Sharp-Week 4

I have now been in contact with the Director of Housing, Director of Orientation and a Naugle RA. I am working with the RA to set up a focus group with students to see what some common problems students are and how they would like us to handle it. I am running to some problems with finding time that works with stakeholders and I to meet. Once I can figure out a common meeting time I will be able to truly get the ball rolling with this. I am meeting with Janet-Jennifer, the Director of Orientation this week. We plan to discuss what could be put in a blog and what kind of packet should be created for students.

Ballard- Week 6

So I'm doing my seminar on Wednesday. That snuck up fast.

I passed around a sign-up sheet for the seminar at the last PRSSA meeting. Approximately 10 people signed up. Maybe 3 of those people are NOT basic users of InDesign (aka they already know the basics.)

I tweeted/posted to both PRSSA and SUPR social media outlets saying that there are open slots.

I have all my materials ready, except for an outline for me to follow during the seminar. I also need to decide on activities and email those out to participants.

Galdun #5

I am still in the process of awaiting people to finish my survey for The Reflector website. The Facebook page is officially up and running and 20 people have became fans of it so far. For the Twitter page I still need to finish the layout and design aspect of that but I am able to combine those aspects and hopefully use them as pieces for my portfolio. I also hope I am able to use the website design as pieces for my portfolio.

So far, I am just waiting on enough responses for the survey and then I can finally begin to work on the website. I am going to set the deadline for the survey to end for this weekend so that by the time I do my next update I am able to show more progress on my project.

Barnett - week 5

I've written both versions of my story now. They share a few of the same facts, but for the most part I tried to really change the content of each one. I also typed out the permission forms but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to have my subjects fill them out before I request to use them or if I only send one as an example to the board and then have them fill them out right before completing the actual survey.

This week I need to write out what questions will be on the survey and then send all this stuff in to be approved. I think I'm also going to try to begin designing my indesign flyer this week. Then all I'll need to do is have the class read and complete the survey and interpret the data.

Jeffrey Decker Post 3

This past week I have been working on primary and secondary research for my client's business. I have been contacting professors for interviews. Dr. Wendy Becker is a professor in business management and another professor instructs business marketing. I will also be contacting Whispering Pines in Carlisle, one of the big clients for A Matter of Taste that recently dropped them as a caterer.

Fluck

Research at Rutgers

I'm currently in Edison, NJ, doing research at all three of the Rutgers' Campuses (Camden, New Brunswick and Newark) about the ways veteran services are dealt with at each campus. I've done two interviews thus far and am doing five or so on Monday (with both student veterans AND administrators) I'm hoping to use this information to guide me in developing the booklet I'm working on as my capstone project, a booklet that will help veterans navigate the services offered by Shippensburg.

It's startling to me how much better this college handles veterans and veterans affairs, how they value the veterans on their campuses and how they help veterans transition to AND through college. Shippensburg needs to take a look at the Rutgers system to see how a "military friendly" campus should look.

I've collected some literature dealing with Student Veterans and hope to combine the best of what i'm seeing into a booklet that is relevant for Ship, but nothing like it exists in the form I'd like. I feel like I'm trying to develop a new system as far as this booklet is concerned and it's a little daunting.

McCullough-Week 5

I had a meeting with the deputy chief of the fire department this week, I learned a lot about the department and where there problems are. I will be meeting with him as well as the department chief and president this coming Tuesday. I will also be attending the fire department's monthly meeting to gain a little bit more information. The following week I will be conducting a focus group to help evaluate some of my progress and get the opinions of members old and young. I will be getting the opinion of social members as well as firefighters.

I am starting the PR campaign this weekend and into next week, I hope to have it written by the end of next week. I will then present the draft to my client and revise where necessary. The situational analysis, problem statement, key publics, and goals and objectives sections should be drafted by Monday afternoon when I have a meeting with a PR professional to get some advice.

They seem to be having problems bigger than I can tackle in one semester, so I am going to narrow my goals and objectives to help them make some baby steps. I may continue to help them after capstone is, as I do have some personal connections to the fire department and the community.

Sean Gallagher- Week 5

I was able to have a conversation with Brenden Beckos, the Human Resource director at WSYC about the idea of a social media guidline and website in better detail. He seemed very enthusiastic about my project, especially since he is looking to increase the amount of members on social media and he himself has been unhappy with the lack of a more resourceful website. I plan to speak with him, our General Manger, the Music, Sports and News directors next week to get their insight of what they want to see with the guidelines and what they can get out of having a new website.

As for the website part of the project, I am narrowing my choices down when it comes to what program to use. It might be something that slows my project down, but it should not be a big issue.

Cover Week 5

Last Friday, I was able to meet with one of my interviewees, Eli Moats, who is on the Ship MS soccer team. I conducted an interview with him and captured game footage of him. This weekend, I will be finishing up my footage, as I will get video from the Carlisle YMCA League as well as get footage on Ship's home football game, which will work as a nice contrast to the popularity amongst the two sports. I will also try to capture footage of one of my potential interviewees on the football team.

Next week, I should be ready to edit and put finishing touches on my video portion. I will then send the video into the Carlisle YMCA so they can put it up on their website along with the survey. I will then be able to work on my story portion, which will be added to their website as well hopefully.

Gueguen Week 5

There has been a slight change in plans from my last post. I will be able to have the story on The Slate website. While our staff is working to get the software we need to launch the new website in January, we will be running the website through the content manager we had last year.

So, I have contacted coach Maciejewski today about setting up a time next week to meet with him, do an interview, and start the second story. My deadline for the story will still be Nov. 11 at the latest.

Brouillette Post #4

I have run into a slight problem with my project. Apparently Adobe Indesign 5.5 is not compatible with any other version. This is a problem because I was unable to transfer the work I had done at home on Indesign 4 to the lab for my magazine class because the Mac lab has Indesign 5.5.

This is a problem that I have run into that I did not plan for. Unfortunately the only solution I have is to purchase the software for me to be able to continue working both in class and at home on my magazine. I should have the software before the beginning of next week.

Until I have the software on my home computer I am not going to place anything else in my Indesign file. I have a bad feeling I am going to have to recreate everything again in 5.5. For the weekend I am going to just focus on my content and try not to think about the fact that I have to recreate everything.

Schindo Update #4

I have some videotaping to do tonight for my project, but it should be really fun. I am working on a story about FUSE, the Christian group on campus who runs Operation Richard Street (the people who hand out hot dogs on Thursday nights).

Another positive thing about this project is it is giving SUTV an outlet for teaching new members. There are a lot of newer members who haven't taken any skill classes yet (like 284 and 384), and those who want to learn about setting up cameras and videotaping are able to tag along with more senior members who are working on stories for this special.

I'm looking forward to tonight, I think it will be fun...but cold!

Defenderfer 1

I'm currently going through my contacts of people to interview for the Maroons project. I've started writing the script for the video, and tried to start visualizing the shots and put them in order. I've been in contact with my camera man regularly to keep schedules in order and touch base. Actual taping is scheduled to start early next week.

Blog Update

Since the last time I've posted we have still not determined a time frame for the fundraiser. However, Because we have located two vendors for the fundraiser I have added more to the Feasibility and Goals section of my paper. Also, my personal and professional expectations is more clear now and my professor agreed to write a letter of recommendation or an evaluation form for me to submit in my paper. Although, there are more positive entries I can add to the paper, but the Risk Analysis has also grown.

Galdun - Post 4

So far this week I have set up the Facebook page for The Reflector so I am in the process of getting people to like the page and will be updating it consistently until the end of my project deadline, end of November.

I'm also considering setting up a Twitter for The Reflector and also a blogger page. One of the nice things about the Facebook page is that users can interact with each on the page. The Twitter page would be ideal for quick updates for people on the go. Meanwhile, the Blogger page would be perfect for users who wish to share pieces or thoughts they've written and want to get others input on their writings.

For the rest of this week, I will be focusing on analyzing the website for The Reflector and deciding what needs to be updated and added and also will focus on making the Twitter and Blogger pages.

Morgan Update #5

Things are going well with Better You Nutrition. We're nearly out of October, so next week we'll have the total measurements for all of our records. We can then begin to compare October to September. In the same sense, we'll repeat this process for the month of November.

There isn't much to update each week besides what I've been doing. All of the campaign was implemented immediately upon beginning the project. Most of what we're doing now is recording numbers to see how effective my campaign truly is. The only cause for concern would be if our numbers were decreasing somehow. However, this isn't the case - but just in case, there are contingencies in place if that was to suddenly happen.

Update Number 4

Hi All!

This week for my project, I am beginning to start work on building the website I want to create. It's really exciting to start getting into the design side of the project, but I have to remember to keep doing research and continue gathering materials to make the website effective.

One of the most frustrating aspects has been trying to schedule meetings. I'm hoping that this week I get at least two of the meetings I wanted to out of the way. Has anyone else been having trouble communicating with their client and how have you fixed it?

Thanks so much and good luck on continuing the project!

Keely

Keeley-Week 5

Less than two weeks until the opening of SHAPE's Give the Gift of Art holiday exhibit! I have written a press release that I sent to my beneficiary to look over and send to the media contacts. Hopefully he has done that! He did send out postcards asking for artist submissions. So far I have only heard from 2 artists who want to enter work in the exhibit. This has be worried, but after talking to some people on the board, this is the way it usually works. In the next day or so I will be hanging up posters around campus and downtown. I will also be talking to the art department, asking for student's to participate.

I also am beginning to think about what food I would like to serve at the event. I will make a shopping list to make sure that I do not spend more than my $50 limit. Each board member will also be bringing a dish to the opening.

This Friday, Saturday and Sunday there are drop off hours scheduled for artists to drop off their artwork. I am hoping that there is a good turn out for this. Next Tuesday I will be hanging the event. My biggest fear right now is not having enough artwork! I'm trying not to freak out quite yet though. If you are looking for portfolio pieces and would like to put in a drawing/painting/photograph/etc. please let me know, and you can participate in the event! I am also currently looking for volunteers to sit at the gallery during gallery hours during next month. This is great for anyone who needs volunteer hours.

Shimandle Week 5

I have finally received all of the officer's responses! I can now get things underway as far as organizing the training manuals. The questions I asked each officer were to help me better understand what they already know as well as what they need to know about their position. One of the questions I asked was if they had any questions about their position, only one person did. However, I know for a fact very few of them are on task or schedule for the events we do. None of the officer positions have a job description; so, I find it hard to believe they know exactly what they are supposed to be doing without being told to do so. I am hoping that sitting down with each person individually, will cause them to ask questions.

I am in the process of scheduling these meetings. While I do so, I am going to be establishing position descriptions based on the responses I received as well as what our American Cancer Society/Colleges Against Cancer Staff Partner suggests. I know days are busy for everyone so as far as connecting with her, I am going to use email until she is able to visit SU.

Once I have all information I need, the only thing standing between me and completion of the project is putting the manuals together and implementing them.

Stein Update #2

All of my research is pretty much done and I am onto writing my three student spotlights for The Slate which will be published within the next few weeks. As far as my video packages go, I am waiting another week or 2 when the spotlights in The Slate are done, to start shooting. It will be easier to do the interviews because I already have the research on my students done and have interviewed them previously for The Slate. I will have to include more in my interview for the video packages because they will be a little more informational so that they can better fit my goal to inform other students within the Comm/Journ major or incoming freshman.

Brouillette post #3

I have just finished working on the break of the book for my magazine. I have laid out where everything is going to go. The only thing I wasn't able to set in stone were my ads. I am still collecting ads from local businesses. Once I have all my ads I will have a better understanding of which ad should go where. I have six companies that have already agreed to send me ads, I am half way there. My goal is to have twelve companies send me ads for my magazine.

The rest of this week I will be focusing on the design of my magazine, particularly the design of my feature story.

Jensen week 5

This Week I'm getting all my templates done as well as getting tips, articles and statistics pulled so when it comes time to start the project it will be easier to just get everything out.

On Thursday, I will be meeting with Dean Winter and Anna Bruno, from the COB, to really see their expectations as well as any limits they will be putting on the project.

Ballard Week 4 or 5....

I can't remember what week/post I'm on, but I figured I would update the blog anyways.

I started finding exercises for my seminar. I have yet to test them, but I found exercises that will definitely help meet 2 of my objectives.

I then found some great information to include in the handouts. I found some key commands and the explanation of the different work panels and tools. I actually took the information and put it in an InDesign document so that it looks better.

Next, I need to email PRSSA members about the seminar, since it's next Wednesday. I need to begin making the before and after surveys. I also need to think how I am going to get the exercises to the participants. I think I am going to email the activities and the handouts to the participants prior to the seminar. That way they can just download the files from their email accounts.

