Mini Business Conference

This week was the beginning of the flip chart, five minute presentations. I don't present until the last day of the presentations next week, so for the first day I was just a good old audience member rotating from presentation to presentation. It was a very cool environment in the Conference Center, and a good learning experience hearing from different people.

One of the presentations that stuck out to me was the one given about twitter. It was very cool hearing about twitter from a business perspective. I also thought that Cameron came up with a very effective and interesting way of presenting his topic. Part of it also might be that I actually use twitter while the other things weren't things I was as familiar with.

Being able to watch the presentations was good preparation for me. I now better know how to go about getting mine ready and how to present the information effectively.

Group Presentation

This week in MCOM was completely dedicated to our group projects. Tuesday, our class time was used for us to prepare with our groups, and Thursday the presenting began. It was a pretty hectic week as our group finalized our report and presentation, but at the same time it was another great team work experience.
Our presentation went very well, even though I was pretty nervous. I definitely think practicing it over and over with my group the night before helped quite a bit!
It has been awesome working with the people in my group. They're all hard workers and have made things a blast. We probably spent a little too much time together this week haha, but it was definitely necessary for what we had to do.

I've learned a lot of valuable things working in a group setting in this class, which will be a huge asset moving forward in life. I've also learned skills of how to put together professional business documents during these group assignments, and they will definitely come in handy in the future.

Google Docs

I believe that using Google Docs is a very effective way to do group work. When you're working in a group, it can be so hard to find time to meet up and work together with the different schedules that every person in the group has. Google Docs make it possible to accomplish group work without having to be in the same location. Google Docs also make it easier to work as a group when you are gathered together. The fact that everyone in the group can have the same document open at the same time is so helpful. Everyone can be making edits and doing things simultaneously.
Google Docs are the best way to do group work.

Flip Charts

On Thursday we found out what we are going to be doing for our individual presentations and also how to go about preparing them. I am actually somewhat excited and think it will be a fun experience. We found out that we are going to be using flip charts. I have exactly ZERO experience with flip charts, so it will definitely be good having an experience using them. According to Professor Middleton they are still used quite a lot these days in almost all companies. From what it looked like, most people in the class didn't really have any experience using flip charts so everyone is pretty much on the same level in that regard.

The subject that I picked out of the pumpkin buck was how to do professional blogs. I kind of feel like I haven't done too good of a job with this blog, so maybe it was a sign that I drew out that topic. As I prepare for my presentation and research my topic, I'll have to apply the things that I learn to this blog, and try to make it a little better.

Library Day

This week was full of work to do in MCOM. I learned quite a bit, especially during our class in the library. I didn't know that there was so much that you could do on the library website. Professor Middleton timed things out perfectly, by getting us into the library just as we were beginning to write our research papers.
The library website is full of resources. It has many articles, tons of useful information on tons of companies, basic business information, and lots of other things that can help in gathering data for whatever is you need to do, whether it be writing a research paper or applying for a job.

I still have a lot of work to do with my research paper before I turn it in. Thanks to the tutorial in the library I already have more confidence in my paper. I know that what I learned in the library is going to not only be a very useful asset in preparing my paper, but also with different things I will need in the future.

Brethren, WSB Chapter Presentation

This week my group presented chapter 8 from the WSB book. It was pretty awesome being able to get online and being able to watch our presentation after we presented it. It definitely helped to see things from a different perspective. I think as I presented, I did a good job of referencing the hook, also of speaking loudly and clearly so that everyone could her. One thing I really need to work on is what I do after I finish my part. I was walking back to the front pretty slowly, and I think it distracted from the person that was speaking after me.
As I group I thought we did a great job. We spent a lot of time practicing the night before we presented, and I think that helped us. I think we did a good job of splitting up the material evenly and I think dressing up the way that we did made us look pretty professional and credible. One thing that we could do better as a group is smile and look more friendly towards are audience. Knowing all of this will help tons when our next presentation comes around.

Online Interview

The online interview was a great experience. I realized quickly that moving around is not a good thing to do when being interviewed. It is really easy to move out of the screen or even cause the screen to freeze up by moving around too much. I also learned how important it is to speak loud and clearly because it can be really hard to hear through a web cam.
Overall I feel like I learned a lot, and I feel like this experience will help me know what to be aware of and how to conduct myself when I run into an online interview

Cameron Homer was my employer. 5