What Can I Submit to UA Connection?
March 2, 2015
UA Connection thrives on your ideas! Here is a list of examples of the types of posts we hope you’ll submit, but we encourage your creativity – we’d love to hear about thoughts you come up with for future posts! Email ideas to Hallie Nicholson.
Here are just a few examples of the type of content that will be featured on UA Connection:
Staff Profiles
- Welcome to the Team: Profiles featuring new staff members
- What did you do before Chapman?: Interesting histories before coming to the Chapman Family
- Birthdays: Profiles of staff members with birthdays in the month UA Connection comes out
- Chapman Sweethearts: Staff couples who are both Chapman graduates
- Chapman Veterans: Profiles featuring staff members who have worked at Chapman for 10 years or more
- UA Staff Spotlight: Highlights employees who aren’t new to the team or Chapman veterans
- Life-Changing Moments: We’ve all experienced lessons, epiphanies and events that have inspired transformation and have shaped who we are today. We’d love to hear your stories as they’re likely to inspire others.
- General News and Updates: Marriage, pregnancy/birth/adoption, grandchildren, etc.
Work Tips
- Testimonials about campus events/resources/benefits: “I went to ABC event and it was awesome. You should check it out next time!”
- Work success stories and major projects finished
- Moments of Workplace Inspiration: What makes you happy to work at Chapman? Have you had particular inspiring moments of these realizations?
- Who do I call if…? Learn more about who (and what team) does what in UA.
Contest
- Chapman History/Trivia Quiz: Win a prize!
Recipes
- UA Culinary Corner: Do you have a signature dish or cherished family recipe that you’d like to share with the team?
Reviews and Recommendations
- UA Community Bulletin Board: Do you have advice, things to give away, things you’re selling or looking to buy, pets to sit, free kittens, etc.? Share it here!
- Vacation Spotlight: Do you have an upcoming vacation that you’d like advice for or just want to share the news of your upcoming travels? Or have you taken an incredible vacation that you’d like to tell us about? Share all travel-related stories here.
- Pet Spotlight: Tell us about your awesome, quirky, beloved pets. And please send pictures, of course!
- Reviews, Adventures and Activities: Have a great book or movie to suggest to your colleagues? Been to a new restaurant or have a favorite eatery you’d like to dish about? What are your favorite hiking trails? Are you involved in anything you’d like to invite Chapman Family members to? This is the place to share.