Williams 4

I have gotten a major part of my project completed - my manual. It's about 11 pages long and includes appendixes of examples of flyers, handouts and press releases.

I analyzed the surveys that the members of the club filled out and based some parts of my manual on what the were currently doing that worked and also on things they were not doing, but should work for recruitment. I also made sure to go in depth about the aspects of PR that the officers did not know on their quiz.

The next step in my project will be going to the next club meeting to go over the manual with the officers and then give them the same quiz again to see what improvement will be made on their scores.

So far, I think I am going to reach my objectives. I have printed the manuals out for the executive board members so they will each have their own copy, which was an objective. Another was to have 3/4 of the e-board attend the session. Only three of the four took the quiz to begin with, so I really hope I can have the same three members there to take the quiz again. If they are not there, I will try to set up a time where the same three can take the quiz over so i can have accurate results.

Barnett--week 4

I've got a better understanding of the materials I need to turn in to have my student survey approved. My research is complete and I've written the first story, which is the more optimistic version. This week my goals are to write the second version of the story, figure out what questions to ask on the survey, and create a consent form to be given to those participating in the survey. Afterwards I'll hand in the package to be approved, and during the time I'm waiting I can work on designing my flyer.

Galdun post #3

My project has been completely changed since my last update so thats why I have been unable to update for about a week.

I am still working with The Reflector but instead of implementing the plan I will instead be updating their website as well as making a Facebook page for them as well and possibly incorporating some sort of blog for them as well. My goal is to have the website completed before thanksgiving break so I can focus on writing my finished proposal pieces over the break.

I will be doing another update shortly in the next few days with what has been done so far. I received information on how to access their website so in between now and my next update I will be analyzing the website in it's current state and setting up parameters for what needs to be included and will also set up a preliminary Facebook page.

McCullough-week four

I am hitting a slight road block, my client and I are having a very hard time finding a good meeting time. I cannot due too much more without some interaction with him. I have altered my timeline and began working on some parts I do not need him for.

I am working on a meeting time with him. Tentative time is this Tuesday; after this meeting I will be able to accomplish a lot more.

Gueguen Week 4

The first half of my project is done. The feature story on Mike Frenette and Trevor Harman appeared in today's "Football This Week" tabloid issue of The Sentinel. The story and video are on the paper's website, cumberlink.com.

As for the story on head coach Mark Maciejewski, I've run into an issue. I was going to produce this story for The Slate's website. However, I found out this week that The Slate will not have the new website up and running at least until January. To counter this issue, I will contact the people in the sports department at The Punxsutawney Spirit, the newspaper in Maciejewski's hometown. I will pitch the story idea to them this weekend, tell them how I plan to approach this story, and I will let coach Mac know of the changes. I will update my proposal to reflect the changes once I hear from the people at The Spirit.

Due to this issue, I will likely have to push back my original deadline for my project. I will try to have the project done by Nov. 11.

Tom Kane - Week 4.

Well! Things have been going quite well without my direct intervention. Proposals have been made for some non-skit content; namely, musical acts and live performances. Still, though... Need to talk to someone who knows a heck of a lot more about this thing than I do. Need to get started on the writing, the creating, the 88% of the material left untouched. I'm at school this whole weekend, so I'd be shooting myself in the foot to not get much of this done. If someone who reads this has ever worked on a campaign, I could do with a few words of wisdom.

Jeffrey Decker Post 2

After reconsideration, I have changed my project to coincide with my PR Campaigns project to alleviate stress. I have already completed a situational analysis for my client, A Matter of Taste catering company in Chambersburg.

I am currently working on resubmitting my NEW project proposal although the plan is already at work. I will have this finished by midweek.

Sean Gallagher- Week 4

Getting the project off the ground has had its ups and downs. In the past week, I have been able to become better organized.

I have contact Bryan Herr, General Manager of WSYC and Brenden Beckos, the Human Resource Director, and described what the project was about and I am looking to have a discussion with all of the officers in every department (music, sports, news) or each individually to give them a better understanding of what I want to present to them. I also want to get insight from them on what they believe should be included in the guidelines as well as features with the website. I will also read over the current Constitution at WSYC as part of my research. I also plan to talk to Dr. Carlin, the adviser for the station, about the project.

I have been putting together a draft of the guidelines, while I continue to conduct research on what is important to have in the guidelines. Determining what is important to have in the guidelines is challenging, especially since I may run into points where one part contradicts the other.

We're making progress...

The seminar class and I have found two local vendors who are willing to do our fundraising idea for the Women in Need Shelter. Although, this is a good thing we still have not picked a date. Until then we have no promotional steps to get the word out there to our target audience. I think it's better to pick a date, early november so we can get all the work done before thanksgiving break. Also, one of the ways we can promote the fundraiser is by creating a flyer, and also putting the event in the paper (I plan on doing this) hopefully we can get a date soon, and we can start this.

Brouillette- Post #2

A lot has happened since the last time I wrote a post. My last post never got posted instead it just got saved. My fault entirely. I just posted it.

I have finished all of my proposals for my magazine and now I have just been hitting the ground running. I am currently in the process of collecting advertisements for my magazine. I have been getting a pretty good response from local wineries and businesses. My goal is to have at least twelve ads to put in my magazine. This will hold my 60/40 ratio of content versus ads.

I have finished my first feature story. It is on the Adams County Winery. I interviewed one of the co-owners of the winery. His name was John Kramb. He spoke all about the history of the winery and was a very pleasant man to talk to. He also permitted me to take his picture and digitally record our interview together. He asked one thing of me in return: to send him the finished product of my magazine which will not be a problem since it will be online.

Right now I am working on the break of the book. I have everything where I want it to go, I just need to do a more detailed sketch of the layout and design of my magazine.

Sarah Smith - Week 4

This week, I met with Professor Witmer to discuss my magazine. Her feedback was really helpful and inspiring. It's helpful to know I'm on the right track, especially coming from a previous magazine editor. I was pretty excited to hear that it looks great.

I've heard numerous professors and friends tell me I should publish my magazine. I'm looking into sending it to Kinko's in Harrisburg. I'm told that's the only place that will publish just one issue of a magazine. It sounds like it should be relatively inexpensive, another plus!

I have started the editing process. It will be a long one and it's difficult to do on the computer, rather than printed out and in paper, but that's a lot of ink! Getting simple edits finished is my goal for this week, with any major edits and last minute things within the next few weeks.

