Week 1 - Shimandle

I am creating and implementing transition and training materials for Shippensburg University's Colleges Against Cancer officers. Many of the current officers will be graduation next semester. These materials will help to clearly explain all position expectations in order to keep the organization on the right path for growth.

There will be one main binder with materials detailing each position for the club advisor, student advisor and club president. Each officer will also receive a packet with their own position obligations, project suggestions, project time lines and other explanations of the sort.

The first step after creating the project proposal will be to set up a meeting with the club advisor and student advisor in order to clarify what they need to know about each position as well as what they think will be valuable information to include.

Week 1 - Mark Cover

For my project, I am going to be putting together a digital journalism package on the Unpopularity of U.S. soccer despite its recent success. I will be aiming to do a documentary type angle for the story. I believe this is essential for me to do because I have an interest in what I'm doing as well as a purpose. I believe I can use all the journalism skills I have learned up to this point to be together something really memorable.

I will be brainstorming my goals and objectives soon as well as devising actions to meet this goals and objectives.

Week 1 - Sarah Smith

I will be developing a magazine for students who are graduating and transitioning into the real world. It will focus mainly on the personal side of things, from buying or renting a house to budgeting money and gaining responsibility.

I've started multiple pages of my magazine already and it's going great. I'm really enjoying the design aspect. I must say that taking photographs for each story and having it match is somewhat difficult. How many different photos of houses can you take? I assume I'll need to get some help from others on that part.

I'm also trying to keep everything targeted to the direct audience, so the content and stories must revolve around them. At first, it seems easy since I'm the same age as the audience, but I want to make sure it stays consistent. Hopefully it will all work out.

Keeley-Week 1

My project is to plan the "Give the Gift of Art" holiday exhibit at the Shape Gallery. Because opening night is Nov. 4, I need to start the project now. Luckily the gallery holds a different exhibit every month, so the volunteers are used to planning these events quickly. Last week I attended the monthly meeting to find out what is currently going on with the gallery. This week I will be sending an email blast out to all the gallery members asking them to participate in the holiday exhibit. I will also be designing a logo for the event and creating post cards to send to members in the mail. Another goal I have is to create flyers for the event. Right now though, my main concern is getting artists to display their work.

I am about halfway done with my project proposal. I hope to finish it in the next two days. That way I will be able to dig deeper into what needs to be done. My biggest concern is not having enough time. I am also worried that the President of the gallery will do most of the design work, something that I really want to do for my portfolio. I will email him today about what he wants to be added on the promotional materials.

Week 1- Brouillette (I saved it instead of posting it!)

For my project I will be creating a digital magazine (Ezine). This magazine will highlight local wineries and vineyards, along with profiles of individuals who make homemade wine. The title of my magazine is Uncorked. It will be a Nov./Dec. issue that will be released. All of the content in my magazine is going to be original. I also plan on soliciting local business to advertise in my magazine.

Last week I identified my stakeholder. Professor Witmer graciously agreed to help me with this project. She is also my professor for Magazine Design. I will be creating the same magazine for this class however the requirements are far less than what I will be producing.

This weekend I visited Adam County Winery. I believe that winery will be a feature story for my magazine

Week 1- Beverly Ponterio

This weekend I met with my clients, who happen to be my family. I have already met my first risk, which is the fact that due to the fact that my clients are my family, they come with a lot of demands. While working with a client one has never met, you generally don't argue or debate what should and should not be included because it is not your business, but in my case this is literally my business.

My sisters are both graphic design artists and photographers and so are more advanced in the software than I am, which is beneficial and frustrating. My time is allocated for this project and my guidelines are structured, but accepting critique from family is more difficult and seems more personal than from a random client. They also have an extremely specific picture in mind and so it will require many meetings and a lot of editing to get it right.It is difficult to establish client and consultant relations.

The project will get rolling with a lot of speed and is already bolstered with a lot of information. I am not an expert in the subject of alpaca farming and certainly not of marketing, but I already have a lot of research that has been allocated through my clients. They have given me the basics of what they want and how they want it, but I am to determine the best way to produce and disperse the information. We went over in detail how the project should progress and what specifically my client needs.

The Planning Stage

Well now that I finally figured out how to use this blog, I guess it's time to talk about my project.

I am going to conduct a InDesign seminar for PRSSA members. This is an essential project because many members are creating promotional pieces for clients that are below professional standards. When members create poor-quality pieces, it could decrease our credibility and image with our clients. For an organization that prides itself on its promotion skills, we are doing a poor job.

I just started writing my proposal and I'm at a crossroad. Do I want to purely conduct the seminar and evaluate it, or do I want to create a manual for the members to keep?

It would be highly useful for the members to have a manual, but is this a further step that I am willing to take? I am not sure.