February 14th – Lunch Time

Event Participation:

For this event, I had two roles: being in charge of marketing with Hanh and Heela and being present on the day of the photo booth. For marketing, there was not much to do: a poster and one reel. Hanh primarily made the poster on canvas, and I just went over it and added small details before checking with Rachel (our point person) for confirmation. The posters were put up around the school by Ryan, Minseop, Sean, and me during lunch a week before the event. For the reel after one of the meetings on Wednesday, where we just went over the basic details, I made sure to edit the video so that it would be easy to follow for the people looking at the Instagram page. I sent the reel to Mr. Lee on the Monday before the event, and it got posted for maximum popularity! On Valentine’s Day, marketing was in charge of managing the line up, so Hanh, Heela, and I took turns doing that. I also decided to step up on the day and connected my phone to play music in the foyer. I chose some songs that people would have liked!

Curricular Competencies:

This time, I focused on two curricular competencies: Theme 5, “Work as an effective team member,” and Theme 4, “Understand the importance of knowing your audience in terms of how others receive your message.”

• In my course goals, I mentioned that I would like to work on my communication and adaptability. This was shown through this event by being a flexible and effective team member and putting myself out in situations even when I was not required to.
• I also chose something out of Theme 4 as I was a part of marketing and promotion for this event, and it required me to understand how we could portray the event to best promote our photobooth! (The reel, poster, and also the music that was played in the foyer during the event).
• Within my course goals, I mentioned my personal limitations and requirements, which I was able to understand while being an effective team member. Although I didn’t need to be as involved on the day of the event (as I was just a part of marketing and promo), I still felt as if I should pull my equal weight and contribute more, which I believe helped out my group.

Before:

Before the event consisted mainly of focusing on marketing (making the reel and poster), which we worked as a group and effectively got it done after our Wednesday meetings. This is where I was able to use the Theme 4 curricular competency as we had to create some variety in our marketing so that it would stand out to the student body and people will be reminded to visit the photobooth.

During:

During the photobooth, I was not required to help set up, but as I wanted to follow my curricular competency, I was an effective team member by showing up early and helping the others set up the board, table, props, etc. Theme 5’s curricular competency was often visited as I took the speaker out from the medical room, and it was effective as lunchtime approached. I had connected to that speaker before, so I decided to be the one playing music from it. When people started lining up for the booth, Hanh, Heela, and I took turns guiding them to stay behind the line and create a neat lineup to ensure that we would not be taking up too much space in the foyer. When some of the leadership students wanted to take photos with their friends, I was effective in quickly volunteering to take the pictures for them, especially when the people on photo-taking role wanted pictures taken!

After:

After the event, we cleaned up the foyer, put the props back into the bucket, pushed back the bulletin board, and took the tape linings off of the floor. Although my point people told marketing and promo that we were not required to stay for set up and clean up, I decided to be an effective team member and stay back so that the job would be done faster for everyone!

Evidence: