single private donation, a $5 million gift from MacKenzie Scott, and a $5 million gift from Kirkland & Ellis for the university's Center for Racial Justice. Dillard was also noted as one of the nation's top producers of Black physics graduates, and the university's pre-law program averaged over a 90% law school acceptance rate.Prior to Dillard, Walter enjoyed a fulfilling career in student affairs, serving at Emory University, Georgia State University, Old Dominion University, and finally Albany State University in 2000 where he became the vice president for student affairs at the age of 32. At the age of 37, he became the twelfth president of Philander Smith College (now Philander Smith University) where he was given the moniker “Hip Hop Prez” for his skillful use of hip hop culture and music to educate students as well as his effective use of social media for public conversation. His use of social media has been noted in articles by The Chronicle of Higher Education and in Dan Zaiontz's book “#FollowTheLeader: Lessons in Social Media Success from #HigherEd CEOs.” BachelorsDegree.org named him one of 25 college presidents you should follow on Twitter, Education Dive regarded Walter as one of their “10 college presidents on Twitter who are doing it right,” and Josie Ahlquist included him on her list of “25 Higher Education Presidents to Follow on Twitter.” He also captured national attention in 2021 when journalist Malcolm Gladwell interviewed him and featured Dillard on his highly regarded “Revisionist History” podcast.Walter's leadership has earned him numerous honors including:  the coveted Ebony Magazine Power 100 list, The Grio 100: History Makers in the Making, one of TheBestSchools.org's “20 Most Interesting College Presidents,” one of the HBCU Campaign Fund's “10 Most Dominant HBCU Leaders of 2018,” and one of College Cliffs' “50 Top U.S. College and University Presidents” in 2020. In 2021, Walter received a Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, Georgia State.With a background in student affairs, Walter has been recognized for his research and writings on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and African American men in college; and he is regarded as a national expert on historically Black, Latin and Asian fraternities and sororities. He is the author of the book “Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Sororities” and has served as an expert witness in a number of hazing cases. A proud native of Atlanta, Walter earned his Ph.D. in higher education from Georgia State University, his master's from Miami University in Ohio, and his bachelor's from the University of Georgia. He and his wife, Adria Nobles Kimbrough, an attorney, are the proud parents of two children, Lydia Nicole, and Benjamin Barack. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Eddie Francishttps://www.linkedin.com/in/eddiefrancis/https://twitter.com/eddiefrancisAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:I Wanna Work There is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! Some of our favorites include Confessions of a Higher Ed Social Media Manager and Talking Tactics. Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com.Connect with Us at the Engage Summit:Exciting news — many of your favorite Enrollify creators will be at the 2024 Engage Summit in Raleigh, NC, on June 25 and 26, and we'd love to meet you there! Sessions will focus on cutting-edge AI applications that are reshaping student outreach, enhancing staff productivity, and offering deep insights into ROI. Use the discount code Enrollify50 at checkout, and you can register for just $200! Learn more and register at engage.element451.com — we can't wait to see you there!

In the final episode of our three part series in partnership with Pathify, Dustin speaks with Josie to get her perspectives on how institutions can leverage digital tools to enhance their efforts building student community. They explore how to create engaging, personalized and relevant hubs of content to nurture high levels of adoption as well as how to manage digital sprawl.About the Enrollify Podcast Network The Enrollify Podcast is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too!  Our podcast network is growing by the month and we've got a plethora of marketing, admissions, and higher ed technology shows that are jam-packed with stories, ideas, and frameworks all designed to empower you to be a better higher ed professional. Our shows feature a selection of the industry's best as your hosts. Learn from Jaime Hunt, Allison Turcio, Corynn Myers, Dustin Ramsdell, Terry Flannery, Jaime Gleason and many more. Learn more about The Enrollify Podcast Network at podcasts.enrollify.org. Our shows help higher ed marketers and admissions professionals find their next big idea — come and find yours! 

In this episode, Jaime talks to Josie Ahlquist, author of Digital Leadership in Higher Education about the importance of a digital presence for senior leaders. Takeaways include:How to decide what digital platforms make sense How to incorporate your own values into your online presence Why empathy is so important in leadership How today's hybrid work environment lends itself to digital leadership About Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO​​Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO is sponsored by our friends at Mindpower - a full-service marketing and branding firm celebrating nearly thirty years of needle-moving, thought-provoking, research-fueled creative and strategy. Mindpower is women-founded and owned, WBENC certified, nationally recognized, and serves the social sector – higher education, healthcare, non-profits, and more. The Mindpower team is made up of strategists, storytellers, and experience creators. From market research to brand campaigns to recruitment to fundraising, the agency exists to empower clients, amplify brands, and help institutions find a strategic way forward. Learn more about Mindpower here! Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network.  If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too!  Our podcast network is growing by the month and we've got a plethora of marketing, admissions, and higher ed technology shows that are jam packed with stories, ideas, and frameworks all designed to empower you to be a better higher ed professional. Our shows feature a selection of the industry's best as your hosts. Learn from Mickey Baines, Zach Busekrus, Jeremy Tiers, Corynn Myers, Jaime Gleason and many more. Learn more about The Enrollify Podcast Network at podcasts.enrollify.org. Our shows help higher ed marketers and admissions professionals find their next big idea — come and find yours! 

