{"id":163940,"date":"2025-09-15T12:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=163940"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:07:42","slug":"brand-check-in-logo-dos-and-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=163940","title":{"rendered":"Brand check-in: Logo do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow marks four weeks since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/brandnew\/\">NMC&#8217;s refreshed logo was introduced<\/a>. It&#8217;s been great to see the enthusiastic response to the new signage and environmental branding, like the window decals in the Tanis Building and the wall decals in the Hawk Owl Cafe. To help the flyers, posters and social media posts that departments and individuals are now starting to create look just as good, we&#8217;ve created a short <a href=\"https:\/\/employees.nmc.edu\/depts\/public-relations\/logo-usage-guidelines.html\">logo do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts reference<\/a>. The TLDR version? Keep it easy on yourself and<a href=\"https:\/\/employees.nmc.edu\/depts\/public-relations\/index.html\"> keep the logo as is<\/a>. Same colors, same fonts, same positioning. No need to add or change the elements, like stretching out a logo, or adding a department name. For your convenience, all the official logo versions are on the<a href=\"https:\/\/employees.nmc.edu\/depts\/public-relations\/index.html\"> employee login page.<\/a>and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/departments\/public-relations\/brand-and-identity-2025\/logos-and-colors.html\">external site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For those who want to dive a little deeper, Ali Thornton will hold the first class on using the new brand in Canva from 12-1 Tuesday on Zoom. Another is scheduled for Sept. 24 from 3-4. Watch for more classes to come. They&#8217;re listed in NeoEd, under the training tab, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/unified.neoed.com\/training\/learner\/catalog\">course catalog<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for your partnership on rolling out this brand. When we all speak with one voice (and one logo!) it becomes that much stronger.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow marks four weeks since NMC&#8217;s refreshed logo was introduced. 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