I'll also need to create a back cover page. Typically, these are ads, but since I didn't include ads, it can be just about anything. Picking the perfect photo that summarizes the magazine seems hard because it covers so many topics, so I'm hoping something will come to me and strike me as the perfect solution.

All the content is finished. I need two more photos for my food section, which means I'll be cooking in the upcoming weeks.

Everything is going as planned. I'm pretty excited at the progress and that everything is coming together as I planned.

Shimandle Week 4

Face-to-face contact proved to be a better way to get people to participate in answering my questions. I ended up typing up a list of questions and handing them out to each officer at the meeting on Sunday night. I also sent an email out with all the same questions in order to give them options. Initially, I got the same number of responses the next day, but I was persistant and now have six out of the 10 responses I need.

Once I get past this initial stage of questioning and interviewing I will be able to work mostly on my own instead of relying on the officers to provide me with information.

The next step I will take is to analize the responses and determine what I need to address in the training manuals. I will also be able to find out which positions I need to further research in order to have a full overview its requirements.

The responses will be able to help me figure out how I am going to design the manuals because they will show what each officer thinks is most important about the position and the most frequently asked questions about it.

As far as the people I have not heard back from yet, email reminders are not doing the trick. I am going to have to figure out a way to influence more of a response from them. Any one have any suggestions?

Mark Cover Week 4

This week I have started conducting video interviews for the video portion of my project. I interviewed Kristen Ott, the Ship MS soccer coach. I also went into the Carlisle YMCA office to further discuss what we want to do regarding getting people to view my project. Alan Tritt, my client, informed me that we may not want to go in the direction of a presentation. Instead, he offered to put the video up on their website and also on their facebook page. In this way, we can measure the number of people who view or "like" the video as well as post up a survey to see how opinions change after viewing the video.

Alan also informed me that the games run through the Y run from 9 am to about 1:30 on Saturday mornings. He said it would be a good opportunity for me to get footage of players, coaches, and parents.

Tomorrow, I will be going to Ship MS to interview one of the boys on the team as well as capture video of the coaches and the game.

Ballard- Week 4

I'm in the process of looking up exercises for my seminar. I need to make sure that the exercises completed will demonstrate that I accomplished my objectives. My objectives are as follows:

1. 1. By the end of the seminar, attending PRSSA members will have correctly completed 3 provided exercises, each using varying InDesign skills, demonstrating that they know how to do basic InDesign functions.
2. 2. By the end of the seminar, attending PRSSA members will be able to correctly open an InDesign document of different dimensions and apply different size margins in order to make different types of promotional documents.
3. 3. By the end of the seminar, attending PRSSA members will be able to correctly save and export InDesign files to PDF format.

Th This means that I need that my exercises will teach them how to use the basics of InDesign, make different size documents with different margins, and save InDesign documents into different formats.

TO To find these exercises, I am using both the internet and a previous textbook from Computer Design 1. The book I am using is for CS4, which may be a problem because the lab has CS5 on the computers. There isn't much of a difference of between the two versions, but there are some nuances that I will have to find out while testing the exercises.

Jensen week 4

After the setback, I feel a little less overwhelmed this week. I have proposed my new idea to the college of business, and I have started fixing my proposal.

After looking at my project and where it has already failed, I would like to do a different campaign with the same topic (professionally using social media). During the four weeks of November, I would like to present to the students of the college of business tips and tricks for using social media to land a job and to network professionally. Since the whole idea revolves around using media such as Facebook or Twitter; I will be hoping to use the Facebook page recently developed by the College of Business. However, I will also use print and e-mail to get the messages out. I would like to develop one of the cell phone scans for the Facebook page that I could put on all print to encourage students to follow the site and look at articles and tips posted.

I have e-mailed the Dean of the College of Business and plan to get things under way soon.

Week 4 - Morgan

I'm writing this blog as I prepare to drive down to Chambersburg. I'm meeting with Tom today to catch up in person as we do every week. Right now, we're in the midst of implementing my campaign's tactics and recording all data required. For example, we've already recorded our benchmark numbers for total store traffic in September. Each person that enters the store is tallied. We also take note to see who actually makes a purchase and who does not. This provides us with a simple ratio. Also, we try to pin each customer into one of our target audiences. Without being intrusive, we do this in an instinctive manner (employees simply observe sex and provide estimations of age). Another important yet simple measurment is recording the type of product each customer purchases. For example, we view a customer very differently if he/she buys a multi-vitamin in comparision to buying a tub of protein.

Week 4 - Williams

Today was a big day for really getting started on my project. Fall break delayed giving out my surveys, so they were finally given to the club members and officers today.

I was not at all surprised about what I found. The officers of the club barely knew anything about good communication. Some major things I found were the lack of knowledge of eblasts, social media, flyers, press releases, handouts, and how to advertise themselves. Many of the questions I asked were left blank or only partially filled out. The member surveys were just for my benefit to see what current communications the club used. Some of the members heard about the club at the activities fair, through word of mouth, emails and/or professors. While these are all great things, they should be done better and more frequently. Furthermore, some of the students said that there is a lack of communication with the club, not enough interest, not enough emails and no promotion.

I had four members fill out a survey and three of the four officers fill out a quiz. This may seem terrible but the club has less than ten members so I was satisfied with the amount of people who participated.

Tonight I did a layout of all of the things I want to list in my manual and what I want to say about each one. I will try to touch on all of the things that need to be worked on for better recruitment. I really want to start actually working on my manual soon. This is going to be one of the biggest challenges of my project.

Barbara Schindo - Update #3

My project is moving along at a nice pace. There are two packages for the show almost completed (These two packages are about the 4H Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Program and the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter - did you know they are moving to a new location?!). They are mostly done but they need to be cleaned up a little bit and made to look a little better and they will be ready for the show! I will be working on cleaning them both up this week myself.

By the end of this week, I will have started the ground work for one more package for my show, will (weather permitting) be doing some videotaping on Thursday night with FUSE, the on-campus Christian group that does Operation Richard Street on Thursday nights.

Another package for the show should be completed by the end of the week, this one about Breast Cancer Awareness, which is being done by Kyle Rogers, a member of the SUTV staff.

I am also making contacts for the final packages - hopefully one will be the campus club Up Til Dawn, and keeping my eyes open for other members of the campus/community that dedicate time to making this area a better place.

