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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Announcing: Web Consortium

The web consortium will meet monthly. It is a collaborative and informal gathering to share challenges, goals, tips, techniques and strategies.

Please join us!

March 5, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, Northwoods Room (MSC)

Topics:
  • Responsive design is on the way
  • Content strategies
  • CommonSpot show and tell 

April 2, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, Northwoods Room (MSC)

May 7, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, Oakwood Room (MSC)

Friday, February 14, 2014

Hashtag for Family Weekend?

At the 2/13/14 social media consortium a suggestion for a Family Weekend hashtag was suggested: #StoutFamily14. Does anyone have any additional suggestions or ideas?

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Developing a Social Media Strategy

All good social media campaigns begin with a good strategy. This guide can be a useful tool in helping you determine an effective strategy: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fs05f9d8v4lirj/SocialMediaStrategy.pdf

Responding to Troublesome Posts

Need help deciding what troublesome posts to respond to and which to ignore? These flow charts may help you decide.




Design Inspiration

http://dribbbleboard.com/#popular

http://www.designfridge.co.uk

http://fontsinuse.com

http://www.designworklife.com

http://www.smashingmagazine.com

http://www.commarts.com

http://www.behance.net

https://www.stumbleupon.com

http://www.underconsideration.com/artofthemenu

http://designspiration.net

Design Tools

Test your website speed on any device -  http://mobitest.akamai.com/m/index.cgi

Designer tool kit - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/design-tools/id524121736?mt=8

What the font - http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/mobile

Quick charts - http://www.chartgo.com/modify.do

Interactive infographics - http://www.informationisbeautiful.net

Tutorials -  http://lynda.uwstout.edu
Free to students (off campus log in to VPN)

Free Stuff

Stock Photo
http://littlevisuals.com
http://unsplash.com
http://join.deathtothestockphoto.com
http://picjumbo.com
http://sxc.hu
http://www.morguefile.com
http://creativecommons.org


Vector Sites
http://www.vecteezy.com
http://www.freevectorsdaily.com
http://www.123freevectors.com
http://sxc.hu

Audio (not free but cheap)
http://audiojungle.net

Photo, Vector, and Footage (not free but cheap)
http://www.shutterstock.com/

February Powerpoint

Happy valentine's day!  We share the design resources, tools and inspirations that we love. 
 
 February Powerpoint

Monday, February 10, 2014

December Powerpoint

Confused about UW-Stout branding standards? This presentation holds answers to the most commonly misunderstood elements of the identity standards.  We unveiled a branding quick guide, new templates, and a branding flow chart.  We also include some great professional development resources.
 
December Powerpoint
Branding Resources

November Powerpoint

Overwhelmed with all the different programs options?  Learn when to use each program and how monitor the correct use as a supervisor.  We also take a look at how to create a look/brand without a logo.  Take a look for some great examples and inspiration.

View November Powerpoint

October Powerpoint

Take a look at our October presentation where we introduced what the design consortium is all about.  Learn more about us in University Marketing, as well as the other consortiums and what they have to offer.
 
View October Powerpoint