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Emergencies happen. You can never 100% prepare for an emergency at your institution, but you can have a plan in place for keeping your students updated. Last week, there were incidents ...

Don't miss out! We're co-hosting a webinar with Owens Community College tomorrow at 2pm EST. Register now!

It wasn't easy to pull ourselves away from New Orleans' famed alligator and crawfish dishes, but it was certainly worth it. When we weren't eating everything in sight, we were taking i ...

Texting students in a school district or even across the entire state has a measurable impact on student enrollment and college persistence. But can you achieve similar results with ...

Do you work in admissions, enrollment, or at a community college? If so, please join us for an upcoming webinar, Hit Your Target for New Student Enrollment, to learn new strategies for ...

Six months ago, I joined the Signal Vine team as a Customer Success Associate. Ever wondered what our Customer Success team does behind the scenes? Here's a sneak peek! (PS - we'r ...

A six-hour flight delay on our way home from Minneapolis didn’t stop us from having a great time at the 103rd AACRAO Annual Meeting! We spent three days learning about the communicatio ...

GEAR UP’s been a buzzword in education news recently. Need a quick recap on potential budget cuts and the approaching 2017 application deadline? See what GEAR UP programs are up to ...

Earlier this week, Eduventures released its quarterly 5 EdTech Companies to Watch report. Guess who made the list? That's right - Signal Vine! We're excited and honored to be recognize ...

If you're new to texting students, you may not know where to begin. Katie, a Customer Success Associate at Signal Vine, shares her top five things you need to know when you first get s ...

 We're back and ready to bust more myths! Let's investigate five myths in higher education and see if they're true or totally debunked.

The Essential Guide to Acronyms and Emojis is back and better than ever! See the best of the new iOS 10.2 emojis to use with your students. Enjoy! 

Welcome back to another episode of #TextingTuesdays! This week,  Sahil Mehra shares how to personalize text messages. The more personalized a message is , the higher the outcome ...

I recently got back from the NASPA Annual Conference for Student Affairs Administrators,  where a hot topic and buzzword was engagement. How do we engage students? Why do they ...

Have you heard of the College in High School Alliance (CHSA)? It's a coalition of schools, school networks, and advocacy groups that advocate for policies supporting high-quality du ...

Our team returned this week from an exciting Oracle Alliance conference in Las Vegas. More than 3,800 Higher Education User Group (HEUG) members attended to share ideas and best practi ...

Signal Vine kicked off 2017 with a new webinar series focused on texting best practices, new ideas and strategies, research, and customer success stories. The next webinar is on March ...

Why do students borrow in risky ways, run out of money, default on loans, and then ultimately withdraw from school? It's a common assumption that low-income students aren't financially ...

There are thousands of resources out there for people who work in higher education. We know it can be stressful to sort through and find what works best! We went ahead and gathered a ...

Welcome back to another episode of #TextingTuesdays! This week Hunter Watts, a Product Development Associate at Signal Vine, will review  Signal Vine's integration with Salesfor ...

To be successful in today’s society, you have to be connected. We take internet connection for granted when we’re surrounded by our phones, computers, and tablets, but the truth is ...

It's conference season for Signal Vine, which means a lot of traveling for our team! As we pack our most valuable items and double check our plane tickets, there's one thing that ne ...

By now, you know that text messaging is a powerful way to reach students. Peer Health Exchange (PHE) is one of the latest organizations to experience the increased engagement of a ...

Welcome back to #TextingTuesdays! This week,  Peter Murray, our Enterprise Sales Manager, expands on four crucial steps to implementing Signal Vine. Step 1: Develop a str ...

One of Signal Vine's many unique functions is the ability to send scheduled mass messages and have one-on-one conversations all in one conversation thread. There's even a word for this ...

For the past decade, email has been the the most common form of communication on most campuses and offices. People are often wary of differing from the “norm.” Texting on college campu ...

You know that students are no longer using traditional forms of communication (phone calls, voicemail, email)... but what are they using? Take a deep dive into how students are comm ...

It's hard to believe that we're almost a full month into 2017! In this week's #TextingTuesdays video, CEO Brian Kathman shares his thoughts on the past year. Tune in to hear Brian ...

A recent op-ed by David L. Kirp published in The New York Times examines how texting programs can nudge students towards better educational choices. Kirp focuses particularly on the us ...

Writing an engaging introduction text is the easiest way to grab your students' attention - and keep it! Connecting personally with your students early on keeps them engaged beyond the ...

Welcome to 2017! Let's kick off the new year the best way we know how: with a new #TextingTuesdays video. New to #TextingTuesdays? Watch the first how-to video  here, or keep read ...

2016 has been a whirlwind of new technologies, rising leaders, and groundbreaking initiatives in education. As the year comes to an end, let's take a look at the past year throu ...

A common question we're asked is: "How do I collect my students' cell phone numbers?" The answer is simpler than you think. In fact, you probably even have your students' cell phone ...

Avid readers of our blog already know that Signal Vine loves to celebrate. Check out photos from this year's Secret Santa party, where we shared gifts and celebrated a wonderful yea ...

It's hard to believe that we're already halfway through December! It's a busy time full of holiday shopping, travel, and of course, exams. Send your students some much-needed holiday c ...

Texting students from your phone is simple and secure with the new Android mobile app. You can now text your students from wherever you are. All you have to do is download the app!  T ...

Welcome back to #TextingTuesdays! Today, you'll learn strategies for using Signal Vine more efficiently. Texting doesn't have to take up a lot of time, as Joe Weinstein, our Director o ...

Texting with your students is more fun and effective than ever before with the addition of MMS to your Signal Vine account. What is MMS? It stands for Multimedia Messaging Service, me ...

What better way to learn about happenings in the education world than Twitter? It's filled with thousands of expert educators and researchers who are working hard to improve educati ...

Signal Vine loves hearing from our customers about their incredible successes with texting. Summer Search recently shared their texting story in a blog post on their website. Check it out!

If you're a regular Signal Vine blog reader, you already know that we take birthdays very seriously in the office. The most recent birthday we celebrated was our own! On Thursday, Sign ...