Ponterio- Week 4

This weekend I brought my FAQ prototype to my client for approval. They loved it and gave me the go ahead to finalize it. Yesterday I finished it and emailed it to them in a form that is ready to print for their Farm Day this weekend. Tonight I will try to create another prototype of the next sheet, which will be the "why buy" sheet about what makes alpaca fiber unique. I will not be able to complete it until next week when I have the photographs from Farm day to put into the flyers and then I will also begin laying out the brochure. I am contemplating asking people at the Farm day what they know about alpaca and what they would want to hear from a program about alpaca, to give more direction to my educational outreach programs. It is something that I will discuss further with my clients on Thursday this week when we meet for dinner.

Keeley-Week 4

My project is finally well on its way after some minor difficulties. There was a lot of confusion when creating the postcard and poster for the event. I had to make several adjustments over the past two weeks, but they are finally finished. Tonight I have to create a postcard that will go out to members with all the submission details on it. Then, tomorrow I will attend Shape's monthly meeting. This will give me a chance to talk to the board as a whole. For the project we have decided to ask for donations to help Better Days Animal League by asking members for donations. My next step in the project is sending out the postcards and hanging up the posters. The board President has sent out the mass email to all members. It is critical that I get the posters and postcards printed immediately, but it is the Presidents job to make that happen. Right now, I am worried with the amount of time I have left. The deadline is rapidly approaching, and we need to get the word out about the event. This week, I need to write a press release about the event. Wish me luck as November 4 is almost here!

Cory Barnett - week 3

I've started my research and began reading the framing articles you sent me. I still need to figure out how to get approval to survey students because I'm unclear about the release statements or whatever it is I need. I plan to continue researching this week and hope to maybe get a story or two written by next week as well as figure out the survey thing. I could also choose to get the flyer designed and out of the way and then write the stories after that. I'm going to try to visit Dr. Minnick during her office hours tomorrow and get a list of all the things I need to get approved to survey students.

Sharp-Week 3

I had an interview session with the director of the Ship Counseling Center. We discussed what they do for incoming freshman and what he would like to see happen. We talked about how UNC has a program they call "The First Year Program" that is designed to help freshman transition into college life. He would like use to eventually develop something like this so we thought my plan could start helping us toward that program. The director also gave me contacts to the the Director of Housing and Residence Life and the Orientation Director. I hope to set up meetings with them next week and begin my focus groups with students.

Tom Kane, Week 3.

Finally got around to reading the sample proposals. Big, painful things. The next week I mentioned is coming up. Once I've cleared out my schedule, then I"ll get started on gathering data. It really is as much work as the professor described, but now's the best time to get on top of it.

Mark Cover Week 3

Over the past week, I have been able to research more in depth on topics regarding my project. I focused on a lot of the PR type stories, such as the men and women world cups and David Beckham coming to America. I have found varying opinions on the impact of these events, which should give me many points of view when writing my story.

Also, since I have not received feedback from CYSA, I have now been in talks with Carlisle YMCA, which runs the area sports leagues. I feel this is a better opportunity for me to present to the public and members of the leagues since I would be backed by a partner organization.

I have also generated a list of interview questions for my interviewees. Tomorrow, i will be gathering film at the middle school soccer game as well as interviewing two of the coaches. I have also made a parent permission form for one of the boys I want to interview as well.

Keeley-Week 3

My SHAPE holiday exhibit planning is underway! I have finished creating the design, and I am working to put it on postcards and posters. Tonight, I will finish creating the postcards, and I will send the design to my beneficiary to have them printed. Then I will mail the postcards to all the members. I am also creating a mass email that will be sent out to all members. I will create the email, and send it to my beneficiary who will send it out to all members. I will use the postcards to take downtown to local businesses, and I will also hang some around campus to draw students to the exhibit. So far so good, but I still have a lot to do. I am meeting with my beneficiary tomorrow or early next week to discuss my progress as well as what needs to get done.

Jeffrey Decker update

Over fall break I did some research on improvised legal drugs and about specific laws surrounding them as well as availability variation state-to-state. I plan on going to Dr. Rictor's office in Scotland to converse about the dangers of these drugs and any encounter he has had with them.

I am also in the process of redefining the goals, objectives and tactics of my project so that I can more accurately define what it is I'm trying to do and how to get there.

Shimandle Week 3

My plans for working on the beginning stages of my project over the break did not go so well, but now I'm back in the swing of school work and ready to go.

Before I left for break I send out an email to everyone that will be affected and involved in the project in hopes of setting up individual meetings. However, I think I set my expectations a bit too high because only two people responded out of the 10 or so people I emailed. I decided to take a different direction for the kickoff of the project. Instead of setting up meetings right away, I am going to send out a questionnaire to each person and give them a deadline for completion. I will fine tune the questions this weekend and send them out no later than Tuesday and set the response due date for a week later. I think taking the interviews in this direction will be not only easier on my time, but it will also help each officer to better detail their answers and come up with some questions or expectations they have for my project.

I just hope that I will get all the responses this time around.

Since I am an officer and two of the other officers are my roommates, meeting and talking with them is somewhat easier, schedules permitting; so, I was able to talk with one of my roommates who is the student advisor for CAC and she was able to better help me define her position. Her position is the newest to CAC and talking with her first was a good way to start because it gave me some guideline questions for each of the other officers, but I will probably also end my interviewing with her because it is necessary for the student advisor to have a high level of understanding for each position.

One interview down, many more to go.

Emily Stein Update 1

Over break I did a lot of research regarding my project. I emailed three students that I am interviewing as part of this project and got a good start on information about them and how they are already applying what they have learned in the Comm/Journ major in the real world. I am also doing three video packages as part of this project and i realized that I needed to do more research regarding Final Cut and the equipment and that has been taking up most of my time lately because that is what I am least familiar with.
I fixed my timeline over break as well to make it more specific. I feel that keeping up with my timeline may be he most difficult because I had no idea how high my expectations would be. Hope everyone had a great fall break and got some rest!

Sean Gallagher- Week 3

I have been researching several different media guidelines over the past week. One that been very helpful in my research has been the social media guidelines for National Public Radio. It has provided me a better understanding of what should be included in the guidelines for WSYC.

I have been writing up a draft of a survey that will go toward a focus group that I am looking to put together, regarding the creation of a new website. The group will consist of members of WSYC. I narrowed it down to this particular group, observing that the site will be used to their advantage. I'm still considering a smaller group of students outside of the club to have a focus group with.

