An organization's brand is a unique collection of words, images, ideas, people, promises, and emotions that arise when one thinks about that organization. It grows and develops over time, being shaped by what the public sees, hears, reads, and understands about that organization.
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "name, term, design, symbol, or other feature that identifies one seller’s goods or services as distinct from those of other sellers."
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Marian uses both editorial standards and visual identity standards to protect and strengthen our brand.
The standards include written policies on everything from T-shirts, apparel, and promotional items to official university logos, wordmarks, colors, fonts, and more.
The guide includes topics like grammar, spelling, capitalization, abbreviations, and conventions that should be followed for a written copy.
Marian University Editorial Style Guide
This guide includes the usage of the university’s logo, seal, and visual marks like athletic logos as well as official colors and fonts for use on apparel and promotional items.
Marian University Visual Identity Guidelines
This guide includes the usage of Marian University’s Ancilla College Chargers log and athletic marks.
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The University strives to use campus communications resources effectively. Email is an efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly way to communicate with large groups. However, non-strategic use of mass email can hinder the University’s ability to deliver critical messages and reduce productivity.
Recognizing these expectations and concerns, the University has created these requirements, guidelines, and best practices to ensure all staff, faculty, and student email remains an effective form of communication. This document includes the following information:
Definition
A mass email is any email message sent to the entire campus or large subset (e.g., all students, all faculty, all staff). All mass emails must:
Appropriate Use
Mass email is appropriate for information that pertains to the majority of the recipients, is critical and/or time-sensitive, and meets one or more of the following standards:
Inappropriate use of internal mass email includes, but is not limited to:
Access and Authorization
To reduce the number of all staff, faculty, and student emails sent from Outlook, only approved senders will have access to distribute an email to an all staff, faculty, and student list, including all, staff, faculty, and student lists specific to MUAC (Marian University’s Ancilla College).
Those senders are identified and approved by the Office of Information Technology, Office of Marketing Communications, and the Chancellor of Marian University Indianapolis
The Office of Marketing and Communications utilizes Delivra email software to send mass email communications. Faculty and staff may be provided access and trained to utilize Delivra. To gain access and training, please submit a MarCom project request.
Best Practices
Additional Internal Communication Channels
Before deciding on mass email as the choice for any communication please consider which internal communication channel or combination of, may be the best fit for your message
The Office of Marketing Communications (MarCom) manages Marian University's brand identity and coordinates the production and dissemination of marketing communications materials in collaboration with others across the university. MarCom works with others on campus to ensure that all communications serve the university's mission and goals.
Social media is personal interaction and communication that uses highly accessible and scalable technology tools such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. It also includes blogs and personal websites. At this time, MarCom administers the university's official presence on these social media sites: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, and YouTube.
Marian University faculty, staff, and students should observe the same professional and behavioral standards online and when using social media as they would in person.
Guidelines for All Social Media Usage, Including Personal Sites
Guidelines for Institutional Social Media Usage
Although MarCom maintains the official university presence on several social media sites, you may find that your school, department, or program is better served by creating and maintaining its own site. Both will provide their own advantages and responsibilities, so consult with MarCom if you have questions and concerns. If you post on behalf of the university, any department or school guidelines must be followed in addition to the guidelines listed above.
The Marian University website will not link to any social media site that does not adhere to these guidelines. Marian University also reserves the right to disable and/or report any social media site or page that does not follow these policies or the Terms of Service as described by the entity. Any faculty or staff member's failure to follow these guidelines may result in discipline, including termination.
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