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Two mass email delivery systems are supported by the University: Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Google Groups.

Meltwater is a media relations tool that offers a suite of resources and services, notably its media monitoring, journalist database, press release distribution, and reporting platform.

The University of Minnesota provides stock images, video clips, and audio clips to students, faculty, and staff as well as vendors working on University projects.

The Signs and Graphics department of the U of M creates exterior, interior, and custom signs. 

Sponsored accounts provide access to University resources, such as the Photo Video Library, for collaborators not formally affiliated with the University.

Spreadsheet containing names and contact information for recommended vendors and freelancers  used for marketing and communications projects.

Explore tools to appropriately communicate about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) including a checklist on how to develop a DEI communications plan, create a response or message, choose the appropriate communication format, and evaluate outcomes and determine next steps.

Social Studio is a collective, central tool for managing, scheduling, creating, and monitoring social media efforts

A guide detailing what to know and do if you experience online harassment including resources to support colleagues, an online harassment key contact directory and a postcard outlining these tips.

Explore mass email, newsletter, and presentation templates; read the University Relations blog; review faculty resources such as communicating about diversity, equity, and inclusion, responding to online harassment; and more.

Find tools to amplify faculty expertise and research in the media such as Expert Alerts, Research Briefs, and Talking…with UMN; request a media training; and review resources for responding to online harassment.

University of Minnesota Twin Cities students and alumni can submit a #UMNdriven spotlight to share their #UMNproud story in their own words.