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Video as a Medium: A Look Inside One of Today’s Most Complex Creative Platforms
Whether it be scrolling through TikTok, seeing the latest Avengers movie, or watching the evening news, video is incorporated into almost every aspect of our daily lives. It’s hard to believe that video hasn’t been around for very long with the amount of prominence it holds in today’s society. In fact, the first television broadcast took place in 1928, not even a century ago.
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TikTok Takeover
From sports teams and popular restaurants to news outlets and freelancers (and even small agencies like us), people everywhere are taking advantage of TikTok’s opportunity for creativity to market themselves or their organization.
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Keeping Up to Date: How the Digital Corps is Utilizing New Technology to Stay Connected
For many individuals, working from home became a “new normal” because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Working from home brought new distractions, feelings of isolation, and a lack of productivity.
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Corps Career Paths
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” In elementary school, you might have answered this easily. Maybe an astronaut or a robot from a T.V. show or movie. Maybe a teacher or firefighter because you knew people with those jobs. Some of these childhood career ideas fall to the side, and once you begin college, you feel frantic. According to Ellucian, two-thirds of students feel stressed […]
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Corps Cribs: A Collection of Remote Workspaces
Whether it’s minimalist or maximalist, Digital Corps students and staff each have a unique remote workspace.
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Leveraging Remote Work Experience when Applying for Jobs
Once COVID-19 caused a nationwide lockdown, remote work became almost everyone’s method of operation. Around 88% of companies shifted to remote work during the pandemic, and most are continuing this model now.
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The Happy Secret to Better Work: A Digital Corps Discussion
Where is the happiness we associate with hard work and success? Do we keep working hard and meeting goals only to have a short burst of happiness, or do we hold the power to rewire our positivity and ultimately change how we view the world and, in conjunction, our work? This exact idea was recently tested by a group of Digital Corps students and staff who sat down to discuss this idea of “better work.”
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Quarantine Motivation: A Digital Corps-antine Diaries Update
The Digital Corps began shifting towards remote work in early March. As employees adapted to working from home, students of the Corps began to develop project ideas that could be completed remotely. The Digital Corps-antine Diaries, which were developed at the beginning of quarantine, have encouraged Corps employees to pursue creative projects independently throughout this […]
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Staying Creative: A Digital Corps-Antine Diaries Update
In an attempt to stave off creative bankruptcy during a time where everyone seems to be stuck inside all summer, students at the Digital Corps are developing personal projects to keep their workloads fresh. The Digital Corps-antine Diaries were started in the latter half of spring 2020 and have transitioned into a unique opportunity for students to […]
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Digital Corps-antine Diaries
The COVID-19 pandemic changed how people live and work together. After President Geoffrey Mearns from Ball State University announced his decision to move to remote learning and working, the Digital Corps quickly established a plan to work remotely for the remainder of its Spring 2020 semester and into the future. Students at the Corps carried on […]
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