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The '12 Yays' of the Web Team

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The semester is coming to an end and it’s time to reflect on what we’ve accomplished this year. And in the spirit of the holiday season, we’re celebrating the “12 yays” of the web team! 12 weeks of office hours Earlier this year, the web team started holding office hours in Stephens 109 every Monday...

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Web redesign update: content, content, content

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We’re making major progress on the website redesign. Between building the new site and creating all of the content for it, we have a busy few months ahead. Thanks again to everyone who came to our redesign presentation sessions. If you haven’t seen the new look yet, let us know! We’re happy to show...

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The wonderful world of the content calendar

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You’re busy. There’s too much to be done and not enough hours in the day. We get it. And we feel your pain. Creating web content has been added to your plate on top of everything else you do. It may seem like too much or feel out of your comfort zone. We get that too. You may be wondering what to...

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Timeline & content planning for the website redesign

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This website redesign is a massive project — and we need our web ambassadors' help. Here's how we're planning on tackling it all. Redesign Timeline We've already been working on the website redesign for a year. We have our designs in hand, and now we're working on content development and the...

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Using tags to get more out of calendar events

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Thanks to web ambassador Cheryl in the Office of Campus Diversity for suggesting this topic! We're so excited to see that our web ambassadors have really embraced the new calendar. Having an active calendar is an important tool for student recruitment and student involvement, and you all are doing...

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The new calendar has launched!

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After months of preparation, the new calendar is finally here! It is now available for the world to see at calendar.louisiana.edu. The new calendar is a comprehensive view of everything happening on campus. This calendar aggregates all events from: Departments and offices (that’s from you, web...

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New Online Calendar Coming Soon

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We're preparing to launch a new online calendar system that will replace the current way we enter events into the website. It will go live on Thursday, Sept. 5. Any events happening after that date should be entered into the new system. This new calendar is much more user-friendly and flexible than...

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Office Hours Survey: Results & Next Steps

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This summer, we surveyed our web ambassadors to see if they would take advantage of web team office hours if we offered them. The overwhelming response was YES! Most of you said you would take advantage of office hours and that’d you like to have it offered every other week. During office hours, we...

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#NationalNursesWeek: A Social Media Case Study

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To illustrate the power of a social media campaign surrounding a national awareness week, let’s look at the Department of Nursing’s 2019 #NationalNursesWeek campaign. The Prep Work The Dean of Nursing contacted me (Amy Windsor, social media strategist) about five weeks before the event to discuss...

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Timing & content on social media

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You know what they say about timing — it’s everything! And it’s no different on social media. People turn to social media to find out what’s happening and for information as much as for their friends’ status updates now — more so, even, on some platforms (hello, Twitter!) — and your office or...

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