Hours worked:
Sunday-
Monday- 4
Tuesday- 1
Wednesday- 2
Thursday- 7
Friday- 6
Saturday-
Total: 20
Accomplishments:
1. Finished draft one of the Junior Ranger Booklets
I took two days off last week (Saturday and Sunday) and I definitely felt refreshed and creatively ready to jump back in. The last couple of days were especially productive, partially because I could see the end in sight (well, one of them at least).
I really appreciate this opportunity to grow as a designer, particularly this “creativity on demand” skills set. Part of me tells myself I should be open to working whenever inspiration hits (like 11pm on a Sunday night) but another part of me thinks it’s a healthier working situation if I can designate specific times to do NOCA projects. Otherwise, I’ll just think about NOCA and work all the time. I imagine this is an interesting experience for you as a supervisor, figuring out how to manage a position that relies heavily on new ideas, creativity, and production time. You’ve done a good job in being understanding and allowing me flexibility with my schedule. So thank you!
In any case, as I’ve mentioned in various e-mails, I’m really proud of how the booklets have turned out thus far.
-I also went to the office on Thursday. The only person to check in from Interp was Joyce, but it was still good to spend a full day working at HQ and seeing everyone. Plus, I was able to access historic images from our external hard drive and print off proofs of the booklets.
-Took care of various travel logistics for the RLN meeting in February as well as the George Wright Society.
-I had a lunch meeting on Friday with Shane Farnor from NPCA—I wanted to pick his brain about our green passport initiative, in conjunction with their Do Your Part Parks campaign. While he’s not directly working with that project, I did get two good contacts to follow up with. As always, I believe it’s good for me to start building relationships with our park partners.
For next week, Jan 18 to Jan 24
1. Design Junior Ranger certificate
2. Return to the Digital Image Library proposal?
3. Prep work on the green passport idea- immediate goal, create a handout to use at our Climate Change workshop next month, to generate support from other NOCA staff.
4. Misc logistics like making minor edits to the EBLA bird checklist, registering for GWS, etc etc.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Jan 11 to Jan 17
Hours worked:
Sunday- 3
Monday- 4
Tuesday- 6.5
Wednesday- 3
Thursday- 4
Friday- 4
Saturday-
Total: 24.5
Accomplishments:
1. Participated in our Green Passport planning conference call.
This is a project that was generated from my workgroup at the AKR-PWR Centennial Workshop in November. As a refresher, we made it a goal to offer ways for visitors to have green visits to their national parks, ie offset the carbon from their travels from home to the parks. If it’s an NPS goal to be carbon-neutral by 2016, why couldn’t we extend that challenge to our visitors?
-In a nutshell, we’d like to create a green passport booklet, where each park offers a collectable sticker. The purchase of a sticker for, say, $2 would offset 150 miles of travel. The sticker features a natural or cultural resource that is affected by climate change. Within the booklet, more information explains how this resource is threatened and what that park is doing to be climate-friendly.
-Initially, I was a bit hesitant with this project- it seems like such a grand project but when faced with the day-to-day tasks of our respective parks, how could we ever pull it off?
-But after this phone call, I think that this is both achievable and worth my/our time. Why?:
-I believe in the essence of the project, helping visitors go carbon neutral… not just educating them about climate change but also engaging them and being proactive
-It’s a good learning opportunity to see how projects are carried from inception to completion, at a more regional, long-term level.
-I get to work with staff from other national parks—and you know how I love collaboration and meeting new people. At the very least, there are 3 NPS people—David Grimes from Crater Lake, Tracie Pendergrast from Gates of the Arctic, and Jenny Matsumoto from Sequoia Kings—that I’ve been impressed by and would value a strong working relationship.
-Also, we’re all very conscious of our time and energy and are aiming for simple, achievable goals right now. David found a company in Portland that has worked with green tags for tours in Alaska—it’s a non-profit foundation devoted to carbon offsetting and they are will to do the design and production and distribution of these stickers. Essentially, all we’d have to do is help develop content, get permission to sell these in our stores, and help spread the word.
-We’d like to try this in some of our parks by summer 2010.
-We have another conference call at the end of February and I’m planning on visiting the
Bonneville Environmental Foundation during the George Wright Foundation week in Portland, and meeting up with David Grimes at CRLA when I road trip to CA in March.
Okay, I’m rambling, onto the other big project.
2. Made significant progress on the Junior Ranger Booklets
Sigh. Realistically, I’m 85% finished designing these booklets (first draft anyway). I feel like I’ve been working non-stop for the last two weeks on these pages, but can’t produce the designs fast enough to meet our deadline of today. According to our timeline, the designs were to be finished so everyone can provide edits by the end of the month so I can then go back and make those changes in time for our JR meeting on Feb 25. So I’m going to have to send out whatever I have by the end of today and then keep plugging away.
This project is a good learning experience for me. I know we never anticipated this project taking so much time and energy, but we’re going to end up with a product we’re all proud of. Also, this has been a good learning experience for me—picking up skills like long-term planning, finding ways to create more efficient designs and fine-tuning my gauge on how long a layout/illustration really takes. When I think about it, I’m actually pretty proud of my self-discipline in working from “home”. Thank you for your understanding and patience!!
And you know me, I’m a bit of a perfectionist and don’t like to reveal projects until they’ve met my high standard. But for the sake of working as a group and getting edits in, I’ve got to relinquish that expectation.