We are excited to bring you this encore presentation of one of our most popular episodes. We hope you enjoy! This week I am joined in the Diner by social media expert, Dr. Josie Ahlquist! We kicked it off by randomly talking about Josie's high school dating life. We then discussed her huge transition moving from Wyoming and South Dakota to Los Angeles, what some of the values she missed were and new ones she appreciated. Josie and I then bonded over dealing with imposter syndrome when writing a book and how much better she is at asking for help than I am. Speaking of books, we got to hear all about Josie's new book: Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World. She taught me about self awareness and being intentional on social media as a leader. After a fun random facts segment, we dove back in and discussed Josie's lack of connection with girls when she was younger and how that has changed in adulthood. We finished up by talking about whether or not social media connecting us or dividing us more, how to own your truth online, and whether or not #activism works. Having Dr. Josie Ahlquist was insightful, educational, and super fun. I hope you learn as much as I did!   About the Guest:  Dr. Josie Ahlquist is a digital engagement and leadership researcher, speaker, and consultant. She teaches teens, young adults, education professionals, and campus executives how to humanize technology tools and prioritize building online community. She is the author of the book: Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World. Josie also serves as a research associate and instructor at Florida State University, creating a curriculum to build digital literacy and leadership skills for undergraduates up to doctorate level students. She is extensively published and maintains an active blog and podcast (Josie & The Podcast), which have received accolades from EdTech Magazine, Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Her book, Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World, came out September 2020. Josie received her doctorate from California Lutheran University in Higher Education Leadership, Masters in Education from Northern Arizona University. She majored in sociology and human development at South Dakota State University. Josie resides in Los Angeles, CA with her husband Lloyd Ahlquist and their two rescue-fur babies. She is a proud auntie, underdog triathlete and recent peloton addict.  Connect with Josie and learn more: Twitter: https://twitter.com/josieahlquist (https://twitter.com/josieahlquist) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josieahlquist/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/josieahlquist/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josieahlquist/ (https://www.instagram.com/josieahlquist/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJosieAhlquist/ (https://www.facebook.com/DrJosieAhlquist/) Email: josie@josieahlquist.com Website: https://www.josieahlquist.com/ (https://www.josieahlquist.com) Book: https://www.josieahlquist.com/digitalleadership/ (https://www.josieahlquist.com/digitalleadership/)   About the Host:  Friends! Here's a somewhat stuffy bio of me:   I am an author, professional speaker, coach, host, and entrepreneur. My first book, Leading Imperfectly: The value of being authentic for leaders, professionals, and human beings, is available wherever people buy books. I speak internationally to willing and unwilling attendees about authenticity, vulnerability, and leadership. My clients include American Express, General Electric (GE), Accenture, Yale University, The Ohio State University, and many others. As a speaker, I am doing the two things I loves the most: making people think and making people laugh!  I host my own events multiple times a year. They are 2-day events called Living Imperfectly Live (and...

We chat with Dr. Josie Ahlquist, a digital engagement and leadership researcher, speaker, and author. She teaches teens, young adults, education professionals, and campus executives how to humanize technology tools and prioritize building online communities. Full transcript available at https://www.studentaffairs.com/podcast/onething/s1/07-dr-josie-ahlquist.

Josie Ahlquist, a veteran higher ed marketing specialist, explores how higher ed marketers can guide their institutional leaders on social media. She is joined by Terisa Riley, chancellor at University of Arkansas Fort Smith, and Rachel Rodemann Putman, the associate director of strategic communications at UAFS.

Morgan Campbell is only a few years out of college but already making a name for herself as a pioneer of TikTok in higher ed. She joins us this week to talk about how she built a successful presence for Indiana University and how her team plans to build on that strategy by expanding the use of vertical video on Instagram Reels and other platforms this year. We also talk about how TikTok seemed like a breath of fresh air during the pandemic at a time when it's easy to fall victim to doom scrolling on other social media platforms. Morgan is a social media specialist at Indiana University Bloomington. Her work has been featured on Sprout Social and on Josie Ahlquist's blog, just to name a few! Although she's made her name in the higher ed world on TikTok, she finds herself gravitating toward another platform outside of work. Tune in to find out what it is!

It was such a pleasure to talk with Dr. Josie Ahlquist who left campus-based positions to soar on her own as a social media strategist, leadership & technology researcher, speaker, and book author. Learn about her journey and advice for being open to where your journey takes you.

It was such a pleasure to talk with Dr. Josie Ahlquist who left campus-based positions to soar on her own as a social media strategist, leadership & technology researcher, speaker, and book author. Learn about her journey and advice for being open to where your journey takes you.

We are very excited to have Dr. Josie Ahlquist back on the show to discuss her new book, Digital Leadership in Higher Education. We talk about the book and what leadership looks like during global pandemic and ongoing struggles for racial justice. No matter what’s going in the world, Josie stresses that higher education leaders need to show up authentically to their interactions with students. With so much misinformation out there, students need to know that they can trust their institution and its leaders before they will believe what they’re reading in an email or seeing in a video. Josie also reminds us about the importance of taking time to recognize the difficulty of the work we’re doing right now and the fact that we can’t vent to colleagues or celebrate achievements in the normal ways right now. That’s where the digital hug comes in. Josie talks about how she uses them and the power of building mastermind cohorts that are on part strategy session and one part therapy session.

Today on SA Voices from the Field we are talking with Dr. Erica Eckert, Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation at Kent State University, and Dr. Josie Ahlquist, a digital engagement and leadership researcher, speaker, and author as we talk about the future of technology in higher education.   Both guests share their knowledge about the current and future states of technology on our campuses today and offer some best practices and ideas about what you can do to better situate your own campus to be technology-forward thinking when it comes to engaging with students and staff on campus. Learn more about Dr. Erica Eckert Email: eeckert@kent.edu LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-eckert-172a625/ Learn more about Dr. Josie Ahlquist: Website Book: Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World Twitter - https://twitter.com/josieahlquist Please subscribe to SA Voices from the Field on your favorite podcasting device and share the podcast with other student affairs colleagues!

Leadership in higher education is changing in the digital and social age. Building an effective presence in social media can help a leader carry out her role more effectively and powerfully. In this latest IngenioUs Mini episode, Dr. Josie Ahlquist provides a brief introduction to 'purposeful digital leadership' along with real life examples for how how to apply a strategic values-based approach to social media. It's all about authentic engagement, transparent storytelling, and building a genuine campus community. To learn more about how to build and implement a digital engagement strategy that fits your life, your audience, and your purpose, register for Josie's upcoming Leading Edge Thinking in Higher Education free webinar, April 21st at 12 noon (ET). https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/48537253951150862

Jamila Walker, Taquinda Johnson, Josie Ahlquist, and Christina Garnett discuss how building digital communities can provide a haven for those working in higher ed, and higher ed social media.

Dr. Josie Ahlquist is a digital engagement and leadership researcher, speaker, and author. She teaches teens, young adults, education professionals, and campus executives how to humanize technology tools and prioritize building online communities. She also serves as a research associate and instructor at Florida State University, creating curriculum to build digital literacy and leadership skills for undergraduates up to doctorate level students. Her new book, Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World was listed as an Amazon #1 new release for college and university student life. As an “accidental entrepreneur” we chat about the realities of owning a small business, digital presence online, being selective for the projects to take on, and how building rapport is wrapped up in our own stories and values. The Lessons in Digital Empathy We Learned in 2020 Subscribe & Listen to Dr. Josie & the Podcast Campus Leaders as Digital Storytellers A Values-Based Approach to Your Digital Brand Authenticity and Vulnerability as a VPSA Why You Should Become an “Intrapreneur”  Mindsets: What they are and why they matter. What is a Mastermind Group? How to Calculate Your Freelance Hourly Rate Adam Grant: Are you a giver or a taker? | TED Talk If you're going to say yes to something, what are you going to say no to? Every Resource a Full-Time Freelancer Could Ever Need  Just a few (of many) resources freelancers might need: Healthcare, Accountants, Lawyer, Life Insurance, Retirement investing, etc. What Job Crafting Looks Like Stand Firm: Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze by Svend Brinkmann The Connected Exec Course Curriculum #DigLead Book Club Digital Community Building Cohort Wine: Rombauer Red Zinfandel Resource: PodHero app Story: The Crown +  Lovett or Leave It, Ep. Bill Barr, Deep State Warrior  Joy: Being the Best Auntie What questions, skills, and communities are you looking for to support your own business start up or on-going hustle?For more information about Josie Ahlquist's research, speaking, coaching, and consulting, visit www.josieahlquist.com. Connect with Josie on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.---In Vino Fabulum! In Wine, Story!Subscribe to #InVinoFab podcast on Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you catch your pods. Follow us on Twitter @InVinoFab or IG: @invinofab  Email us to be a guest or share a topic suggestion? invinofabulum@gmail.com Connect with your co-hosts (she/her) on Twitter: @laurapasquini & @profpatrice

This week I am joined in the Diner by social media expert, Dr. Josie Ahlquist! We kicked it off by randomly talking about Josie’s high school dating life. We then discussed her huge transition moving from Wyoming and South Dakota to Los Angeles, what some of the values she missed were and new ones she appreciated. Josie and I then bonded over dealing with imposter syndrome when when writing a book and how much better she is at asking for help than I am. Speaking of books, we got to hear all about Josie’s new book: Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World. She taught me about self awareness and being intentional on social media as a leader. After a fun random facts segment, we dove back in and discussed Josie’s lack of connection with girls when she was younger and how that has changed in adulthood. We finished up by talking about whether or not social media connecting us or dividing us more, how to own your truth online, and whether or not #activism works. Having Dr. Josie Ahlquist was insightful, educational, and super fun. I hope you learn as much as I did!   About the Guest:  Dr. Josie Ahlquist is a digital engagement and leadership researcher, speaker, and consultant. She teaches teens, young adults, education professionals, and campus executives how to humanize technology tools and prioritize building online community. She is the author of the book: Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World. Josie also serves as a research associate and instructor at Florida State University, creating curriculum to build digital literacy and leadership skills for undergraduates up to doctorate level students. She is extensively published and maintains an active blog and podcast (Josie & The Podcast), which have received accolades from EdTech Magazine, Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Her book, Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World, comes out September 15th 2020! Josie received her doctorate from California Lutheran University in Higher Education Leadership, Masters in Education from Northern Arizona University. She majored in sociology and human development at South Dakota State University. Josie resides in Los Angeles, CA with her husband Lloyd Ahlquist and their two rescue-fur babies. She is a proud auntie, underdog triathlete and recent peloton addict. Connect with Josie and learn more: Twitter: https://twitter.com/josieahlquist (https://twitter.com/josieahlquist)  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josieahlquist/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/josieahlquist/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josieahlquist/ (https://www.instagram.com/josieahlquist/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJosieAhlquist/ (https://www.facebook.com/DrJosieAhlquist/) Email: josie@josieahlquist.com Website: https://www.josieahlquist.com/ (https://www.josieahlquist.com) Book: https://www.josieahlquist.com/digitalleadership/ (https://www.josieahlquist.com/digitalleadership/) About the Host:  Friends! Here's a somewhat stuffy bio of me:   I am an author, professional speaker, coach, host, and entrepreneur. My first book, Leading Imperfectly: The value of being authentic for leaders, professionals, and human beings, is available wherever people buy books. I speak internationally to willing and unwilling attendees about authenticity, vulnerability, and leadership. My clients include American Express, General Electric (GE), Accenture, Yale University, The Ohio State University, and many others. As a speaker, I am doing the two things I loves the most: making people think and making people laugh!  I host my own events multiple times a year. They are 2-day events called Living Imperfectly Live (and sometimes they are 1-day virtual events). They are a space where humans from every walk of life can...

Josie Ahlquist, higher ed communication consultant, Walter Kimbrough, President of Dillard University, discuss the importance of university leaders being active and authentic on social media.

In this episode, Dan and Lauren join Dr. Josie Ahlquist for an engaging discussion on connecting leadership to technology. Josie explores some of the advice and stories in her book and clarifies how leadership educators can be purposeful in a digitally connected world. Some resources noted in this show include: ----more---- Josie's book: Digital Leadership in Higher Education: Purposeful Social Media in a Connected World PDF of our slides from the 2016 International Leadership Association Global Conference Pre-Conference Session "TEaCHing & LEARNING LEADERSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE"

Dr. Josie Ahlquist, consultant, author, and speaker, returns to the show to talk about how higher ed navigated the serious digital test we were given this year, along with the most powerful concepts from her new book, Digital Leadership in Higher Education.

We have a merch shop! Go find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. Our guest for this week’s episode is Dr. Josie Ahlquist, who talks about her new book, Digital Leadership in Higher Education as well as thoughts on digital community building for colleges and universities. --- This episode is sponsored by Degree.Me, a one-stop college research tool for students.  If you work for a college or university, you’ll want to learn all about their ability to connect you with the right students at a budget friendly price. To find out more, please visit Degree.Me/HEG --- Huge thanks also to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/ --- Subscribe and listen via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or  Spotify. Find the full show notes at higheredgeek.com/podcast --- Music by pond5.com

Award-winning author, Dr. Josie Ahlquist, launched a new book and we have the deetz! Josie joins Digital2Learn for two episodes. Expect to learn about digital leadership in higher education and hear how Josie has challenged thousands of educators, administrators, and staff in their thinking about about social media for community building, leadership development and student services.

