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Seeman Work Blog Week #8

mseeman — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:03:00 -0400

This week was very successful for our group. On Saturday night, I talked to David on AIM and he sent me his changes to the brochure. He changed the Santa graphic to say “Bring Out Your Inner Santa” instead of “Bring Out The Inner Santa.” After he sent me the new Santa graphic, I formatted it so the background would match our background color. I e-mailed my group members on Saturday to figure out times for availability to meet. Due to different schedules, I met with Ben on Monday night on AIM and we worked on the changes that the CFRC commented on our brochure.

Seeman Work Blog Week #7

mseeman — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:24:40 -0400

On Sunday, I e-mailed my group members about meeting times to work on our revision of our first draft. We all realized we had a lot of work to do but we didn’t let the comments on our first draft ruin our work ethic or our teamwork. We remained positive. We met Monday night in an AIM chat room and discussed the main parts of the brochure that needed to be changed. We also brainstormed new ideas for our second draft. Ben started making revisions from our ideas. On Tuesday afternoon, Ben and I discussed the revisions on AIM.

Reading Response Week #7

mseeman — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:34:44 -0400

Appeal to Emotions: + Our brochure connects to the audience’s emotions in several ways. The phrases like “Celebrate Christmas with your Community!” and “Santa’s Nice List” remind people what the true meaning of Christmas is about. People will want to be on “Santa’s Nice List.” It also appeals to the audience’s emotions by explaining the purpose of the Christmas Day Dinner which is to provide a warm meal, presents for the children, and a place to be on Christmas day. The audience will feel this is very important because Christmas is usually spent with family or friends.

Tirrell Group #4 - Draft 2

mseeman — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:46:23 -0400

Both of our brochures are attached in a .pdf file! Please leave comments!

Seeman Work Blog Week #6

mseeman — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:11:43 -0400

Over the weekend, I e-mailed the members of my group about the upcoming week’s rough draft due. Each member started thinking of ideas and researched the Community Family and Resource Center. We met in a group chat on AIM on Monday night and shared our ideas. We also divided the textual part of the brochure between each member. We agreed to meet again on Tuesday night and I sent out a reminder e-mail with the time for both time zones and which part each member was supposed to write. I wrote about the volunteer opportunities.

Reading Response Week 6

mseeman — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:21:24 -0400

After reading Chapter 24 and 37 in The Thomson Handbook, I think our group followed the principles but I think we could add more to improve our brochure. In Chapter 24 on page 559 of The Thomson Handbook, it states that the functions of photographs are to convey information and content and help your reader see what you mean. The photo in our brochure of the decorated gym with lots of tables shows the audience the large number of people that attend the Christmas Day Dinner and also shows the success of last year’s dinner with 3,000 meals.

Tirrell Group 4 Service Learning Draft 1

mseeman — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:55:55 -0400

Attached in a .pdf file are our two brochures - color and grayscale.

Gantt Chart - Group 4

mseeman — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:02:09 -0400

Attached is our Gantt Chart in an Excel document.

Seeman Work Blog Week #5

mseeman — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:53:59 -0400

On Tuesday, July 10 I received my group assignment by e-mail from my instructor. I e-mailed my three other group members and gave them my cell phone number, AIM screen name, and my work and summer class schedule so they would know when I would be best available. Through e-mails, we figured out that we are in different places and we all have busy schedules that are often very different. We also have to account for differences in time zones when we make plans.

Reading Response Week 5

mseeman — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:02:27 -0400

The brochure I found is about warning the people of California about the light brown apple moth which can damage over 250 plants. The following link will provide you with the brochure: