How Clemson University Streamlines Orientation, Family Weekend, and Welcome Week Planning with Mobile Campus Technology
Join us on October 1, 2024, for a 40-minute webinar to discover how Clemson University eliminated outdated printed schedules and transformed their orientation, family weekend, and welcome week planning with a branded mobile app powered by Guidebook.
Handing families beautifully crafted printed schedules that are outdated before they arrive on campus creates confusion and wastes resources. Clemson University's Student Leadership and Engagement team solved this problem by transitioning to a branded mobile app that updates instantly across their summer orientation sessions, family weekends, and welcome week programming.
In this webinar, Casey Ford, Interim Director of Student Transitions at Clemson University, shares how her team consolidated multiple event types into one branded app experience — serving students, families, and campus partners year-round.
**What You'll Learn:**
- How Clemson moved away from printed schedules that became obsolete the moment parking locations or session times changed
- Strategies for using one branded app across orientation, family weekends, and welcome week for year-round continuity
- How real-time updates allow schedule changes in "a matter of seconds" during live events
- Team collaboration tactics with 5-6 admin users trained to make instant edits
- Family engagement techniques including video tutorials filmed by parent ambassadors
- Guide cloning workflows that reduce build time from weeks to days
- Location pin features that serve as a "driving force" for app adoption among first-time campus visitors
- QR code check-in integration that drives downloads and eliminates paper handouts
**Who Should Attend:**
- University student affairs professionals managing orientation and family programming
- Campus event planners struggling with outdated printed materials and last-minute changes
- Higher education teams seeking to consolidate multiple event types into a unified platform
- Student transition coordinators managing summer orientation and welcome week programming
- Institutions wanting to improve parent and family engagement and communication consistency
**Featured Speaker:**
Casey Ford, Interim Director of Student Transitions, Student Leadership and Engagement, Clemson University. Casey oversees new student and family orientation, family weekend events, and welcome week programming. Her team has used Guidebook for three years, transitioning from printed schedules to comprehensive, real-time updatable event experiences.
Register now to learn how Clemson achieved real-time schedule accuracy, eliminated reprinting costs, and built a seamless year-round mobile experience for students and families.
Handing families beautifully crafted printed schedules that are outdated before they arrive on campus creates confusion and wastes resources. Clemson University's Student Leadership and Engagement team solved this problem by transitioning to a branded mobile app that updates instantly across their summer orientation sessions, family weekends, and welcome week programming.
In this webinar, Casey Ford, Interim Director of Student Transitions at Clemson University, shares how her team consolidated multiple event types into one branded app experience — serving students, families, and campus partners year-round.
**What You'll Learn:**
- How Clemson moved away from printed schedules that became obsolete the moment parking locations or session times changed
- Strategies for using one branded app across orientation, family weekends, and welcome week for year-round continuity
- How real-time updates allow schedule changes in "a matter of seconds" during live events
- Team collaboration tactics with 5-6 admin users trained to make instant edits
- Family engagement techniques including video tutorials filmed by parent ambassadors
- Guide cloning workflows that reduce build time from weeks to days
- Location pin features that serve as a "driving force" for app adoption among first-time campus visitors
- QR code check-in integration that drives downloads and eliminates paper handouts
**Who Should Attend:**
- University student affairs professionals managing orientation and family programming
- Campus event planners struggling with outdated printed materials and last-minute changes
- Higher education teams seeking to consolidate multiple event types into a unified platform
- Student transition coordinators managing summer orientation and welcome week programming
- Institutions wanting to improve parent and family engagement and communication consistency
**Featured Speaker:**
Casey Ford, Interim Director of Student Transitions, Student Leadership and Engagement, Clemson University. Casey oversees new student and family orientation, family weekend events, and welcome week programming. Her team has used Guidebook for three years, transitioning from printed schedules to comprehensive, real-time updatable event experiences.
Register now to learn how Clemson achieved real-time schedule accuracy, eliminated reprinting costs, and built a seamless year-round mobile experience for students and families.
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