In the previous week, the St. Joe's team met at the Humboldt Park location. Although the clients pretty much reiterated what we already knew they wanted, it was nice to hear it first-hand. It was also really good to see some of the volunteers and students in action as well as get a feel for the community there. In the previous week, I did a mock up of a new logo, and submitted some interview ideas for the video. Brian C. seemed pleased with my ideas as the video may take a narrative feel and should include stories of the difference the program has made in the participant's lives.
What's going well? - The feeling of doing good for the community is a great experience. Also, getting to know some of peers is nice even though I am graduating this term and will not interact with them in regards to the New Media Studies Program after this. The group is smaller than the City Farms group so I think it works better in terms of communication and knowing how the work flow is going sooner.
What's not going so well? - Since the project details giving the client what they want, there is not much wiggle-room for creativity or for my own ideas to come to heed. Also, in regards to the graphics manual, the project seems too limited for a big group to work on because there is not much to produce. Unfortunately, because most of us have other courses and full time jobs to consider, we are not all doing similar tasks at the same times. For example, several people may crank out a logo idea before I even have time to sit down and get to it, and when I do, I feel I'm behind the others or not doing my share. My guess is there are others that feel the same also. I am glad that we have moved to BaseCamp because I was spending a lot of time sifting through Blackboard to get a sense of what was going on.
My goals - For Thursday, I will have a logo reiteration done, complete with color swatches. I also have a goal to be more vocal in the team.
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