I have been trying to re-evaluate my objectives vs. my goals. While I have been able to narrow a few down to feasible goals, I am still looking to simplify a few more.

Keely Chamberlain Update 2

Hi Everyone!

This week I have been working on gathering information from students who have traveled abroad and asking them what their experience was like, how they found out about the trip and so on. I'm doing this so when I make my final project I can try to cater to what students liked about the information they were given, but also what they felt like was missing. I'm really excited to start getting into the actual work of the project, even though I'm still focusing on research.

I have also began contacting people in the program (my clients) and making sure I meet their requirements and keep them updated on how the project is going and in which direction.

I also have been working on following my timeline which seems to be the hardest part. I think I may have ran into overexertion of what my goals should be, so that has been the most difficult part.

Hope everyone enjoyed their Fall Break!

Week 3

This week I had a conversation with my client about the possibility of changing deadlines to better suit their needs. I am meeting with one of the beneficiaries this evening to go over layouts and information as to guarantee that I include everything they want. I consulted my client about the advertisement they were going to put in the local newspaper. I will be collecting the graphical logo and some of the pictures they would prefer to include in their brochures in order to finish off the two sheets I have planned for them. I will set the layout in stone this evening and finish in the lab on thursday. I am to meet with the client again on Saturday at the farm and discuss the educational programs and which audiences they would like them to be geared towards. I will also be helping with manual labor and preparations for their Farm Day on October 22, when the family will open the farm up for the public to visit and interact with the animals as well as see demonstrations. This week is a little bit slower due to Fall Break because I had no access to a computer and therefore, much of my work was geared towards further communication and perfecting the project plans.

Barbara Schindo Update #2

So in a move that some might call completely insane, I changed my entire project idea moments before I turned in my project proposal. After speaking with Dr. Garris about it, I tweaked my idea from a special about therapy dogs/pet adoption to a special show about various people/groups on campus and in the community that do something great for the community. Think of it sort of as a way to raise awareness for local community outreach programs. I walked into Dr. Sipes's office for my meeting and said "I think I just changed my whole plan." Haha. She said that would be ok, though, because there is still enough time. It works out well though because I can use the things that I already had (from the Better Days Animal League and the 4-H Seeing Eye Puppy club) and just add more to them. This means my main client is going to be SUTV, since this is going to be produced as a Special Edition of SUTV News.

This week, I've been working on revising my project proposal so that Dr. Sipes and I can go over it together again. I've also been making plans and making contacts with other groups that I would like to spotlight for this special. So though it's a last minute change, I am excited about this new project! I think that it will reach a wider audience.

Paige 3

Over break I was working on getting in touch with my speaker, and it seems like I'm going to have to take a different approach to the project. I'm not as worried as I thought I would be; I think this could be more fun for me in the long run.
I'm going to work on fixing my plan and starting my survey for my before knowledge, although this may need to be reconsidered depending on the route my project will take.

Morgan Weekly Update

Tom and I are already implementing my campaign. The entire process is going well because we've already established our goals and are following the campaign verbatim (yet also making adjustments when necessary). A huge help is that I've already compiled all the benchmark data and information we needed. What we've started doing in October is recording measurements that we will be able to use in the future to decipher how successful our current strategies are.

Gueguen Week 3

My project is moving along well. After talking with Dr. Sipes, I've realized that I need to include in my proposal how I am going to measure my goal of informing my readers about head football coach Mark Maciejewski. I suggested asking some readers of The Slate what they thought of the article, and what they learned from it that they had not already known about him.

I also learned that I need a way to measure my goal of having a well-presented story package on cumberlink.com, for the story on Mike Frenette and Trevor Harman. I am going to have Jeff Pratt and Naomi Creason, the two editors at The Sentinel that are helping me put this video on the website, review my project and give feedback.

As for the first story I am working on, the feature story on football players Mike Frenette and Trevor Harman, which will appear in the Oct. 21 Sentinel "Football This Week" tabloid, the project is underway. I have been at practice the last two days filming and taking notes, and I interviewed both Harman and Frenette yesterday. Tomorrow I am going to interview coach Maciejewski, Friday I will try to interview Zach Zulli and Kevin Herod, two of the other members of the team who work most with Harman and Frenette, and I have to set up an interview with Cumberland Valley football coach Tim Rimpfel. I'm hoping to meet with Rimpfel on Sunday for an interview.

My deadline for the first story had changed. Instead of having it done on Oct. 15, like I originally planned, I will have it done on Oct. 19. I will try to start the story on coach Maciejewski on the 24.

Ballard Week 3

So I decided to go ahead and create a take-home handout for the members who attend my seminar. Dr. Sipes had suggested that I do this to make my project stronger. So I changed my proposal to reflect this decision.

No what I have to do ASAP, is start generating interest about the seminar. I need to bring it up in the PRSSA meeting tomorrow, as well as send out some reminder emails.

My next step, one that I should get going on soon, is to look for exercises for my seminar. I then need to test them. Then, I need to figure out what information I should include on the handout.

McCullough Week 3

Hello all,

I hope you are all enjoying your break! After my meeting with Dr. Sipes I have a better idea of my goals and objectives for my PR campaign. I have started looking at campaigns for similar non profit organizations, and brainstorming more ideas for tactics.

I will be having a meeting with my client this week to discuss some of his ideas, and expectations. After my meeting I will refine my timeline and start putting together the campaign itself.

If anyone has examples of campaigns they have done for non profits that they would not mind sharing, I would love to see them. I have not done this before so any resource will be beneficial.

So far the most difficult part of this project has been the research, there are not many resources on volunteer fire dpartment expansion.

Week 3 Adrienne Williams

My meeting with Dr. Sipes went well on Thursday. I talked with her about my surveys that I will be giving to the club members and the mini-quizzes I will be giving to the officers. The surveys that I give to the members are more for my benefit, to see what the club thinks of its PR efforts. The mini PR quizzes that I give to the officers will serve as a benchmark survey to see how much they know about PR. Then, after I make the manual and hold a session with them, I will give them the same exact quiz to see how much they learned.

One of the things I talked with Dr. Sipes about is how long to make my manual. I want to be as concise as possible and not overwhelm the officers with a huge manual, but I need to make sure it is long enough to give adequate information and examples. I'm going to shoot for 10-12 pages with an appendix. I don't want to overwhelm myself with making a huge document.

