Wednesday, May 27, 2015

FPN

Final presentation night went very smoothly for me. I didn't feel like I was running around like a crazy person the whole day. I was lucky enough to get a 92 on my speech. It went very smoothly for me. I thought I did very good. Even when I walked across stage and said thank you to Sam I was very happy with that. She was so sweet in talking to people interested in my topic. She even brought me flowers to FPN. I was very excited about that.
My FPN experience was very good. I was very happy with the way it went. My speech was 40 minutes long and that was perfect timing for me. I even had some extra time to show everyone all the details in my sparkly journal.
FPN was good, but I don't ever want that kind of stress again.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Week 19

This week I had the most absolutely awesome opportunity to go observe my mentor at work. At Ultimate Ventures. It was definitely an interesting morning before going. Getting gas before I went on my way. I was so lucky and clumsy enough to spill gas all over my hands. Though after attempting to wash it all off. The smell was still very much in tact. So that was just grand. All I could think about was meeting everyone in her office and everyone thinking "why does this teenager smell like gas."
Though I got there and everyone was very sweet, very welcoming, and they were all very excited to meet me.
UV has a very relaxed work environment, which I LOVE. As much as I love a crazy and fast paced atmosphere, I seemed to REALLY love the UV environment. It's definitely somewhere I could see myself working. (Not EXACTLY at Ultimate ventures but something similar).
Sam gave me a mini tour of the entire office and I loved it. Also nobody seemed to notice my smelly gas hands thankfully.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Week 17

This week I had planned on going to observe my mentor. I wanted to get some primary learning in with her other than what we do on my project. I want to know more about what she does at work. How her work days go and what her job is like. I know what she does, but I don't know how the process works. So I'm really excited to get to observe her in her work habitat and see what Ultimate Ventures is all about.
I have started rolling on my party planning process. It has gotten off to a rough start but I'm getting somewhere. I almost have a for sure set budget, I am just waiting on confirmation from Mrs. Secord. Then once I have that I will be able to get farther into my planning. All I have is the catering and food. Also I have a theme. So I have a lot of pinteresting to do. Lots of crafts and other things. I'm really excited though.

Week 16

This week we have gone over how the next six weeks is going to go. It's going to be very hectic and busy. We have a lot to get done. I also have a lot to catch up on. I recently went through my binder and realized I have a lot missing, because of my jump drive getting wiped a couple of months ago. So I have some things to redo and complete. I am a little bit frustrated about it, but I'm going to get it all done eventually. Hopefully all before my conference when we go over my binder. I feel really behind which is not good, so I need to catch myself up and get up to pace on my work. Because I have a lot of planning to do for my party and I don't need to be behind in the classroom because that will slow everything down. I'm excited to start planning my party. I have done a little bit of planning but not too much. I have to get all of the budgets sorted out. But I do have caterers and food that I'm going to use, I have a theme. So we are getting somewhere.  Slowly but surely.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Week 15

This week started off with an awesome snow blizzard, so not much has occurred so far this week.
I have started my final product, it is starting off very slowly. The most important part of this party is the vendors. I don't have the approved vendor list for FISD yet. So once I have that I will get this party going faster.
I am quite behind on a few assignments right now that I all need to complete by Friday, So that will be a challenge and interesting to complete. I know I can finish it, it will not be to difficult.
I have met with Sam about primary learning, she walked me through a 4 day event that she planned and put together. We also discussed me possibly being able to do some hands on work with her in getting to see more of her job and what she does. She has to run it by her boss and discuss with her, but I'm really excited for what I might be able to do with her and ultimate ventures.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Week 14

This week was the start of my final product. I wrote my proposal, got all the details together, and started planning. I met with the lady in the office that handles the budgets, and she gave me and approximate number of what I have to spend. I started planning, but in order to do most of it, I need to plan vendors. I have a location, a date, and almost a theme. I plan on asking my class what they want to see in this event as far as theme, time, and other materialistic items. This is about the students so I want their opinion. That is the most important thing.
I met with Sam to help start planning, but she said we can't do much until we know about our vendors. That is the most important part right now. I think we have to use FISD vendors because we are using the FISD budget. I will have to check with Mrs. Secord and see how that will work. I also need to establish a theme to help plan food.
I have a speech on friday that I am somewhat prepared for. I still have to create a new power point because unfortunately I lost mine in my computer and it has been removed from my jump drive. Though I think I am ready for my speech. My last one wasn't too good so hopefully I can make a comeback with this one.

Monday, February 2, 2015

Week 14

This week, I finished, completed, and turned in my original work. I put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into all of it. It was a stressful week, but I got it all done. I even got the chance to send it to my awesome mentor, Sam and she looked over it and gave me some pointers for me to fix. I got it all done and turned in thankfully. It was stressful but worth it.
This week, I plan on starting my Final product work. For my final product I will be planning a ISM banquet. I just met with Mrs. Secord and a few ladies in the office to help me start getting a date, and a budget worked out. I need to start my planning process and talk to my mentor about getting some details worked out, in order to start planning.
Today, officially starts the planning process for my end of the year banquet. I am so excited to plan this out and test my planning skills.