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Archive for April, 2009

New Campuses from Coast to Coast

During the month of February, OrgSync started working with many new campuses from coast to coast. We are extremely excited to welcome the University of Alabama – Birmingham, Arizona State University, Florida International University, Pace University @ Pleasantville-Briarcliff, University of the Incarnate Word, Adelphi University, Denison University, California State University @ Dominguez Hills, The City [...]


OrgSync Integrates with PayPal

Integration Enables OrgSync to Release a Premier Treasury Solution for Higher Education OrgSync is excited to announce that it has integrated PayPal into its co-curricular management platform. With PayPal, student leaders and campus administrators can electronically issue invoices and collect payments online. The integration brings convenience and security to collegiate treasury management while decreasing administrative burdens [...]


OrgSync Goes Green!

April 22, a Day to Think Green Today is the world’s 39th annual Earth Day. This is a time to reflect on your daily routine and ask yourself whether or not you can make [at least] a few minor adjustments to help minimize our negative impact to our planet earth. 2009 marks the beginning of [...]


Guest Blogger: Texas State Student Bloggers Cover SXSWi

Cindy Royal is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Texas State University in San Marcos. Cindy and I met on Twitter, when I volunteered to be interviewed by one of her student bloggers during SXSW Interactive. You can view the OrgSync SXSW interview here. We were excited to see social [...]


ACUI National Conference Recap

The OrgSync Conference Team just returned from 2009 ACUI Conference in Anaheim, CA. I have attended many conferences in my 11 years in higher education, but this was the first time I was able to attend ACUI. It is always exciting when people know the name OrgSync, and we have a large amount of clients [...]


Texas Tech On-Site Training

This weekend I had the pleasure of visiting our neighbor to the northwest, Lubbock, TX and one of our largest campuses, Texas Tech University. Tech, a client since May of 2008 boasts nearly 400 student organizations and has been a joy to work with over the past year. Mike Gunn, Assistant Director of Student Organizations, [...]


Succeeding Through Your Core Values: A Lesson From Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos

This past March, the SXSWi opening keynote speech, presented by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, highlighted the importance of developing a strong company culture and explained his company’s revolutionary vision of customer service. As I listened to Tony’s presentation, I found myself inspired by the fact that Zappos’ adherence to company culture and core values [...]


Social Media Taking Over the World – Part 2: YouTube

YouTube, the social media phenomenon that allows you to “broadcast yourself” has mainstreamed video sharing across the world! Currently we take video sharing for granted, but prior to YouTube streaming video was expensive, timely, and difficult to do. Now there are multiple platforms available to broadcast videos and create personal channels including YouTube, Viddler and [...]