{"id":6903,"date":"2015-02-12T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.studyabroad101.com\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2022-12-01T11:20:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T16:20:18","slug":"abroad101-advisors-newsletter-february-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyabroad101.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/abroad101-advisors-newsletter-february-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Abroad101 Advisors Newsletter February 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thank you for spending a few minutes reading this and catching up with latest news from Abroad101, the first and largest study abroad review website.\u00a0 It’s been 7 1\/2 years since we posted our first review and now, 23,000 reviews later, Abroad101 is as strong as ever continuing to help students, parents and advisors get more out of education abroad.<\/p>\n

Crowd-Funding for Student Study Abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crowd-Funding is not just for hi-tech start-ups, students are increasing the use of crowd-funding to pay for their education abroad.\u00a0 Abroad101 is on the front lines of this hot new trend with our “Abroad101 Student of the Week” program designed to boost individual student efforts to raise money to study abroad.\u00a0 In this partnership with GoEnnounce, a prospective student is recognized each week and their mission (campaign) is boosted with a small grant and promoted through Abroad101’s wide reaching social network.<\/span><\/p>\n

To further demonstrate our commitment to help\u00a0one student at a time, Abroad101 recently doubled our crowd-funding donations as part of our pledge to join Generation Study Abroad<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 If you have ambitious, hard-working students who are finding it difficult to raise money for study abroad, we encourage you to get them started on a crowd-funding mission for study abroad, please link to\u00a0https:\/\/www.goennounce.com\/l\/sa<\/span>\u00a0from the financing study abroad portion of your advising website.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to read more about Crowd-Funding for Study Abroad, check out our recent article on Noodle.com<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 We hope you’ll share it with your students.<\/p>\n

Its Time Again to Invite Returning Students to Submit Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now is a great time to invite students to submit their program evaluations (reviews) through Abroad101.\u00a0 Fall and January term students have had time to settle down, think about their experience and are just waiting for you to guide them to showcase their time abroad.\u00a0 Over 70% of the 23,000 reviews on Abroad101 have come from the invitation of advisors, so please login to your account,<\/span> use the Invite Tool and get those reviews flowing.\u00a0 If you are using your own outreach, please direct the students to http:\/\/www.StudyAbroad101.com\/reviews\/new<\/span> to begin their review.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember, it\u2019s never too late to ask for a review so if you\u2019ve not sent an invitation in a while, or you tried other means than the Abroad101 Invite Tool, please come back and use the Invite Tool for past participants.\u00a0 The Invite Tool is smart enough not to send invites to student who have already been invited and won\u2019t send a reminder to those who have already completed a review.<\/p>\n

Student Reviews of Exchange Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abroad101’s evaluation tool works great with third-party providers, faculty-led and exchange programs.\u00a0 Each foreign university has a catch-all “Direct Enrollment & Exchange<\/span>” listing where students from all over the country will submit reviews of direct enrollment, consortia exchanges or bi-lateral exchange programs, all through this one listing.\u00a0 It’s a great place for your students to see the benefits of these programs and for students to share those with the world when they return.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Abroad101 Pre-approved\/Recommended Programs Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n

For universities who use a pre-approved programs list or recommend programs to their students, Abroad101 offers an easy way to show\u00a0those choices to\u00a0students searching on the site.\u00a0 When a student logs in to Abroad101, they will see your recommendations highlighted with an approved icon.\u00a0 They also have the option to view only the pre-approved programs in any directory or only view programs that have been reviewed by students from their home university.\u00a0 The pre-approved programs are easy to manage using your account dashboard.\u00a0 If you’d prefer we maintain them for you, simply send us the source of your approved programs list (web links, spreadsheet or other document) and our team will take care of this for you, free of charge!<\/span><\/p>\n

Use the Abroad101 Program Widget on Your Website<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Abroad101 Program Widget creates a badge-like graphic for use on your web site.\u00a0 Using as much space as a small picture, the badge shows a review count, overall average review score and a star-ratings graphic in an image designed to look like an award that links back to the reviews.\u00a0 There is no charge to use this, no forms to complete.\u00a0 Simply copy the code generated from the Abroad101 Program Widget<\/span>\u00a0and enter it on your web page where you might otherwise have a photo.\u00a0 The code is dynamic and your badge will constantly refresh and stay current.<\/span><\/p>\n

The badge is a great complement to any program listed on your website, including you own faculty-led, exchange or recommended provider program. \u00a0The badge also helps students and their parents become more comfortable with a program and the link back to reviews can help set their expectations for that program. \u00a0Take a look!<\/span><\/p>\n

Still using Paper Evaluations?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A number of organizations use paper-based evaluations, but that shouldn’t stop you from getting those reviews online.\u00a0 We understand that paper data collection generates high participation results, so if you’re not yet ready to jump to a completely online system, we suggest you consider a hybrid, two part process where paper is done first, that data scanned and loaded into a database and that database integrated with the Abroad101 system.\u00a0 The Abroad101 system would then send the student a confirmation and prompt them to complete some additional questions, add photos and then publish the review on Abroad101 to share their experience with the world.\u00a0 We estimate the cost (with modest volume) to be $5 per paper review for the conversion.\u00a0 If you are interested in engineering a 2-step process for your evaluations (paper or online), please contact mark@abroad101.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Call, Meet or Just Say Hi!<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Abroad101’s CEO, I will be attending the upcoming AIEA conference in Washington, DC.\u00a0 If you’d like to arrange a meeting, please email mark@abroad101.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abroad101 will have a booth in the Exhibit Hall at the Forum conference in March.\u00a0 If you are attending, please stop by and say hello.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions about Abroad101 or would like a web demo of the system for you or your staff, please don’t hesitate to request an meeting.\u00a0 We’d be happy to give you 30-45 minute walk-through of the features of the system.\u00a0 Contact sales@abroad101.com<\/span><\/a> to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n

Thanks again for taking the time to read this and for your interest in Abroad101.\u00a0 Your suggestions and comments are very much appreciated as is your support.<\/p>\n

Regards,<\/p>\n

Mark Shay,<\/p>\n

CEO, Abroad101<\/p>\n

mark@abroad101.com<\/a><\/p>\n

+1-212-321-0928<\/p>\n

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