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We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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I've seen this done a few different ways!  You could organize by type of photo, as you mentioned above with what you do with the logos (we do this with hotels, convention centers, etc.). You could also organize the photos per event, but that may cause duplicates to be uploaded.  Not sure if this would be relevant to you, but you could organize by client, as well.  It may also be good to make sure everyone saves the photos under appropriate names, so that you can just search them and will be more likely to find a particular photo.  Hope this helps!

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Kayla Sisco
Convention Coordinator
Impact XM
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2019 13:37
From: Neeve MacGregor
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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These are some great ideas, thank you for your input!

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-08-2019 19:46
From: Kayla Sisco
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

I've seen this done a few different ways!  You could organize by type of photo, as you mentioned above with what you do with the logos (we do this with hotels, convention centers, etc.). You could also organize the photos per event, but that may cause duplicates to be uploaded.  Not sure if this would be relevant to you, but you could organize by client, as well.  It may also be good to make sure everyone saves the photos under appropriate names, so that you can just search them and will be more likely to find a particular photo.  Hope this helps!

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Kayla Sisco
Convention Coordinator
Impact XM

Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2019 13:37
From: Neeve MacGregor
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#Creating/ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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Hi there,

In my experience, it's less important the folders created than the naming of the actual graphics.  The reason?  You can't search for folder names in the media library - only files.  When we started with Cvent, we had individual folders per project - with 400+ events per year, that got unmanageable fast.  Now, we file by type (headshots, email headers, logos, etc).​ And we ensure that there is something in the file name that makes them easily found (e.g. all golf images have golf in the name, logos the company).

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Heather Payne
Director & Regional Head Canada, Conference & Event Marketing
RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2019 13:37
From: Neeve MacGregor
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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Hi Heather - that makes a lot of sense and is really helpful to know the search works by finding files not folders. I think we are going to solve this by creating a folder for each department within University Advancement where they can upload their own files as long as they use a naming convention on the file that indicates which department's file it is. That way, even if we have duplicates in our departmental folders we will be able to find our own copy by checking our folder or searching for our own department's naming convention. Thank you for your reply!

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-09-2019 08:36
From: Heather Payne
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

Hi there,

In my experience, it's less important the folders created than the naming of the actual graphics.  The reason?  You can't search for folder names in the media library - only files.  When we started with Cvent, we had individual folders per project - with 400+ events per year, that got unmanageable fast.  Now, we file by type (headshots, email headers, logos, etc).​ And we ensure that there is something in the file name that makes them easily found (e.g. all golf images have golf in the name, logos the company).

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Heather Payne
Director & Regional Head Canada, Conference & Event Marketing
RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.

Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2019 13:37
From: Neeve MacGregor
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#Creating/ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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I would recommend standardizing your folders so that you don't have duplicates (logos, staff photos, banners and headers, etc.). You can then add a folder for each department in which they place only graphics specific to them.

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Lori Wildman
Senior Marketing Manager
DuCharme McMilllen & Associates
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2019 13:37
From: Neeve MacGregor
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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I would just make sure each file name is explicit in what it is and the date (hate updating logos/headshots to then not be sure what is the most recent one) you just have to think through your events and figure out what makes logical sense to store things.

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Kim Schechter
Program and Administrative Manager
Executive Director Inc.
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2019 13:37
From: Neeve MacGregor
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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The more folders, the better. It really helps because people might navigate it different ways.

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Andrea Johnson
Contract Admin
Association of Communication Engineers
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2019 13:37
From: Neeve MacGregor
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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We are just getting started too. I suggest date of event, subject of file, program code. Make sure it i searchable.

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Jacqueline C. Ward, CMP
Director, Continuing Legal Education & Special Events, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2019 13:37
From: Neeve MacGregor
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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Lots of people have mentioned "date." Agree with standardizing on naming convention. For dates, I use YYYY-MM-DD, i.e. 2019-08-12. That sorts easily and you can find the most recent version of a logo or whatever. Also, maybe you can include the dimensions for width and height, i.e. 1200wX800h. That helps to find what fits on email headers, web reg headers, conference app size-specific graphics, etc.

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Brenda Ainsburg
Channel Program Manager
brenda.ainsburg@siemens.com
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
United States
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2019 13:37
From: Neeve MacGregor
Subject: Best Practices for Managing the Media Library

We are in the process of implementing Cvent in Northeastern University Advancement. One thing that has come up several times is that we will need a good system for managing and organizing the media library in the site designer so it doesn't get overrun with duplicate or personal files. Does anyone have any tips for successful ways they manage theirs? We are unsure if the best solution would be to have general folders for all of Advancement (i.e. university logos, etc.) or give each department a folder knowing there might be some duplicated logos, etc. in each dept.'s folder. Any help would be very much appreciated!
#ManagingEvents
#Miscellaneous

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Neeve MacGregor
Events Assistant
Northeastern University - Advancement Office
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