Award-winning author, Dr. Josie Ahlquist, launched a new book and we have the deetz! Josie joins Digital2Learn for two episodes. Expect to learn about digital leadership in higher education and hear how Josie has challenged thousands of educators, administrators, and staff in their thinking about about social media for community building, leadership development and student services.

This episode featured Student Affairs rockstars along with TJ, of course.  Josie Ahlquist, Thought Leader on Digital Leadership, Author, Podcast Host, and professional speaker/consultant; Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, Vice President for Student Affairs at Northwester University and NASPA Board Chair Elect discussed some big ideas for the future of higher ed. You're gonna love it.

Ken chats with Jennielle Strother (Twitter, LinkedIn), VP for Enrollment Management and Chief Enrollment Officer at Concordia University Texas. Learn the origin story of #EMchat, which she co-founded with Alex Williams, as well as the way she approaches her daily work... and why "pressure is a privilege."Links and lists"Pressure is a privilege" (Pep Guardiola) which Jennielle heard while watching All or Nothing—Manchester City. As Jennielle says, "I was watching the show with my husband one night, and there was a scene when he was talking to his team in the locker room and he very nonchalantly said, 'pressure is a privilege' (which I’m sure was in between a few curse words) and I emailed the four words to myself at that moment."Dream On by AerosmithTexas Women in Higher Education: Acting, Reflecting, Transforming (TXwHEART) on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.Rapid DescentJennielle's walkout song: Bidi Bidi Bom Bom by SelenaBest thing she's read lately: Pivot: A Vision for the New University by Soliday & LombardiWhat she's eager to read next: Dr. Josie Ahlquist's next bookWhat she uses to take and keep notes: writing with her favorite Tul pen in pretty notebooks. (Also One Note.)Memorable bit of advice: from her volleyball coach, who said, "All you need to do is show up and I'll get you where you need to be." She adds, "And by 'show up,' he meant 110% of me in practice and games: heart, mind, body."Bucket list: travel to Rome, Italy

Generation Z experiences many aspects of life online and through social media. How they lead and who they look to as leaders are also influence by digital spaces. Dr. Josie Ahlquist joins me for a conversation about digital leadership. We explore what exactly is digital leadership, how to create an authentic online presence, how to navigate conflict online, and ways to practice digital wellness. 

Why do we log on, day after day, to social media platforms? Who do you connect with and why? In this episode, I discuss the basic needs of humans and how social media community-based platforms play into those. I also call out how digital communication platforms have been overrun with busywork, from email to Instagram. To get back to our core needs as people, we need to prioritize belonging over busywork on social media. For all shownotes, head to: www.josieahlquist.com/podcast/belongingoverbusywork/ Connect with Josie Twitter: @josieahlquist  Podcast Twitter: @josieatpodcast LinkedIn: /JosieAhlquist Instagram: @josieahlquist  Facebook: Dr. Josie Ahlquist  Email: josie@josieahlquist.com Website: www.josieahlquist.com

Titles of First-generation college student, former college-athlete, recovering college coach, and full-time higher education change agent (AKA enrollment manager) are just a few ways to describe our guest this week, Jennielle Strother, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Services at Concordia University. But listen in, and you’ll hear how her humble, heart and hard work comes out in the most authentic ways - online, on campus and throughout her entire life. In this episode, you’ll learn how her daughter met and was featured by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the story behind creating #EMchat, how she is using social media as a gratitude journal, and so much more! For all show notes, head to http://www.josieahlquist.com/podcast/jenniellestrother/ Connect with Jennielle Twitter @EMjennielle Instagram @EMjennielle LinkedIn   Connect with Josie Twitter: @josieahlquist  Podcast Twitter: @josieatpodcast LinkedIn: /JosieAhlquist Instagram: @josieahlquist  Facebook: Dr. Josie Ahlquist  Email: josie@josieahlquist.com Website: www.josieahlquist.com

Hello 2019! The podcast is back, with your very own host sharing some life, work, and living updates. Learn how I’ve given up bread, started reading tarot cards and nearly moved to the mountains (which still may happen someday). You’ll get lots of news about the future of the podcast, but also plenty of reflections of 2018 and plans for 2019 in what I’ve termed “Simple but Significant.” For all shownotes, head to : www.josieahlquist.com/podcast/simplesignificance/ Connect with Josie Twitter: @josieahlquist  Podcast Twitter: @josieatpodcast LinkedIn: /JosieAhlquist Instagram: @josieahlquist  Facebook: Dr. Josie Ahlquist  Email: josie@josieahlquist.com Website: www.josieahlquist.com

College students today have a radically different experience growing up with social media. We explore this topic with this week’s guest, Sarah Aguilar. Sarah is currently a Junior Psychology major at Illinois State University, where she holds several student leader roles on campus including serving as the ISU Student Trustee and is part of the division of student affairs digital influence student team. Sarah is a genuine and insightful student who shares her thoughts on how social media has shaped her life - including when it became troublesome and how she makes it work today. She also gives advice on how to best reach students on social and simple but powerful advice for supporting student leaders. Show Notes Homecoming Highlights on Instagram  Dr. Levester Johnson ISU Student Trustee   Connect with Sarah Twitter: https://twitter.com/saragoldrickrab LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-goldrick-rab-b086977/ Website: www.saragoldrickrab.com Medium:  https://medium.com/@saragoldrickrab Connect with Josie Website: josieahlquist.com Twitter: @josieahlquist  LinkedIn: /JosieAhlquist Instagram: @josieahlquist  Facebook: Dr. Josie Ahlquist 

Hope has a strategy when you have someone like Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab involved. Sara is the founder of the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice and is passionately advocating for it on social media. You can consistently find her amplifying the #RealCollege movement on Twitter. With her active online presence, Sara speaks about the benefits, struggles, and responsibilities this digital influence brings. This episode will get you feeling empowered to make positive change and better understand real students higher ed is called to serve. Show Notes Tweet about opening of the Hope Center #RealCollege Real College Website Slack Asana Hope Center Melissa Harris-Perry at the Hope Center Mission Video Tweet Amarillo College Culture of Caring Case Study Paying the Price Sara's Website Connect with Sara Twitter: https://twitter.com/saragoldrickrab LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-goldrick-rab-b086977/ Website: www.saragoldrickrab.com Medium:  https://medium.com/@saragoldrickrab Connect with Josie Website: josieahlquist.com Twitter: @josieahlquist  LinkedIn: /JosieAhlquist Instagram: @josieahlquist  Facebook: Dr. Josie Ahlquist 

