Tone of voice

What we say and what we look like are of equal importance. The words we choose and the way we use them help to shape people’s impression of us.

We align all our communications to our specific personality traits, to ensure that our values and personality are conveyed in a consistent way, whatever the medium or channel.

Our personality traits

The Herts’ personality is defined by:

DriveWe deliver a feeling of momentum and progress, with a clear sense of focus and direction
DynamismWe are energetic, vibrant and unique because we aren’t afraid to do things differently
OpennessWe are warm, passionate and authentic.

9 tips to get the tone right

We’ve pulled together these top 9 tips to demonstrate how you can power up your writing to more clearly express our personality traits.

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Get in touch

If you have any questions please contact a member of the team:

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Media and PR team, Marketing and Communications Business Supportmarketinguh@herts.ac.uk
PR and comms team news@herts.ac.uk