Reminder - Special Announcement: New SSW ELM Weekly Newsletter

Dear School of Social Work Community,

We are happy to announce that we are enhancing our internal communications and replacing the Daily Bulletin with the SSW ELM Weekly newsletter beginning Monday, August 14. This is an improved way of centralizing information. Once a week, on Tuesday, you will receive the newsletter, but all information will live permanently on our SSW ELM website page here.

This is a great resource that will allow for easier dissemination of information in a centralized way.

Here is an overview of all the feature, a description of the type of content to submit, and instructions on how to submit. Please, of course let us know if you have any questions.

The Daily Bulletin will be replaced with SSW Weekly ELM starting Monday, August 14, 2023.

The SSW ELM Weekly will feature the following sections on the web page and email.

Announcements
Accolades
Stories
Voices & Opinions
Calendar (Events)

Review the steps below for steps on how to submit for each section. If you have any questions, contact the communications team. We recommend you retain this message for your records.

An announcement is shorter and in general can be about an upcoming event, trainings, podcasts, something that affects the campus such as holiday hours, etc. The announcement should include event, time and date, place, registration info and link, etc., in the body of the announcement type. We don’t want readers to be interested in an event and not be able to easily find how to register or where it is being held in the announcement. It does not have to include a photo or graphic, though it is often better to do so because the photo will display in Elm Weekly as the thumbnail.

Announcement examples:

Example #1, link
Example #2, link

Steps for Submission

1. Announcement

2. Specific Date

3. Main Text

4. Image (JPEG, PNG)

5. Image Alt Text (Same name as Image file)

6. Publication Date (*Skip this step)

7. Contact person (yourself)

8. Contact email

9. Who is this message for? (Check all)

10. Select “School of Social Work” ONLY

11. Include in ELM Weekly email Newsletter? *Do not Include (*Skip this step)

12. Tags #1,2,3 (*Skip these sections)

13. Submit

Accolades are short pieces of noteworthy news about an individual/group who has recently received recognition for an accomplishment. Include a photo.

Accolade examples:

Example #1, link
Example #2, link

Steps for Submission

1. Recipient’s Name (Person being featured)

2. Summary

3. Main Text

4. Image (JPEG, PNG)

5. Publication Date (*Skip this step)

6. Author (yourself)

7. Author’s email

8. Select “School of Social Work” ONLY

9. Submit

A story is a longer article, usually with quotes from an event or an interview, and has the byline of the writer. It can be written like a news story (who, what, when, where, why, how in the first/second paragraphs) or as a feature story (see examples below). The submission needs to include a photo or graphic.

Some story examples:

Example #1, link

Steps for Submission

1. Title

2. Summary

3. Main Text

4. Image (JPEG, PNG)

5. Image Alt Text (Same name as Image file)

6. Publication Date (*Skip this step)

7. Author (yourself)

8. Author’s email

9. Who is this message for? (Check all)

10. Select “School of Social Work” ONLY

11. Include in ELM Weekly email Newsletter? *Do not Include (*Skip this step)

12. Tags #1,2,3 (*Skip these sections)

13. Submit

Voices & Opinions are pieces that express the opinions, thoughts, and ideas of the author. A byline is included.

An example of Voices & Opinions:

Example #1, link

Steps for Submission

1. Title

2. Summary

3. Main Text

4. Image (JPEG, PNG)

5. Image Alt Text (Same name as Image file)

6. Publication Date (*Skip this step)

7. Author (yourself)

8. Author’s email

9. Who is this message for? (Check all)

10. Select “School of Social Work” ONLY

11. Submit