How do you work with intention when it comes to marketing your campus? We go deep on this topic with this week’s guest, Stephen App. Stephen is an Account Director at eCity Interactive, where he works to help higher ed institutions market themselves and bring in the right students. Stephen is big on bringing strategy to all he does, whether it is in his personal or professional life. He is also so passionate about working in the higher ed community and helping students navigate this big life decision, which is contagious. This was a really fun conversation as Stephen is a super likable digital leader. I know you’ll have a smile on your face after listening! Show Notes eCity Interactive CASE Podcast featuring Stephen Hashtag Higher Ed Podcast #28; “Is List Buying the Best We Can Do?” Notre Dame Stories Counter Offer Podcast, by Bentley University Federal Donuts Beilers Donuts This American Life WorkLife Podcast by Adam Grant Everybody Writes Paying the Price Sara Goldrick-Rab Jon Boeckenstedt Matt McFadden Liz Gross Connect with Stephen Twitter: @stephenapp Instagram: @stephenapp Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/stephenapp Company Website: ecityinteractive.com Email: sapp@ecityinteractive.com Connect with Josie Website: josieahlquist.com Twitter: @josieahlquist  LinkedIn: /JosieAhlquist Instagram: @josieahlquist  Facebook: Dr. Josie Ahlquist 

In this shorty episode, I’m taking a deep dive into LinkedIn and exactly why you should love the platform. I’m sharing why it’s such a powerful platform and my suggestions for updating and enhancing your LinkedIn presence. Don’t miss the final heartwaves segment, where I share how even the smallest actions made a serious impact on achieving some of my biggest of goals. Shorty episodes are sponsored by The Connected Exec Program with Dr. Josie Ahlquist. Learn more and apply here. Notes from this Episode LinkedIn Top Educators Should First Year Students Be on LinkedIn? 10 LinkedIn Tips for Students & New Grads The Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn for Students New Item on the College Admissions Checklist: LinkedIn Dr. John Hernandez Dr. Jason Meriwether Brian LeDuc Dr. Liz Gross Amma Marfo Dr. Tina King Connect with Josie Website: http://www.josieahlquist.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/josieahlquist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josieahlquist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josieahlquist/ Email: josie@josieahlquist.com

Nerd alert! Dr. Jason L. Meriwether is the Vice President for Student Success at Rhode Island College and he brings with him many years of higher ed experience working to support student persistence and enrollment management. Jason is big on digital engagement and nerds out on using the best tools for getting actionable data insights to support his campus community. Authenticity comes up a lot as well, with Jason mentioning his love of everything from Star Wars to video games and professional wrestling. He’s an amazing role model for higher ed pros in so many ways and I’m glad I get to share our conversation on the podcast! Show Notes RIC College Colors Day Juicy Campus #SAChat Black Panther RIC Nursing Geofencing LinkedIn Photo Dr. Ed Cabellon New Staff at RIC Socialnomics SA Grad Social Media Sensations Social Media and the Search Learning for Life #SAKliq What Happens on Campus Stays on YouTube   Connect with Jason Twitter: @JLMeriwether06 Instagram: @DrJLM06 RIC Twitter @RICvpss RIC Instagram: @RICvpss LinkedIn: Jason L. Meriwether Website: www.jasonlmeriwether.com Connect with Josie Website: josieahlquist.com Twitter: @josieahlquist  LinkedIn: /JosieAhlquist Instagram: @josieahlquist  Facebook: Dr. Josie Ahlquist 

In this shorty episode, I’m digging into the streaming/gaming platform Twitch, University eSports and answering a listener question if departments should close social media accounts due to lack of engagement. However, the meat and potatoes of the episode is about how to be follow-worthy campus leader on Instagram. Don’t miss the final heartwaves segment, where I open up a bit about how I overcome setbacks. Get your earbuds ready and make sure to check out the show notes for all the goodies I mention! Shorty episodes are sponsored by The Connected Exec Program with Dr. Josie Ahlquist. Learn more and apply here. Notes from this Episode WNYC: Twitch & Shout University of Akron Esports Ninja Is The First Twitch Streamer To Reach 10 Million Followers Heroes of the Dorm College Esports at the Fiesta Bowl Ivy League Esports Instagrammable Vice President Presidents of Instagram Let's Get Real About Instagram https://www.instagram.com/baltimorecollegetown/ All Access Freshman Class President Paula Johnson President Santa J. Ono Levester Johnson   Connect with Josie Website: http://www.josieahlquist.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/josieahlquist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josieahlquist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josieahlquist/ Email: josie@josieahlquist.com

This episode was such a joy, chatting with the incomparable Dr. Mary K. Boyd, current provost at Berry College. She has an esteemed background with the academy and is someone who role models how to be an engaging higher ed leader online and on campus. She has a unique position as an executive - but she makes sure to keep herself grounded and accessible. From creating Facebook groups to better connect with her students - to self-made memes, this intrepid-chemist-turned provost is leverage technology to build community in higher ed. Show Notes Mary’s Friday Fitness Challenge JJ Watt Photo Berry College Me Too Movement Charlottesville “Unite the Right” Rally Confronting Sexual Harassment in Chemistry Berry College Deer Meme  Connect with Mary Twitter: @marykboyd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marykboyd/ Instagram: @boydmaryk Email: mboyd@berry.edu Connect with Josie Website: josieahlquist.com Twitter: @josieahlquist  LinkedIn: /JosieAhlquist Instagram: @josieahlquist  Facebook: Dr. Josie Ahlquist  Email: josie@josieahlquist.com

