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Episode Synopsis
Finding solutions to help students find and build their community when first enrolling is a critical step in their success. In this week's episode, Mickey is joined by Cooper Jones, Co-founder and CEO of RahRah.
Mickey and Cooper look at the role of community and discuss various ways colleges and universities can better support students in the onboarding process, especially through the lens of the RahRah app.
Mickey also looks at the data that can be leveraged for orientation and #studentsuccess and service teams to better understand eachstudents' experience, and how well they are acclimating with their new community.
This is part 1 of a 2-part series on community. In our next episode, we dive into what makes communities succeed or fail, and the various strategies #highered can use to increase adoption of communities for niche groups of students.
Cooper Jones is the cofounder and CEO of RahRah. A former consultant at Accenture, Cooper graduated from Oklahoma State University and later founded RahRah with Sam Allen. RahRah helps colleges and universities build stronger communities as they enroll new students. Learn more at rahrahlife.com
You can follow Cooper Jones on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coop-jones/
Your host, Mickey Baines, is a Partner at Kennedy & Company. Mickey leads a team of consultants that help Colleges and universities build strategies for the use of technology to enroll new and support current students. Mickey has consulted with over 200 institutions across North American and the United Kingdom.
Mickey has 25 years of experience in higher education and enrollment technology. He has served in higher ed as a practitioner, focusing on admissions, enrollment management and student success.
Mickey has hosted higher ed-focused podcasts since 2015. CRMprov, his second podcast is in its 3rd season. Mickey is a regular contributor to CRM-focused content on LinkedIn and presents at conferences across the United States regularly on topics CRM and enrollment-focused topics.
Learn more about Mickey's work at www.kennedyandcompany.com, and follow him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickeyb/
Mickey and Cooper look at the role of community and discuss various ways colleges and universities can better support students in the onboarding process, especially through the lens of the RahRah app.
Mickey also looks at the data that can be leveraged for orientation and #studentsuccess and service teams to better understand eachstudents' experience, and how well they are acclimating with their new community.
This is part 1 of a 2-part series on community. In our next episode, we dive into what makes communities succeed or fail, and the various strategies #highered can use to increase adoption of communities for niche groups of students.
Cooper Jones is the cofounder and CEO of RahRah. A former consultant at Accenture, Cooper graduated from Oklahoma State University and later founded RahRah with Sam Allen. RahRah helps colleges and universities build stronger communities as they enroll new students. Learn more at rahrahlife.com
You can follow Cooper Jones on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coop-jones/
Your host, Mickey Baines, is a Partner at Kennedy & Company. Mickey leads a team of consultants that help Colleges and universities build strategies for the use of technology to enroll new and support current students. Mickey has consulted with over 200 institutions across North American and the United Kingdom.
Mickey has 25 years of experience in higher education and enrollment technology. He has served in higher ed as a practitioner, focusing on admissions, enrollment management and student success.
Mickey has hosted higher ed-focused podcasts since 2015. CRMprov, his second podcast is in its 3rd season. Mickey is a regular contributor to CRM-focused content on LinkedIn and presents at conferences across the United States regularly on topics CRM and enrollment-focused topics.
Learn more about Mickey's work at www.kennedyandcompany.com, and follow him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickeyb/
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