Tag Archives: michigan

So you think you have a story idea?

Someone in your department has done something special, or an event has been planned that you want the media to cover.  That brings up the first question in seeking media coverage: Where and how do you start?

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“College Inc.” | FRONTLINE Examines For-Profit Colleges

The fundamental tenet of what has come to be known as “the Knowledge Economy” is that in today’s global marketplace, job-seekers across all industries need advanced skills, knowledge, and training to compete for available positions. In many respects, this idea is not new. Employers have always sought out the best and brightest. The difference is […]

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UM-Flint Recommended Tags & Keywords

As more University of Michigan-Flint students, faculty, staff, and departments venture into the blogosphere with their own university-related blog sites, it is worthwhile to get a handle on the important role quality meta keywords and tags play in the “findability” of your posts by search engines.

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UM-Flint Social Media Update | March 2010

In University Relations, the quest continues to develop an ongoing dialogue with the university’s audiences through social media.

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Beauty in the Unexpected | UM-Flint Creative Update March 2010

March was an extremely busy month for the creative team in UR. We focused heavily on overall brand for the university with establishing the “growing” look, while still creating projects for other departments and organizations. We were on the road quite a bit as well, conducting more focus groups and finding out what high school […]

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Critical Issues Reaching Critical Mass

Wow…the 2010 Critical Issues luncheon tickets are going fast.  Part of the reason for this is that the Northbank Center ballroom has capacity for only 300 people, which is much lower than in the past.  The reason for this reduction in space is due to updated fire codes.   So, there will be lots of […]

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UM-Flint Brand, Marketing, and Communication Update | January 2010

“UM-Flint is the fastest-growing public university in the state!” While researching ways to better tell UM-Flint’s story through quick facts and revealing stats in an improved version of the annual “At a Glance” brochure, University Relations (UR) discovered and verified that we are indeed the fastest growing public institution of higher learning in the state […]

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