In the first of its’ kind on the podcast, this shorty episode is part of a series throughout the season that will fill your earbuds with even more learning and laughter with me, Dr. Josie Ahlquist. This episode digs into what to expect in these episodes including tech updates like IGTV, digital insights into this freshman class, f you should delete old tweets and a little heartwave message about #InMyFeelings that brings to life the mission of the podcast. Shorty episodes are sponsored by The Connected Exec Program with Dr. Josie Ahlquist. Learn more and apply here. Notes from this Episode Instagram TV: IGTV @Ohiostathletics IGTV @WestVirginiau IGTV @UnivofAlabama IGTV Mannequin Challenge 2012 USA Olympic Swimming Team Call Me Maybe Craze Ciara In My Feelings Challenge Odell Beckham Jr In My Feelings Challenge The Oregon Duck In My Feelings Challenge Yale University Police Officer In My Feelings Challenge The Wayne State University In My Feelings Challenge The University of Michigan In My Feelings Challenge Connect with Josie Website: http://www.josieahlquist.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/josieahlquist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josieahlquist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josieahlquist/ Email: josie@josieahlquist.com

In the season three premiere, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ajay Nair, the 22nd President of Arcadia University about his recent journey into the presidency, as well as his thoughts on integrating family into his professional life and even his social media feed. This 2.0 President brings authenticity, diversity, personalization and a genuine approach to social media. While Ajay is a campus executive, he also loves to be a student - which is exactly how he stays attuned to technology changes from students and even his children. Show Notes Ajay’s Family on Instagram Acardia deer on campus Ajay’s Emory Campus Life Music Video Puja ceremony The Connected Exec Community Connect with President Nair Twitter: @PrezNair Facebook: @PrezNair Instagram @preznair Snapchat: @preznair LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/preznair Connect with Josie Website: josieahlquist.com Twitter: @josieahlquist  LinkedIn: /JosieAhlquist Instagram: @josieahlquist  Facebook: Dr. Josie Ahlquist  Email: josie@josieahlquist.com  

Lindsay and Josie share amazing advice for social media practices when starting a business. They discuss the fear of calling what you do a "business" and how to get over it. Be sure to connect with Lindsay, Josie, and other guests in the Academics Mean Business Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/AMBcommunity/ About Josie: After 12 years working on college campuses, Josie Ahlquist went rogue from traditional higher education roles—as an independent speaker, author, and consultant on digital leadership in higher education. She teaches teens, young adults, educational professionals and corporate executives how to humanize tech and prioritize building online community over traditional marketing methods. Ahlquist has trained thousands across the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates. She backs up her content with her own grant-funded and award-winning research. Her research agenda focuses on young adults' digital experiences, senior executives' online leadership practices, and digital leadership pedagogy. She maintains an active research agenda, currently undertaking research projects with colleagues around the globe. For the fourth year in a row, she has been named to the “Top 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs” by Ed Tech Magazine. Her podcast, Josie & The Podcast was featured by The Chronicle of Higher Ed and Inside Higher Ed as a show to subscribe to. She is published as a co-author in the Handbook of Student Affairs Administration textbook, The Journal of Leadership Studies, co-editor and author in the New Directions in Student Services and co-editor and author in New Directions in Student Leadership. She is currently writing a book with Stylus Publishing, set to release in 2019 on digital leadership in higher education. www.josieahlquist.com https://twitter.com/josieahlquist https://www.facebook.com/DrJosieAhlquist/ https://www.instagram.com/josieahlquist/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/josieahlquist/ https://www.youtube.com/josieahlquist 

Lindsay and Josie share amazing advice for social media practices when starting a business. They discuss the fear of calling what you do a "business" and how to get over it. Be sure to connect with Lindsay, Josie, and other guests in the Academics Mean Business Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/AMBcommunity/ About Josie: After 12 years working on college campuses, Josie Ahlquist went rogue from traditional higher education roles—as an independent speaker, author, and consultant on digital leadership in higher education. She teaches teens, young adults, educational professionals and corporate executives how to humanize tech and prioritize building online community over traditional marketing methods. Ahlquist has trained thousands across the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates. She backs up her content with her own grant-funded and award-winning research. Her research agenda focuses on young adults' digital experiences, senior executives' online leadership practices, and digital leadership pedagogy. She maintains an active research agenda, currently undertaking research projects with colleagues around the globe. For the fourth year in a row, she has been named to the “Top 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs” by Ed Tech Magazine. Her podcast, Josie & The Podcast was featured by The Chronicle of Higher Ed and Inside Higher Ed as a show to subscribe to. She is published as a co-author in the Handbook of Student Affairs Administration textbook, The Journal of Leadership Studies, co-editor and author in the New Directions in Student Services and co-editor and author in New Directions in Student Leadership. She is currently writing a book with Stylus Publishing, set to release in 2019 on digital leadership in higher education. www.josieahlquist.com https://twitter.com/josieahlquist https://www.facebook.com/DrJosieAhlquist/ https://www.instagram.com/josieahlquist/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/josieahlquist/ https://www.youtube.com/josieahlquist 

Should I tweet this? Is it appropriate to respond to that Instagram comment? Admissions leaders have been grappling with the internal cost-benefit analysis tied to these questions for years. Dr. Josie Ahlquist's recent article, titled “Tweet the Veep: 30 Vice Presidents to Follow on Twitter,” has again moved this conversation to the top of Twitter feeds all over the country by highlighting Vice Presidents in Enrollment Management and Student Affairs that have embraced the platform. On this episode of Admissions Live, we sit down with Dr. Josie Ahlquist, Digital Leadership Author, Coach, and Speaker, Jennielle Strother, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Services at Concordia University in Texas, and Dr. Kara Kolomitz, Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment at Regis College in Massachusetts, to discuss the benefits and challenges of having senior admissions leadership engage with prospective students, peers, and colleagues on social media.

Should I tweet this? Is it appropriate to respond to that Instagram comment? Admissions leaders have been grappling with the internal cost-benefit analysis tied to these questions for years. Dr. Josie Ahlquist’s recent article, titled “Tweet the Veep: 30 Vice Presidents to Follow on Twitter,” has again moved this conversation to the top of Twitter feeds all over the country by highlighting Vice Presidents in Enrollment Management and Student Affairs that have embraced the platform.On this episode of Admissions Live, we sit down with Dr. Josie Ahlquist, Digital Leadership Author, Coach, and Speaker, Jennielle Strother, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Services at Concordia University in Texas, and Dr. Kara Kolomitz, Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment at Regis College in Massachusetts, to discuss the benefits and challenges of having senior admissions leadership engage with prospective students, peers, and colleagues on social media.

