Empowering Community Colleges

Social Media Policies. It is becoming increasingly crucial for any educational institution to have a cohesive social media policy. Such a policy typically outlines for students, faculty, and staff the college guidelines and principles of communicating using these online social channels. See some of these policies developed by various community colleges around the state:

• Adrian College
• Clovis Community College
• Collin College
• *Esparza Advertising Social Media Workbook
• Grand Rapids Community College
• Mineral Area College
• MiraCosta College (Branding & Writing Style Guide)
• MiraCosta College (Social Media)
• Los Rios Community College District

Helping Your College Create and Plan the Perfect Event When planning a special event for your college or district it is easy to forget some very small, but very important steps in creating that perfect gala. On a smaller scale, your individual college
areas and departments may omit major steps like publicity and special needs in the mad rush to get that concert/art exhibit/ guest lecture complete. Below you will find event planning checklists and timelines created by Rancho Santiago CCD and
Solano Community College to help you and your institution’s departments plan for an event.

• Rancho Santiago CCD: Event Planning Checklist
• Solano Community College: Special Events Planning Guide

Adhering to Graphic Standards is Important to College Branding The brand of a college is often dictated by a consistent set of graphic and logo standards designed to protect and project the image of an institution. These standards help safeguard the
quality and consistency of all visual mediums geared toward the campus and the community at large. Below are examples of graphic standard that help both Mt. San Antonio College and Coastline College educate and enforce their respective brand image.
Mt. San Antonio College Logo Style Coastline Community College: Graphics Manual

CCPRO Brochure If you are planning to attend a gathering where you feel the other people you are meeting with would benefit from knowing more about CCPRO (Your college president, or District Board Members for example), then you can print out the 2014/15 CCPRO brochure back-to-back on legal size paper from this link. Instructions for folding the final printed brochure are also included in this link. CCPRO grows stronger when we let people know who we are and how we benefit California Community Colleges!