Resources
To assist in your efforts to represent and promote the university, we’ve created a list of resources available to you. Search term(s) results will include blog posts and communication resources. Search by keyword, category, tag, or any combination of the three to narrow your results.
Future of Library Text Accessibility: The Promises and Potentials in EPUB
Join the Accessibility Ambassadors on February 25 for a presentation by Kate Deibel, Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian at Syracuse University Libraries.
Generative AI guidance for communicators
University Relations has provided background and encouraged uses of Generative AI for marketing and communications staff.
Get help with Google Maps
University Relations will launch and facilitate a Google Group for Google Business Profiles to help support your Google Maps locations.
Get Visual to Connect with Your Audience
Using visuals to reinforce messages.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Engage in conversation, thinking, and learning about access and inclusion at this free, half-day, online event.
Global internal communication trends for 2022
Explore highlights from a 2022 global survey, detailing the top trends, challenges, goals and more for internal communications.
Gmail layouts and multi-send recommendations
Layouts and multi-send are now available for University Gmail. See our recommendations for using them.
Google Analytics Outage: The Cause and How To Fix
Learn how to make sure your GA collects data following a mass GA4 outage on April 24th.
Google Doc Templates Updated
All University of Minnesota Google Doc templates have been updated for every campus.
Google’s Search Algorithm Update: What You Need to Know About Core Web Vitals
Learn how the update will help you improve user experience.
Grammatical glitches 2.0
Here is the latest in a series of posts on navigating the maze of English grammar, punctuation, and usage.
Hello, I’m Now a Crisis Communicator
The pandemic has turned us into crisis communicators. Let's take a look at what that has meant.
Hosting reporters on campus
Guidelines for units hosting journalists on campus.
Hot-Button Issues: How Will Your Organization Respond?
A new report offers communicators guidance to ensure their organization’s position is understood and trusted when taking a stance on an issue.
How COVID-19 is Shaping Reporters and Newsrooms a Year Into the Pandemic
COVID-19 has re-shaped our lives in more ways than we can count, and journalists are no different.
How PR professionals are using AI
More than 1,000 public relations professionals were surveyed this spring about their usage of artificial intelligence in the workplace for a study by MuckRack, a media database organization.
How to Ace a Virtual Interview
Tips for communicators to share with experts who are participating in a virtual interview.
How to add possessives in AP Style
Learn when to add an apostrophe with or without an “s” particularly for tricky words like names ending in “s” or “z.”
How to be quotable
Understanding what reporters want out of a quote can help you develop talking points that include the vibrant language reporters are seeking.
How to digitally declutter your workspace
Tips and tricks to manage inbox chaos.