Our guest this episode is Dr. Josie Ahlquist; podcaster, faculty member, keynote speaker, and explorer of how tech influences leadership. Subscribe and listen via iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play. Find the full show notes at higheredgeek.com/podcast Check out our sponsor, Swift Kick, and if you mention Higher Ed Geek, you'll get $500 off their speaking fee. Our podcast is a proud member of the ConnectEDU Podcast Network. Music by pond5.com

Dr. Josie Ahlquist is a speaker, author, research, and educator discovering how technology and leadership intersect in the 21st century. On today's episode, we're discussing how to create and empower student leaders. The Teachers Lounge The Teachers Lounge is HubSpot's podcast for the Education Partner Program, which provides colleges and university professors with everything they need to teach leading courses in marketing, sales, entrepreneurship, and communications. Software, resources, and a community of professors -- all for free. Apply to be a HubSpot Education Partner: bit.ly/2z0IZwg

Welcome to Season 4 of The Dr. Will Show where we talk about innovation, leadership and becoming the CEO of YOU. Each week I Zoom in a Thought Leader and we chat about ideas and strategies that offer actionable steps to assist you living your best life. On this episode, I Zoom in Dr. Josie Ahlquist and we talk about social's role in leadership. Dr. Josie is dynamic and keeps it straight dope. Dr. Josie Ahlquist has trained thousands of professionals and students around the globe on how to thrive online and in life. As a speaker, researcher and author on digital leadership she takes a personal approach to transforming how we view technology through the lens of empathy and empowerment that will result in stronger companies, communities, schools and future leaders. Josie received her EdD from California Lutheran University doctoral program, studying higher education leadership. She is an alumna of Northern Arizona University with a Masters degree in Counseling and holds undergraduate degrees from South Dakota State University, where she double-majored in Sociology and Human Development and Family Studies. You can connect with Dr. Josie on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/josieahlquist Her website can be found here: http://www.josieahlquist.com/ You can listen to her podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/josie-and-the-podcast/id1161437608?mt=2 Please subscribe and leave a review.

Dr. Josie Ahlquist is a digital leadership educator (josieahlquist.com), teacher and speaker. She has been in education since 2003 including 12 years working at the university level. She currently serves as Research Associate and Instructor at Florida State University and has been named the "Top 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology blog" by Ed Tech Magazine three times since 2013.  Hear her story on this week's episode. And of course, Why Does She Social?!  Share your thoughts on this week's episode with #WhyISocial Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, or Google  Follow at @WhyISocial. Connect with Josie on Twitter  Connect With Josie on LinkedIn.  If you know someone who deserves their story told, let me know! Tweet me at @CBarrows or @WhyISocial using #WhyISocialGuest  Interested in being a part of the Why I Social family? Why I Social is now accepting monthly episode sponsorship opportunities - inquire at @WhyISocial@gmail.com for additional information.   

Dr. Josie Ahlquist, Research Associate & Instructor at Florida State University, talks about how important it is for higher ed leaders to be digitally savvy and how they can get there at your institution.

I love the holidays so much I just had to wrap up a little extra podcast cheer to spread for all to hear. This bonus episode you'll learn a bit more about me, including what it was like to grow up in Wyoming, what I'm celebrating this year and lots of shoutouts to my top podcast supporters and behind the scenes production crew. And what holiday bonus episode would be complete without a surprise at the end! Find all the show notes at josieahlquist.com/podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter @JosieATPodcast and host Dr. Josie Ahlquist @josieahlquist.

There is a lot more to technology than downloading the hottest app or upgrading the latest software update. As Dr. Ed Cabellon shares technology is actually pretty personal - with skills required for successful technology implementation including politics, emotions and a long-term investment. Ed has seen the evolution of technology especially in students affairs and enrollment management as an early adopter and educator of digital identity, social media, and digital marketing. He’ll share his tips and tricks for navigating technology implementation including showcasing the homegrown strategy at Bridgewater State University called BSUlife.com. Find all the show notes at josieahlquist.com/podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter @JosieATPodcast and host Dr. Josie Ahlquist @josieahlquist.   

Finding your niche has never seemed more achievable thanks to this week’s guest, Niche Movement founder Kevin O’Connell. He’s an entrepreneur, author, and digital storyteller on a quest to build the perfect Spotify playlist. Our conversation is all about storytelling, from digital platform best practices to ways to launch the next chapter of your career. Best of all, this episode is packed with practical and tactical advice, especially if you are ready to make some shifts in your life. Find all the show notes at josieahlquist.com/podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter @JosieATPodcast and host Dr. Josie Ahlquist @josieahlquist.     

What if something as simple as a tweet could help you make your next career move - while you’re still in college? My guest this week can tell you firsthand what that experience is like. Mallie Rust is my content and marketing coordinator, a freelance editor, TexasMedia student, and even an amateur ballroom dancer. As a college senior Mallie shares her experience growing up on social media, how campuses can best use social to connect with current and future students and explains why she’s so passionate about the Oxford comma. Find all the show notes at josieahlquist.com/podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter @JosieATPodcast and host Dr. Josie Ahlquist @josieahlquist.   

Social justice work may go by many names: multiculturalism, inclusive excellence, diversity, equality, etc. According to Vernon A. Wall, what you call it doesn’t matter; it’s about your actions. Our discussion on how to engage in difficult dialogues and advocating for others - even if it’s uncomfortable, and the ways that a focus on language can help and hurt social justice efforts. There is also lots of celebrity talk from his leadership with Capital Pride and behind the scenes of the Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI) of which he is a founder and faculty member. Find all the show notes at josieahlquist.com/podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter @JosieATPodcast and host Dr. Josie Ahlquist @josieahlquist.   

