Arts Announce email list

Arts Announce is a Faculty of Arts email list intended to share campus-based events of potential interest to members of Arts and other subscribers.

We don't want to overwhelm your inbox: we aim to send no more than one Arts Announce email per day, and no more than two per week. If you have a series to promote, we will send the full series information in one email.

The Arts Announce membership list is managed by Arts Computing Office. Arts Announce messages are managed by the Arts communication team.

Have an event you'd like to share? Please send the event information to Emily, egysselstein@uwaterloo.ca, with "artsannounce" in the subject line.

We appreciate as much notice as possible, especially during busy times of year.

• Start with the specifics. People don't read emails closely, and chances are they might not read the entire thing. Make sure the main details about the event - who, what, where, when - are at the beginning.
• Use text content for key information, not images. Many people have image downloads turned off in their email and will miss any content that is part of an image. Images with text might also be too small to read on a mobile device, and may distort if people magnify them.
• Give information about the event where possible. Not everyone will be familiar with who the speaker is - try to focus on what the talk will be about and why they should come.
• Include a link. Think about the user experience - a link is the  easiest way to get to more information or a registration form. Avoid using QR codes - a link is far easier to interact with than taking extra steps to access a QR code.