May 28: Story meeting recap

Ohio State is fighting the battle against cancer in just about every corner of the campus. That was apparent after Wednesday’s story meeting where campus communicators shared just some of the ways that students, faculty and researchers are advancing the fight. To take a look at some of the ideas shared, you can review the story-meeting notes here: May 28 meeting notes.

The ideas we gathered are a great starting point for some of the coverage plans centered around the opening of the new James Cancer Hospital later this year. We will continue to build ideas from this base and welcome any new stories that detail the ways your college or unit is helping to advance the cancer fight. In addition to the discussion of cancer efforts, two stories are coming up soon that will merit some attention: Ohio State’s Big Idea Finals is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Friday, and the three-year Eco-Car competition will come to a close with finals beginning this Sunday.

The next meeting will be on June 26 here at Gateway. I would invite any attendees to bring some of their success stories with them to that and any future gatherings. We’d like the meetings to be a place where our campus storytellers can share accomplishments and best practices, so if you’ve recently completed a project you are proud of, we’d love to hear about it.

April 17: Story meeting recap

We hosted the second monthly communicator story meeting on Thursday and it was a productive one. Following up on our initial meeting, I shared a presentation on University Communications platforms and publications. Our hope is that the presentation can help build better understanding of our work and help communicators identify ways their content may augment, supplement or contribute to ours. If you were unable to attend the meeting, you can view the presentation here: EdCommPubs.

After the presentation, we had a great discussion about an upcoming story project focusing on the many ways that Ohio State supports military veterans. This is tentatively scheduled to be a magazine cover piece in the January 2015 edition, and we’re in the process of developing ways to tell this story on all of our platforms. The feedback and ideas we received were excellent and gave us plenty to consider as story plans come together. You can take a look at meeting notes here: UC Story Meeting 04.17.14

Our next meeting is tentatively scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 15. At that meeting we’ll spend most of our story discussion time talking about the many ways Ohio State is making strides in the fight against cancer. While The James is certainly leading the fight, I know that a number of colleges and units have had breakthroughs that are adding to Ohio State’s role as a leader in that battle. Please bring ideas if you have them.