I already typed up my survey and quiz questions. This week will probably be really slow for my project because I cannot administer the surveys this week. The weekly meeting for the club was canceled on Tuesday due to fall break so I will have to wait until next week.

Sarah Smith - Week 3

After my meeting, I've figured out that I need to be more specific. While the majority of the content is finished, I need to finish up the last few big articles and include them into the magazine.

I'll also need to take more photos and insert them into the pages. Along with that, I need to make sure the design flows from page to page.

I've started thinking about the way the magazine will flow, from beginning to end. Each section will be together and will be in the magazine based on priority and importance.

I think the content was easier to do since it was the "first issue." I think it would be more difficult for on-going content to be inserted and developed, but may be worth considering later on.

I need to get in touch with some experts, gather content from my writers and finish the content before moving on to design and editing.

Sharp 2

After creating my proposal I have a clear view of the steps I need to take. Next thursday I am meeting with the Director of the Counseling Center on campus. We are going to discuss specifics about things they already do to benefit freshman transition into college life as well as what he would like to see done. I am trying to arrange meetings with a few RA's as well.

Furthermore, I am beginning the research phase. I am starting to organize a few focus groups with current freshman to see what they are already aware of/not aware of. I am reviewing brochures from the counseling center to get an idea about facts/tips they already provide to students. I will be searching library databases to get national numbers of freshman with depression, transferring and dropping out.

After I do some research I will be able to begin designing my materials and hopefully after my meeting the the director and possibly some RA's I will have a better idea of what needs to be done.

Shimandle Week 2

After putting together my project proposal and talking with Dr. Sipes I was able to better clarify where I am heading with the training manuals. I need to go back through my proposal and define my objectives so they are measurable as well as add tactics for how I am going to measure their success.

Now it is time to get the ball rolling on my research. The first stages of this project are going to require me to set up meetings with each Colleges Against Cancer officer and find out what they know about their current position, what they do not understand and what concerns they have. Once I meet with each officer I will create questionnaires and surveys to better define the materials that will make up the manuals.

Yesterday I sent out an email to set up the initial meetings and hope to conduct them all by October 15. Over break I am going to being forming questions for the interviews as well as for the questionnaires.

Once I have all the officer/position research done I will be able to start designing, typing and putting together the manuals.

Sean Gallagher- Week 2

After meeting with Dr. Sipes about my proposal, I have a better understanding of what I need to focus on. The main thing being my objectives and goals. While I have several different goals, I need to go back and evaluate which of these goals are Feasible and determine which ones I can prove I was successful at completing at the end of the semester.

I have begun to organize a survey that will be used to get a better understanding of what members of WSYC would like to see in a website. Although, after talking to Dr. Sipes, I may look at organizing a focus group, instead of just handing out random surveys to different people. I am starting to like the focus group idea a lot more after talking about it with Dr. Sipes.

During fall break, I will continue doing research for the social media guidelines I want to put together, mainly concentrating on the ethics of the guidelines, which I will need to focus on the most. I will also look into different web site templates. I have looked at Adobe Muse, which is currently in beta and would be ready for the spring, but I will research other website design templates that will be easy for anyone to use.

Galdun week 2

For my second week into my project I have set up a meeting with the editor of the Relflector as well as the advisor and the PR person they have on staff. We will be meeting sometime after break most likely on Thursday to sit down and discuss what goals we have for the implementation of my campaign as well as the goals the Reflector has for this semester as well.

After meeting with Dr. Sipes, we decided I need to reevaluate my goals in order to make them fit better with the short amount of time i actually have to complete this project. My timeline also needs to be reevaluated to fit with the goals I will have set.

I want to have 3 main goals for the project, the first being to get a larger amount of submissions from last year. The other two goals will focus on successful events such as an open house event as well as a poetry reading. These are ideas and i hope to have them finalized after my meeting with the staff next week.

So until then that is my update for this week.

Project Updates

I'm doing my project about planning a Fundraiser for the Women in Need Shelter in Chambersburg. I'm working with a group in the Womens Center to help implement the fundraiser. We had a meeting this past tuesday to discuss fundraising ideas and dates. Nothing is set in stone as of yet, and because of break we will not meet again until the 18 of October. I am afraid that I will not have enought time to complete this project, so I'm starting to think of another fundraiser i can do by myself but also finish what i started with the Women Center.

Cory Barnett

I've acquired permission from the Slate to publish my articles. I heard back from Dr. Minnick about the form needed to do student research and it says I need my professor to write a letter saying that they will be monitoring my research and what it pertains to, as well as release forms from the people I intend to survey. I'm not sure how they expect me to do this because the people who get surveyed are supposed to be random.

I'm thinking that my initial idea to survey students about their diets before writing my stories would not necessarily be pointless, but rather unnecessary. With a 500 word limit, I would definitely be pressed for space if I would try to incorporate these findings as well as all the diet and exercise information I intend to include in the stories. This may also solve my release form dilemma because that was the part of my project that would require random participants.

I've decided to drop the SUTV portion of my project and instead add what will be the only survey required of my project. I can find students willing to participate ahead of time, which will allow for me to obtain their consent and thus get approval from the board. I will write two versions of the story, one optimistic and one pessimistic, and then distribute them to two different groups of people. Afterwards I will then survey them about how their intentions may have changed after reading the story and compare the results to measure the success of each version of the story.

I think this change will make my timeline easier to accomplish as well. Now instead of having to wait for the approval to get back before I can begin, I can start my research and write the stories to get that part out of the way. This way I can still be working on my project while I wait for the survey board to approve my research.

Mark-Week 2

I have identified key sources for my project and have already gotten permission from two coaches at Ship MS. I will now need to request permission from some of the kids' parents for them to be able to be interviewed since they are minors. Also, I have contacted the Chambersburg Youth Soccer Association (CYSA) on working with them to gather information and statistics and to also present a video to the general public. This will hopefully encourage more parents and kids to sign up for local leagues. I am continuing my research and will look at several campaigns and events that have attempted to boost soccer's popularity in the past.

Keeley-Week 2

Time is ticking for my project, as the Shape Gallery exhibit I am planning opens November 4. I finally finished my project proposal, so I will be able to start the project after making a few adjustments. Tuesday, I was able to help set up the gallery for the October exhibit, Our Town. I was also able to talk to the girl who planned the exhibit. Tonight is the 13th Anniversary of the opening, so I will attend the party held at the gallery. During fall break I will take photos for the exhibit design/logo for promotional materials. After I complete the design I will be able to send out an email blast, along with postcards to members. I will also be able to create posters to send out to small businesses around town.