In Episode 36, we are joined by Dr. Josie Ahlquist to discuss technology and leadership. Josie is a digital leadership educator, research associate and instructor at Florida State University, and hosts her own podcast, Josie & The Podcast (http://www.josieahlquist.com/). In this episode, you’ll get to know a little bit about Josie’s experience growing up in the second smallest state by population, her love for triathlons, and what gives her life. Jose then dives into the intersections of leadership and technology by discussing the use of social media by students and higher education executives, promotion of leadership online, and advocacy on social media. Timeline: 00:00 - 01:30: Introduction 01:30 - 19:50: Get to Know Josie 19:50 - 24:30: Higher Ed Two Truths and a Lie 24:30 - 28:10: Approach to the Way Students Use Social Media 28:10 - 31:05: Intersection of Leadership and Social Media 31:05 - 33:30: Higher Education Executives Utilizing Social Media 33:30 - 36:00: Promote Leadership via Online Outlets 36:00 - 39:10: Advocacy on Social Media 39:10 - 40:05: Outro

Is it possible that university curriculum can keep up with the ever-changing speed of social media? My guest today believes so, with a lot of coffee and commitment. In this episode, Dr. Karen Freberg discusses life as a social media professor, from developing lesson plans to partnerships with companies like General Motors and Louisville Bats to Hootsuite and Adobe. Karen shares the ways that her time as a record-setting college athlete helped shape her career path in sports marketing, where her digital storytelling skills started with her first website gifted from her parents and how she taps into communities on twitter and facebook to build a community of social media professors. Find all the show notes at josieahlquist.com/podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter @JosieATPodcast and host Dr. Josie Ahlquist @josieahlquist. 

If you’ve ever read a list of college presidents to follow on Twitter, you’ve probably heard of Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough, the Hip Hop President. Walter’s official title is “President of Dillard University,” but he’s so much more than that. He’s also a published author, accomplished researcher, master of personal branding and presidential tweeting pro. In our conversation, we break down the development of Walter’s personal brand, his experiences tackling difficult discussions, and the people who inspire him. Find all the show notes at josieahlquist.com/podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter @JosieATPodcast and host Dr. Josie Ahlquist @josieahlquist.

This episode marks the last panel in the podcast’s classroom edition series. The classroom edition features panels I moderated for my Florida State University graduate-level course, Technology in Higher Ed. We’re closing out with a deep dive into what digital leadership looks like in higher education from perspectives all across campus. This week’s panelists Juhi Bhatt, Joy Hoffman, Douglas Eck, and Nathan Victoria cover everything from advice on digital reputations the realities and risks and rewards of a digital presence. Find all the show notes at josieahlquist.com/podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter @JosieATPodcast and host Dr. Josie Ahlquist @josieahlquist.

For this episode of my classroom edition series, I’ve invited three student affairs professionals in senior-level positions to give their perspective on digital leadership in higher education. Note: I moderated this panel (and the others in the classroom edition) for my Florida State University graduate-level course, Technology in Higher Ed. Tonantzin Oseguera, Damien Peña, and Peter A. Konwerski are our three panelists, and they break down what it’s like to be in an executive position in higher education, their social media approaches, and how campuses can and should implement digital leadership training. Find all the show notes at josieahlquist.com/podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter @JosieATPodcast and host Dr. Josie Ahlquist @josieahlquist.

Launched in 2015, the New Directions for Student Leadership series “explores dimensions of the development of leadership in high school youth and college students to aid leadership educators who design educational courses and programs for students.” (Jossey-Bass, 2015). Series editors Dr. Kathy Guthrie and Dr. Susan Komives observe: “The world today needs more and better leaders from all contexts able to work together on messy problems. We feel this New Directions series will provide current and relevant information for educators and administrators working with students of all ages to develop their leadership capacity and leader identity.” On this episode of Student Affairs Live, host Heather Shea connects with Drs. Susan Komives, Kathy Guthrie, Josie Ahlquist, Corey Seemiller, and Dan Tillapaugh for a discussion about the series.

Launched in 2015, the New Directions for Student Leadership series “explores dimensions of the development of leadership in high school youth and college students to aid leadership educators who design educational courses and programs for students.” (Jossey-Bass, 2015). Series editors Dr. Kathy Guthrie and Dr. Susan Komives observe:“The world today needs more and better leaders from all contexts able to work together on messy problems. We feel this New Directions series will provide current and relevant information for educators and administrators working with students of all ages to develop their leadership capacity and leader identity.”On this episode of Student Affairs Live, host Heather Shea connects with Drs. Susan Komives, Kathy Guthrie, Josie Ahlquist, Corey Seemiller, and Dan Tillapaugh for a discussion about the series.

On this episode of SA Live, host Tony Doody interviews Ed Cabellon and Josie Ahlquist about their recently co-authored book, "Engaging the Digital Generation." Guaranteed to be entertaining and informative, Ed and Josie blend years of research, theory and practice to offer up practical advice and insight for Student Affairs professionals at every level. Topics covered on this episode include: Adapting to the rapid pace of technological change; professional development and competency; collecting and measuring data to inform strategy; coping and choosing from the array of tools and solutions that technology affords; creating structured policies and guidelines for social media; and predicting what the future holds for digital engagement in Higher Education.

On this episode of SA Live, host Tony Doody interviews Ed Cabellon and Josie Ahlquist about their recently co-authored book, "Engaging the Digital Generation." Guaranteed to be entertaining and informative, Ed and Josie blend years of research, theory and practice to offer up practical advice and insight for Student Affairs professionals at every level. Topics covered on this episode include: Adapting to the rapid pace of technological change; professional development and competency; collecting and measuring data to inform strategy; coping and choosing from the array of tools and solutions that technology affords; creating structured policies and guidelines for social media; and predicting what the future holds for digital engagement in Higher Education.

In each episode, Dr. Josie Ahlquist - digital leadership author, researcher and speaker - connects tech and leadership in education. This podcast will bring you leaders on-campus and online. From Senior Vice Presidents on Snapchat, YouTubers receiving billions of views and new media professionals. All through the lens of social media and leadership.  Josie hopes you will not only learn from these digital leaders but also laugh as we all explore how to be our best selves online and off.

This week on the show, we have two(!) awesome guests. We welcome back Josie Ahlquist and give a warm student affairs welcome to her husband, Lloyd (otherwise known as Epic LLOYD from Epic Rap Battles of History fame) who is new to the show. They spoke with Dustin about YouTube and as where this new network of educational and entertainment content is headed and how it affects college students. Find the full show notes here: http://bit.ly/1M0J5oW

This week's episode is with Josie Ahlquist, who is currently preparing to do doctoral research on social media and student development in college. Tom and Dustin spoke with her to learn about how campuses can best engage with their students on these new tools. Find the full show notes here: http://bit.ly/1AjY2JF