Minding your Ps and Qs — literally Many of us have heard the expression, “mind your ps and qs.” One unconfirmed theory of the origin of this expression stems back to when typesetters needed to be able to recognize these letters backwards, ensuring that the letters “p” and “q” were not mixed up inadvertently. The […]
NEW Brand Identity Guidelines version available now! Download the latest version of the IEEE Brand Identity Guidelines, for a comprehensive view detailing use of the IEEE brand across all traditional print and digital communications platforms. This new iteration includes additional information added about the approved IEEE brand fonts, particularly for use within digital applications. […]
Refer to this guide to help ensure correct and consistent usage of IEEE facts and formatting for internal and external messaging. Use this to inform your content for digital or print initiatives. This guide is now available in a print friendly tri-fold brochure format. Download the IEEE Style Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 1 MB) View […]
Ambassadors serve as stewards of the IEEE brand, upholding governance guidelines and communicating tools and resources that allow us to move in the same direction on brand. If you haven’t already, we strongly encourage you to apply to become an IEEE Brand Ambassador! If you’ve already been accepted, please be on the lookout for your […]
Often, it can seem like efforts to improve design, user experience, search engine optimization, accessibility, and a host of other elements that affect the overall brand experience can be difficult to quantify. How is it possible to show the success of these efforts? When done well and with appropriate plans to measure, it is imminently […]
Favicons (short for “favorites icon”) ensure that your site is quickly identified when multiple tabs are open in a browser. It also helps users quickly scan to find a website in a list of browser bookmarks. The IEEE favicon is a 16×16 pixel square icon that appears in the latest versions of digital browsers’ address […]
New versions of IEEE corporate presentation template now available Based on requests from both staff and volunteers, the IEEE corporate PowerPoint (PPT) template suite has been expanded to include the following new versions, in both full and widescreen formats: A consolidated version with a smaller file size — ideal when you are working in areas with limited Internet bandwidth A Keynote version for Mac […]
Reminder to update IEEE copyright year and links in website footer The Digital & Creative Innovations team would like to remind IEEE webmasters to update the copyright year from 2017 to 2018 in website footers, effective 1 January 2018. Also, more recently, the requirements for website footers were updated to ensure clarity and references to […]
Each day, people across the globe attend IEEE conferences, read IEEE publications, and interact with IEEE to bring about technological innovation and excellence. Employees and volunteers play an important role as brand ambassadors, presenting the IEEE brand in a strong, consistent, and unified way. This is done through with every point of interaction a person […]