Quick Links
Advice
Crisis communications
- Crisis communications tipsheet
- Sample critical incident summary
- Sample FAQ
- Interview preparation strategies
- Contact Robin Kaler
see also: News and media relations
Freedom of Information Act
Marketing plans
- Developing marketing plans
- Marketing plan: PowerPoint presentation
- Marketing plan summary (PDF)
- Online survey tool
- Questions to answer before starting
- Contact Bridget Jamieson to learn more about our array of marketing services
News and media/Reporters
- Local media outlets
- News Bureau web site
- Submitting news to the News Bureau
- Talking to reporters: interviews
- What is news?
see also: Crisis communications
Outreach Vehicles
- Find out more about the outreach vehicles Public Affairs develops to reach constituents
Purchasing/Prime and Preferred Provider List/Vendor List
- Dos and don'ts for service contracts
- FAQ's for hiring creative services
- Prime & preferred supplier list
- Vendor list (prime and preferred suppliers)
Requires university ID as log-in
How To
Design
Printed publications
Hiring designers and writers
- Contact Creative Services
- Purchasing's prime and preferred supplier list
- Tips for working with design firms on print projects
Do-it-yourself design
- Choosing a platform
- Fonts
- Software
- Images
- Ink
- Paper
- University rules for ordering printing
- Writing specifications for print bids
- Preparing files for a commercial printer
- Additional resources for designers
Additional Resources
- Guide to copyright (pdf)
- Use of photography
- A Glossary of Printing, Binding, Graphic Arts and Typographical Terms
- Mailing services
- Business Mail 101
- University College Designers Association listserv
- Printing division, Facilities & Services
- Purchasing and purchase orders
- Purchasing FAQs
Writing
- Copywriting basics
- Style Guide from Creative Services
- AP Stylebook
- Chicago Manual of Style
- The Classic Guide to Better Writing
Public speaking
- The First Ten Minutes: an introduction to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (zip file of PowerPoint and script)
- Campus trivia
Reservations
Transportation
Web Development
- Acessibility guidelines
- Campus guidelines
- Campus webmasters site
- FAQs for beginners
- Project management guide
- Overview
- Site goals
- Time estimates and timelines
- Content review and development
- Site structure and navigation
- Finalize timeline and content
- Visual design development
- Production and proofing
- Launch and maintenance
- WebTools
- Vendor list
Writing
- Copywriting basics
- Web-friendly writing
- Campus trivia
- Contact the Writer's Workshop for free one-on-one assistance for faculty, staff, and students
- Style Guide from Creative Services
- AP Stylebook
- Chicago Manual of Style
- The Classic Guide to Better Writing
Reference Library
Campus facts
Selected Rankings
Survey Resources
Includes current and recent Common Data Sets, historical rankings, and various campus talking points used in surveys.
Chicago Imprint
Repository of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's presence in Chicago, including events related to each campus mission, including instruction, research, public engagement, and economic development.
Information sheets
- Campus overview: World-class University
- Facts 2006
- Landmarks
- Nobel Laureates
- Pulitzer Prizes
- Rankings
- Research centers, institutes, and programs
Public Affairs Units
SPCOM251: Issues and Processes for Communication and Public Information Management
Student/Staff Directory
The printed phonebook for the Urbana-Champaign campus. Free to departments, or available for purchase from the Illini Union Bookstore (217-333-2050)
Updating and suppressing your information
In-depth information about the online forms
Online forms to submit, update, and suppress directory information
- Undergraduate students
- Update your information through the UI-Integrate Self-Service site
- Graduate students
- Update your information through the UI-Integrate Self-Service site AND
- The Employee Information Form in NESSIE
- Faculty and staff forms
- Suppression Request Form
- Reinstate Information Form
- Update your information on the Employee Information Form in NESSIE
- Allied and Affiliated Agency Employee Form
- Retiree Form
Surveys
- Federal regulations regarding rules for conducting surveys on human subjects
- Web Services' survey tool
- Campus Homepage Content Suggestions
University guidelines
Tools
Commercials for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- "About Illinois" - Bill Geist from the New York Times narrates this 11 minute introduction to the campus and Illinois' illustrious accomplishments
- "This is Where I Learned" - video and biographies of some of our outstanding alums
- 2005 Half time spot - "Academics Come First
Football >
(Quicktime)
(Realplayer)
Basketball >
(Quicktime)
(Realplayer)
Copyright, Guide to (pdf) from the American Institute of Graphic Arts
Fonts
Forms
- Form tool
- Model release forms
Talent release form
Talent release form for minors
Location Release Form
- University of Illinois FOIA form
- Student/Staff Directory forms for the printed campus phonebook
- Retiree Form (submit information)
- Allied and Affiliated agency employee form (submit information)
- Suppression Request Form (for faculty and staff)
- Reinstate Information Form
- Employee Information Form in NESSIE
- Update your information for the online campus directory
Images/Photography/Photographers
Using, editing, and publishing images
- Web and powerpoint
- Contracting with photographers (pdf) from the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
- Model release form (pdf)
Collections
- Facilities & Services online image database
- Commercial stock photo collections
- Free stock photo collections (read the fine print carefully!)
- Illinois student Kalev Leetaru's Phantasm collection
Note: Neither the text nor the images in this collection have been vetted by Public Affairs. This is the independent work of a student, and is not associated with the campus or NCSA. - Freefoto.com
- Freeimages
- istockphoto
- stock.xchng
Photographers
- Get a recommendation from Creative Services
- Purchasing's prime & preferred supplier list
Invitation templates
Text-only tool: LIFT text-transcoder
Logos
PowerPoint
- Templates
- First Ten Minutes: Introduction to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (zip file of PowerPoint and script)
- photographs - see web images
Illinois in a Box
- Everything you need for outstanding presentations to external audiences. Your choice of banners, table covers, table tents, giveaways, and much more.
Templates
- Invitations
- Request for proposals




