Channing Maddox

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Month: July 2022

My Goodbye, for now!

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On July 9, 2022

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It has been such a joy being able to do this blog the past couple of months. This will be my last blog post for a while, but I will be back!

Public Relations Publications is when an organization has a target public that they are sending free and controlled media too.

It is so important to always know your audience and what motivates them to read the things that you are writing and sending to them. You want to make sure you are hitting all your bases while being genuine and if needed, taking responsibility for your companies actions.

When you are designing, make sure you are designing something the exhibits who you are or who your company is. You want to make sure these designs exemplify the same qualities that your company does and makes the audience interests in reading or looking at. It is important to have the mindset of what your publics are wanting to see.

Public Relations and Publications

Thank you for staying up-to-date with all my blogs!

After plans!

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On July 9, 2022

In Reflections

After I finish this course, I plan to continue to use this blog in order to continue to see my growth over my time here at OU. I have one more year left and I have loved being able to go back to my old blog from freshman year to see how much I have grown in just two years.

I think this blog was a great way for me to speak my mind clearly about my own work and critique myself throughout the course. I do not feel that I will as active as I have been on this blog, but I will definitely come back every now and then for updates or to upload projects I have worked on and am proud of.

This blog helped me throughout the semester and I am glad I was able to stay so active on here, even when life got a little crazy. It was a great learning tool and I highly suggest people being active and actually putting in the work to make your blogs worth reading. It is all a part of the learning process.

Summary of Learning

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On July 8, 2022

In Summary of Learning, Uncategorized

Throughout this last semester, it has been go, go, go! It has been stressful and at times, extremely overwhelming, but I have learned so much.

At the beginning of this journey, I felt a little more timid when it came to writing blog posts even though I had done it before. I wanted it to look perfect and was not really letting my personality shine through. I fixed that very early on though. My thought process is that it is my own blog, not my companies blog, so I should let my personality shine through.

One project that I am most proud of and take the most pride in is my social media posts that I did for the Oklahoma City Zoo. I had so much fun creating them and I used more of my own ideas when creating them rather than just constantly looking for inspiration. I know that they still need work, but I am proud of myself for using my own idea and for spending so much time creating them.

Facebook Cover Photo
Event Graphic

These are just some of my Canva pieces from the Canva section of my class. I grew so much this semester as I was given the tools to go our of my comfort zone and create things that I have never been able to create before. I am so proud of myself for not only being able to do all these different things, but also learn them basically on my own. I surprised myself with how much I was able to accomplish this semester, especially in this class.

Canva | I could Use it All Day Everyday!

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On July 8, 2022

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I have chosen to create and infographic on Canva, and here’s why…

I am absolutely in love with Canva.

I could use Canva all day, everyday for every single thing I need. I am sure a large portion of these feelings are because I am most familiar with Canva and I have been using it since I was a freshman in high school. Canva comes easiest to me so when I am given a choice to use it, it will always be my go to!

The different types of tools I will need is to research information about what my info-graphic will have on it. I need up to date and accurate information to make sure I am giving my audience the most recent and reliable information they need. This is important because you want to always stay reliable for your consumers in order for trust to be maintained.

Canva is great at giving you inspiration and allowing you to be able to add so many different things to make your project fully your own. Here is just of the templates and inspiration of infographics on Canva.

Canva Infographics

If you are given a choice, do what you do best If InDesign is your best designing application, then use that. If you are given the option to choose what you get to use to design, then choose your favorite! It is a great way to show off all the things that you are great at!

Designing Newsletters!

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On July 3, 2022

In Newsletter

Personally, I think newsletters are so much fun to make. The designing to the detail of the words. These types of informative material can reflect extremely well on a company and allow for creativity to run a little free. Newsletters come with all different kind of designs and whether you feel that a more minimalistic or more expressive approach fits your business, it can all be done through a newsletter.

Photos compliment newsletters extremely well and they allow for consumers to become more interested in the stories that you have available if they have pictures that coincide with the stories. Writing for the correct audience is how you want to also make sure you are creating the right design for your company and how you want the company to be perceived.

When you begin with your layout, you want to begin to sketch out exactly how you would like for your newsletter to look. Read my Newsletters! blog where I talk about sketching layouts! Finding the perfect layout for all of your information is the first step to creating the perfect newsletter for your company!

Here I have attached two very different newsletters and both are great! Researching the different types of newsletters layouts there are is important for your own company because it allows for your consumers to have another way of obtaining information as well as feeling important in the company by receiving one.

A more minimal type of newsletter!

An expressive and artistic newsletter!

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