If any students are interested in art, please check out the Out Town exhibit open this month. Also, I would love to have student work in the show, as long as it is PROFESSIONAL looking. This would be a great way to get portfolio pieces! Let me know if you are interested.

Any suggestions are also welcomed. Enjoy the break!

Project Update

Hi all! For my project, I am focusing on bringing more attention to the Study Abroad programs that Shippensburg University offers, while also trying to get information from students on their experience studying abroad to encourage other students to do the same. (Please let me know if any of you have studied abroad and are interesting in sharing pictures, stories..etc!)

I have decided on focusing mostly on internet communication using sound slides/podcast to hopefully be added to the Shippensburg website as a way for students to have more peer responses to study abroad instead of just from the program, since it would be more beneficial to get that knowledge from a student first hand.

So far, most of my work consists of contacting people in the study abroad program, students who have studied abroad and trying to collect enough research on how many students abroad, where, why and so on.

I'm looking forward to suggestions on how to carry out this project so please let me know if you have any.

Best of luck, and happy Fall Break!

Week 2

I unfortunately will not have access to a computer from thursday evening on as I had planned. After meeting with Dr. Sipes, I realized I needed to redirect the scope of my project. While marketing materials are necessary, they are not sufficient to carry out the assignment. After discussing with my client the dilemma, they asked me to write educational outreach programs and do a trial run in November. Not only is this something I have ample experience in, it is also more geared towards the careers I intend to seek upon graduation. The new goal will take several drafts and even more extensive research, as well as creating a review form for the audience to grade my program. I then set a deadline for this week to get the client their first two pamphlets, the FAQ alpaca sheet and the sheet that explains why alpaca fiber is the way to buy.

Week 2 - Tom Kane.

Proposal's been set in motion. Just need to work out a way of mounting over the first step - gauging the current audience. I do have some idea of what I'm working with - mostly a student audience... I can find out more tomorrow. Need to establish a closer link to the producer for this one. Shouldn't be too hard. Already got some ideas in place for promotional material, and I even managed to produce an example. Things are looking up.

Week 2: Barbara Schindo

For my project, I am going to produce a TV show/extended PSA (I'm not quite sure what to call it) on Therapy/Service Pets and Pet adoption. I have made contacts with a local shelter (Better Days Animal League - and Dr. Sipes, if your e-mail for PR has not be answered, it's because they only have 2 full time employees, and they are so busy that they don't often get around to checking it) and with members of the local 4-H seeing eye puppy club. I have two packages already finished for my show, now my obstacle is determining whether the show will be live (if we can find a place for it, we will do it live-to-tape) or to pre-produce everything and then put it together.

So far, everything has been going smoothly. Everyone I have contacted is eager for the help/PR for their business. There are a few more local shelters/therapy organizations that I can contact and will be doing that this week.

Week 2:

I'm really just focusing on confirming all the key parties to my project. The College of Business and my Speaker, which was put on hold when I realized his business card is at my parents'. I plan on presenting the college with the same proposal I made up for class, to make everything I'm considering clear up front.

Over Fall Break I hope to get all the key players taken care of, so that I will be able to survey students. I was thinking about my audience and if I just invite all students in the college of business I'm worried it could be a little much. I was thinking about limiting it to Juniors & Seniors. But I wouldn't want to turn away students that would be interested.

Week 2 - Soc/Anthro Club Project

As Week 2 is approaching, I feel a lot better about my project. After I finished my proposal and laid out the project, I know exactly what I need to do and by what date. After I meet with Dr. Sipes on Thursday, I really plan to get my project started.

Since finishing my proposal document, I started to make up some survey questions for the members of the club and the officers. I plan to take these questions with me to my meeting with Dr. Sipes to see what she thinks about them.

After the meeting, I will make revisions to my survey questions if necessary then I will print them out and administer them after fall break. I don't think I'll have much trouble with this beginning part of the project.

Week 2: PRSSA InDesign Seminar

I am about to submit my proposal. I feel confident in what I planned.

My feedback from Dr. Sipes suggested that I create a manual for all PRSSA members to have/take away from the seminar. Is this a good idea? It's another step for me, but it would probably be good for the members. My proposal does not reflect this idea, though.

Doing my proposal forced me to set a date for my seminar, so I feel much more accomplished!

Week 2

I am working on finishing up my proposal, it is proving to be a bit harder than expected. I am doing a PR campaign for the New Franklin Volunteer Fire Department.

So far the project seems like it will be enjoyable. The hardest part is going to be finding resources to help get ideas. That will probably be the next task to tackle. I plan on interviewing some members to see exactly where they think the problems lie for the department, and also talking to some other loca fire departments to see how they handle, or do not handle similar situations.

My ultimate goal is to get the community more invloled and raise funds for the department.

Cory Barnett

So far I've spent most of my time finalizing my proposal and haven't really started my project. I should be finishing the proposal tonight and am planning to begin the first steps of my project during this week.

The first thing I need to do is survey students to get an idea of their diet and exercise habits. To do this i'll need to get approval from the school board or whoever has to approve any kinds of surveys being done. Also this week I plan to contact people from The Slate and SUTV who will be able to help me publish the pieces I produce. Hopefully this goes smoothly so I can begin researching by the end of this week.

Week 1- Sean Gallagher

I have begun to organize information that will be helpful with my project to create social media guidelines for WSYC. Having knowledge of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, I have some information that I can include in the guidelines already. Although, the guidelines will also include how to use it in a professional and appropriate way, creating a code of ethics to go along with it.

I have started to research different website layouts that could be used with the idea of a new, separate website from the club page. This is something that I will spend time on researching and finding the best program to use that can be easy for anyone to use, not just for those who know how to use HTML and can code.

Week 2 - Sarah Smith

I'm starting to put the finishing touches on some pages. I have most of the content finished, except for the major stories. All surveys and other sources of content are basically finished.

I finished most of the surveys this week and took the majority of the photos. I'm really happy with the outcome so far. It looks great and it actually looks like a magazine.

Next, I need to work on the big stories and finish them before next week. Also, I'll start deciding which order to put the pages in and organize content that way.

I'm beginning to realize that I absolutely love designing pages and get some weird creative, exciting energy when I do it. It's so convenient that editing can fix a few bumps in the design and make a page look so much better.

Next week, I'll add the new content and begin the editing process!