Fall 2020

Free Virtual Adobe MAX Conference, Oct. 20-22

Adobe is hosting their annual Adobe MAX conference next week, October 20-22. This year it will be held virtually and is free to those with a Creative Cloud account! There will be 350+ sessions discussing everything from how to use their software, to creative techniques, to how to more efficiently work in a remote environment. Register and set your schedule and keep us updated on Slack on what you are learning! Then join us on November 13 at our next co-working half-hour to chat about what sessions you attended.

Service Opportunity: Templates Working Group

If you'd like to serve on a new templates working group – a team of UComm and UNL print/digital designers working on templates for the university, please email Marcelo Plioplis here by Friday, October 30. Together, this group will create more templates for the university in the areas of print, digital and video. We will also evaluate current designs and add a few more designs to the mix by Fall 2021. Zoom meetings and design time outside your work requirements is required. This is a great opportunity for your designs to be used across campus and have a big impact.

Sound Off in Slack: Creativity and Mindfulness

It's hard to work fast and be creative. Join us in discussing how you keep your creativity flowing in the #watercooler channel in the VCN Slack.

One of the ways recommended is through mindfulness, a hot topic in recent years and for a good reason. It’s been scientifically proven to significantly reduce anxiety, improve stress reactivity and enhance focus and performance. Additionally, several studies have shown that meditation has a direct effect on your creativity, problem-solving and cognitive flexibility.

Interested in learning more about mindfulness? There's a three-credit-hour class offered during the Fall Three-Week session (Nov. 30-Dec.18) to explore. It's called Mindfulness and Embodied Practices for Well-Being (DANC 398/EMAR 391).  In this course, learn various mindful activities to grow and enhance stability and mobility of your body and mind including guided meditations and somatic activities, such as Pilates, Yoga, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Alexander Technique, and the Feldenkrais Method, to encourage feelings of well-being, reduce stress, and find the stable core, physically and emotionally.

Sound off on how you promote creativity during this time or about how you practice mindfulness in our discussion in the VCN Slack. Not yet on Slack? No worries - sign up here with your @unl.edu email address.