Meeting information

The Business Operations meeting structure presents an efficient and effective means for communicating with business managers, a key administrative leadership group on campus.

Business Operations Meeting Planner

As soon as you know you would like to make a presentation to a Business Operations group, submit your information through this electronic form. It will help plan the agenda and prepare team members for a thoughtful discussion of your topic.

Business Operations Network

Business Operations promotes two-way communication and feedback about a range of finance and business matters through a network (PDF) of meetings and working groups, listed below.

Business Operations Leadership Team (BOLT)
Operating Group for Business Operations (OG)
- Charter
Expense Management System (EMS-SIG
- Charter
- Minutes
Accounts Payable (AP-SIG)
- Charter
- Minutes

Monthly Meetings (2Ms)
Community Meeting (BOCM)
Business Operations Semi-Annual Meeting (BOSAM)
Leaders Exchange and Dialogue (LEAD)

You can read more about each group and find their contact information on the Business Operations page of YaleBiz.

Communication Standards

Communicating with Business Operations

In addition to the Business Operations meeting structure, there are two other channels for more frequent communications: YaleBlu, a live website and monthly publication that pushes (sends) information to all Business Operations staff, and broadcast messaging.

To assure that important information is effectively conveyed in a timely fashion, Business Operations has developed standards for sending broadcast email messages to business operations staff. Please download a copy of the broadcast messaging standards and the messaging process for Business Operations for easy reference.

Communicating with Business Operations Groups

There are several groups that meet within Business Operations. To find the contact information for each group go to the Business Operations page on YaleBiz.

Communication Tools

The following are links to several documents and guides to aid in the development of communication plans, messages and messaging format:

Planning and process	Communication Plan Template Messaging Process
Message composition	Broadcast messaging standards Using the Inverted Pyramid Style of Writing Proofreader's Marks
Formatting and images	Visual Brand Identity for Yale University "Yale Blue" color The Yale Typeface (only available for Yale related projects)

Email Banners

In the event that you need to create a communication from scratch, please keep in mind that the reference to the banner must be absolute. This means that you must use the complete url in order for the image to display: