In summarizing the exercises, I found three commonalities that simulate creativity in the workplace: ask lots of questions, just start working and come up with as many ideas as possible. There are a lot more lessons that I have learned, but I believe that these are the most important. If I am able to implement these ideas into my work, creativity will flow into my projects and help me produce creative content essential to my campaigns.
The first idea, ask lots of questions, stemmed from several exercises that I completed during the internship. I found that asking questions helped me to organize my thoughts and understand my audience prior to writing. “Story Landscape” (Disney Imagineers, Pg. 64) required me to make a list of questions that
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“Who is My Audience” (Pg. 108) entailed asking inquiries to get into the heads of my audience and conduct a public profile. Using this for my news releases helped me understand why my audience would read it. I used “Establish Objectives” (Pg. 34) to help me create objectives for my writing assignment and organize my thoughts. “Handling Rejection” (Pg. 144) asked evaluation questions for my work after completion. It helped me understand where I succeeded and where I needed to improve. Multidimensional Visual Thinking (Pg. 88) required me to look at an object, close my eyes and recall as many details as I could. Inquiring questions helped to focus on the little details in my head. These questions solidified the answers and allowed me to plan a very detailed draft before continuing. Next, I created lots of questions in “Creativity is Learning!” (Pg. 62) as I wrote my name with my left hand. The inquiries helped me understand that more focus is needed when completing an unfamiliar task. This transfers to creativity, as well. When I am trying something new, creativity needs more focus. With “An Altered World” (Pg. 111), I continued questioning when I needed to take an inanimate object and envision what …show more content…
In today's technological world, this goal becomes extremely difficult. PR practitioners are constantly wrestling through the clutter to have their voice heard by their audience. We achieve this by being imaginative. We begin to think of the new, untraditional way of sharing information. There are two ways that PR uses creativity to stand out. One is by creating new content for the same material. For example, news releases were very common in my internship, as in other organizations. When I was writing a news release for general conference, I knew that it could not be the cliché announcement. I needed to be creative and put a twist on the story to make it interesting to my audience. I did that by using local members as the focus of the announcement. I used their quotes to make it interesting. This creative twist helped it stand out from the normal news releases. Second, the fast pace nature of campaigns forced me to be creative in my problem solving. There were times when I did not know how to complete an assignment, and I was under a time crunch. The creativity I learned in the exercises allowed me to find a solution to my problem and create quality content, instead of a dull product. As you can see, I used creativity on a daily basis to effectively communicate with my audiences. Without it, my work would just be lost among the noise. The Church would not
Through this experience I have learned many new things about myself. I have learned in detail who I am as a learner, a teacher and as a participant in my community. Through the use of the material addressed in modules two, six and eight, I am able to conduct a critical analysis of myself and what I have learned in the course that is relevant to my academic and professional career.
I am always a little nervous and hesitant when I begin writing an essay. Ever since I was little I was an honor roll student, passed all my tests, was placed in honors and AP classes, and eventually graduated a year early from high school. I used to be so confident when I would begin writing a paper, I could finish it within a couple minutes. During junior year of high school, I began taking duel credit classes. I was passing all the classes so far until I reached English 111. It was an 8-week course and I started to get overwhelmed. All throughout the course I was having a little bit of trouble on the essays. I would still receive a passing grade, but it wasn’t an A. I began becoming a little discouraged and didn’t understand what was going
Initial Reflective Essay When I first thought of what I wanted to do with my life after college, the first thing I thought of was helping people. The next step in deciding what I wanted to do with my life was to examine how I could accomplish this goal. I started pondering and I was thinking about how much I love to take care of my body. Health care and personal hygiene has always been an important factor in my life. So I decided to major in Health Sciences.
Writing is a process I’ve grown to despise. Ever since grade school, I’ve had problems trying to express my ideas on paper. My writing process involves thinking about what’s being asked and trying to reflect my thoughts the best way I can on paper, but my thoughts don’t always come out as clear as I want them to be sometimes leaving a question not fully answered. My writing process isn’t a consistent set in stone process, but since being in ENC 1101 I always follow some of the same parameters such as revising my drafts, grammar usage and considering context and audience.
Glibert (as cited in Preston, Harvie & Wallace, 2015) gives a simple three step overview of the inquiry process. The first step is to define the inquiry, which includes posing questions and planning the inquiry (Glibert, as cited in Preston, et. al., 2015). Questions may arise spontaneously or be prompted by provocations or artefacts that teachers provide (O’Brien, Peavey, & Fuller, 2016; Walker, 2015). Ralston Elementary School (2015) suggest that teachers should role model questions to students which encourage higher order thinking. The next step is to collect information and analyse it (Glibert, as cited in Preston, et. al., 2015). Reynolds (2012) suggest the use of brainstorming and graphic organisers as ways to collate and present the information. The final step is to decide what to do with the information. This requires students to make conclusions, reflect on and respond to the information (Glibert, as cited in Preston, et. al., 2015). Gilbert (as cited in Preston, et. al., 2015) also points out that the process may go back and forth through these steps as children pose more questions throughout the
The discipline of public relations is a modern profession which has been in existence for only close to a century; however, it has already taken an important role in the fields of business, government, entertainment and non-profit organizations including educational institutions and healthcare organizations. Public relations professionals are required to have excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills and have the ability to persuade the public. It is imperative for PR professionals to effectively communicate with its public in order to establish and maintain a positive relationship. Furthermore, public relations professionals must have the ability to work under pressure and effectively manage crisis which may have detrimental effect on the company and the public it serves. State purpose of paper and an overview of what will be covered in the introduction
According to Paul (1999), reflective practice has become a dominant paradigm in second language teacher education in recent years. Further, Biggs (2003) cited that learning new technique for teacing is like the fish that provides a meal for today which same as reflective practice that acts as the net that provides the meal for the rest of one’s life. To begin with, reflective practice has been a major movement since the eighties in teacher education (Calderhead, 1989; Cruickshank &Applegate, 1981; Gore, 1987; Zeichner, 1987). Even more, research acknowledges a number of potential benefits that arise from reflecting on ones’ teaching both for pre-service and in-service teachers (Bailey, 1997; Cruickshank, 1987; Mckay, 2002; Oterman and Kottamp,
The book I'm a Stranger Here Myself, written by Bill Bryson, is based on a collection of written articles. Bryson writes about everyday events and shows their negative qualities through whining or creative criticism. He attracts the readers' attention by writing ideas that relate to a normal persons life. His methods are very powerful because it attracts his main audience of common people through his simple vocabulary use and everyday middleclass situations. Also between his "complaining" he throws in little jokes that make his stories entertaining. This makes the reader continue reading because it constantly grabs their attention. Another reason of why Bryson's style of writing is very effective is because all of his stories have a main theme that gives a strong and important message to the reader. Some of these messages may be a little controversial to some readers but are very thought out and well explained.
Through my experiences and coursework at Ursinus I believe that I was able to take on multiple projects and get them done in a timely manner. Knowing how critical time is, I made sure that I planned out my schedule in a way where I would get my work done on time or even earlier. I work well with people and possess a healthy curiosity that marketers need to have to be effective. I am able to communicate with many people across different levels and platforms. I am also always looking for new opportunities and ways to be innovative. I like finding new way to do things and how to do them differently that would be more efficient. I believe that stepping out of my comfort zone is a way to be successful because by pushing myself to be uncomfortable
Creating art is an obscure thing to do because art is all around you. Everywhere you go, you see art. But when it comes to creating art, it gets a little complicated. You see art everywhere, but you don’t know how to create it, because you don’t know what makes something art. In my experience, art has many forms. It has different shapes and colors. For my painting class, I never knew what to paint. I can’t explain what art is, because art is such a big concept you can’t define. Many people see art differently. Something can be art to you, but to another, it’s just random lines, colors, and shapes everywhere on a canvas.
In groups we often try to brainstorm in order to come up with a solution that best fits the problem at hand. Brainstorming is a way for group members to connect with their creative side so that way the group can have as many options as possible for the solution. When We brainstorm we do not criticize or evaluate different ideas, but encourage them. It is good practice of brainstorming to first generate ideas by yourself, then in a group. Brainstorming happens every day and many of us brainstorm on how we will solve problems in our everyday lives.
Public relations is everywhere today. It is a practice that has become an important aspect of any business venture. Whether an organization is not for profit, for profit, or governmental, they still need and desire to communicate their purpose within the community and public relations allows this to happen. There are several publics in which the PR practitioner must correspond with and each requires a different means of communication. Internal publics are inside the organizations such as clerks, managers, and stockholders. "External publics are those not directly connected to the organization: the press, government, educators, customers, suppliers, and the community" (Seitel, 2004). Each public plays a key role in the PR of the organization. The many functions of PR can also be categorized based on what purpose they serve the organization.
Taking a creative writing class was a good way for me to express my thoughts and feelings onto paper, as well as read my other classmates stories. Reading stories created by other people lead me into their mind brain to experience what type of writer they were, it was an overall exquisite class. I believe that every person has a way of expressing who they are through writing stories of their own, fiction is the best way to express your creative imagination. This class that I took for two years helped me become a better writer and helped me understand the types of writers we have.
Throughout this term, my fellow classmates and I have had a chance to participate in a group project with two or three of our peers. The general topic was a vivid problem in a industry. Our class had a very wide and diverse sets of topics: from Styrofoam, to industrial hacking, to corruption in an influential international organization like FIFA, and so many more. Our group decided to develop a project named “Outsourcing and the price we pay for brands”. The name itselves is somewhat self-explanatory, however the problem is so much more complicated and interesting. In this paper, many struggles and concerns, of the group and of my my own, will be unfolded as I reflect the progress of this project.
Through narrative students and teachers alike, have the opportunity to ask questions and thus engage in class conversation. As I acknowledge in journal entry nine, "[t]eaching question-based skills within the curricular material provides the initial scaffolding students require to practice the act of inquisitive thinking and over time. . . these core skills transfer into daily routines". Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and when students are both motivated and equipped with the necessary tools to engage in inquiry, the act of comprehension becomes