Event Promotion

On-Campus Publicity

CLA communications is the CLA administrator for the following free, on-campus publicity sources. If you would like your event promoted on one or more, please Submit a Request. Forms must be submitted a minimum of 15 business days prior to the event date.

 

Cal Poly Report

• Weekly e-newsletter for Cal Poly faculty and staff
• Distributed every Wednesday morning during the regular academic year and monthly during the summer

• Requirements

  • 150 words or less
  • First sentence should include who, what, when, where
  • Include all URL links separately (do not embed within text)
  • Deadline 4 p.m. Thursday prior to publication

Cal Poly Portal

• Listing in the Cal Poly Portal
• Updated on an ad-hoc basis at the discretion of university marketing

• Requirements

  • 50 words or less
  • Include all URL links separately (do not embed within text)
  • Requested start date
  • Requested stop date (announcements will run for seven working days maximum)

 

Off-Campus Publicity

You may submit your events on the following sties. For consistency, base publicity statements on the final press release distributed by the university. CLA communications will not submit to these publications for you. 

• Arts Obispo
  • Must create a free account to submit events
• BigBigSLO 
  • Focused on music events
• Cal Coast News
• KCBX Community Calendar
  • Click on “New”
  • Events must be submitted at least 2 weeks in advance
• KSBY
• New Times
  • Limited to 250 characters
  • New listings post on Thursdays
• SLO Happenings (Associated with City of San Luis Obispo)
  • Enters event for consideration on SLO Happenings app, SanLuisObispoVacations.com and the SLO Chamber Community Calendar
• Tribune Events
  • Click on “Add Event”
• Visit San Luis Obispo County
  • Must be submitted by VSLOC member