3. Guess what- flood damage was lower than expected (yay!) and we didn’t have to put out a newsletter (extra yay!!).
For next week, Jan 18 to Jan 24
1. Finish, seriously, the designs of the Junior Ranger booklets.
2. Meet for a lunch meeting with Shane Farnor from NPCA, to learn more about their Do Your Part Parks project and get his feedback on our green passport idea.
3. I’m assuming you don’t want me working on JR booklets between now and our Feb 25 meeting. Should I revisit projects like the Digital Image Library proposal? What are priorities for you in the next 4 weeks?
4. Even though you’ll be out of town, I’m still planning on visiting HQ on Thursday the 22. Followed by a Husky basketball game with Dave!
Sunday- 3
Monday- 4
Tuesday- 6.5
Wednesday- 3
Thursday- 4
Friday- 4
Saturday-
Total: 24.5
Accomplishments:
1. Participated in our Green Passport planning conference call.
This is a project that was generated from my workgroup at the AKR-PWR Centennial Workshop in November. As a refresher, we made it a goal to offer ways for visitors to have green visits to their national parks, ie offset the carbon from their travels from home to the parks. If it’s an NPS goal to be carbon-neutral by 2016, why couldn’t we extend that challenge to our visitors?
-In a nutshell, we’d like to create a green passport booklet, where each park offers a collectable sticker. The purchase of a sticker for, say, $2 would offset 150 miles of travel. The sticker features a natural or cultural resource that is affected by climate change. Within the booklet, more information explains how this resource is threatened and what that park is doing to be climate-friendly.
-Initially, I was a bit hesitant with this project- it seems like such a grand project but when faced with the day-to-day tasks of our respective parks, how could we ever pull it off?
-But after this phone call, I think that this is both achievable and worth my/our time. Why?:
-I believe in the essence of the project, helping visitors go carbon neutral… not just educating them about climate change but also engaging them and being proactive
-It’s a good learning opportunity to see how projects are carried from inception to completion, at a more regional, long-term level.
-I get to work with staff from other national parks—and you know how I love collaboration and meeting new people. At the very least, there are 3 NPS people—David Grimes from Crater Lake, Tracie Pendergrast from Gates of the Arctic, and Jenny Matsumoto from Sequoia Kings—that I’ve been impressed by and would value a strong working relationship.
-Also, we’re all very conscious of our time and energy and are aiming for simple, achievable goals right now. David found a company in Portland that has worked with green tags for tours in Alaska—it’s a non-profit foundation devoted to carbon offsetting and they are will to do the design and production and distribution of these stickers. Essentially, all we’d have to do is help develop content, get permission to sell these in our stores, and help spread the word.
-We’d like to try this in some of our parks by summer 2010.
-We have another conference call at the end of February and I’m planning on visiting the
Bonneville Environmental Foundation during the George Wright Foundation week in Portland, and meeting up with David Grimes at CRLA when I road trip to CA in March.
Okay, I’m rambling, onto the other big project.
2. Made significant progress on the Junior Ranger Booklets
Sigh. Realistically, I’m 85% finished designing these booklets (first draft anyway). I feel like I’ve been working non-stop for the last two weeks on these pages, but can’t produce the designs fast enough to meet our deadline of today. According to our timeline, the designs were to be finished so everyone can provide edits by the end of the month so I can then go back and make those changes in time for our JR meeting on Feb 25. So I’m going to have to send out whatever I have by the end of today and then keep plugging away.
This project is a good learning experience for me. I know we never anticipated this project taking so much time and energy, but we’re going to end up with a product we’re all proud of. Also, this has been a good learning experience for me—picking up skills like long-term planning, finding ways to create more efficient designs and fine-tuning my gauge on how long a layout/illustration really takes. When I think about it, I’m actually pretty proud of my self-discipline in working from “home”. Thank you for your understanding and patience!!
And you know me, I’m a bit of a perfectionist and don’t like to reveal projects until they’ve met my high standard. But for the sake of working as a group and getting edits in, I’ve got to relinquish that expectation.
3. Guess what- flood damage was lower than expected (yay!) and we didn’t have to put out a newsletter (extra yay!!).
For next week, Jan 18 to Jan 24
1. Finish, seriously, the designs of the Junior Ranger booklets.
2. Meet for a lunch meeting with Shane Farnor from NPCA, to learn more about their Do Your Part Parks project and get his feedback on our green passport idea.
3. I’m assuming you don’t want me working on JR booklets between now and our Feb 25 meeting. Should I revisit projects like the Digital Image Library proposal? What are priorities for you in the next 4 weeks?
4. Even though you’ll be out of town, I’m still planning on visiting HQ on Thursday the 22. Followed by a Husky basketball game with Dave!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Jan 4 to Jan 10
Hours worked:
Sunday-
Monday- 4
Tuesday- 8.5
Wednesday- 3
Thursday- 6.5
Friday- 3
Saturday-
Total: 25
Accomplishments:
This week would certainly exemplify the phrase “hitting the ground running.” In my mind, there were two main accomplishments:
1. Finished “Pathways for Youth” handout. This was a really fun project and I felt that I produced it very quickly—thank you for providing all the text! I’m proud of how the chart/graph turned out, where youth can identify their age and determine which programs they are eligible for. I’d love to see this idea expanded to other programs we offer, not just for youth.
I also realized that while I personally like the fast pace of a looming deadline and the exhilaration of working quickly as a team with edits and proofing, I also have to be conscious of everyone else’s schedule too. I’m sure everyone wished we had an extra day or two before printing the final run. Though, since we all returned from the holidays on Monday, that probably wouldn’t have been possible.
Bottom line—even though I know I can work at warp speed the day before something’s due, I need to build in more time at the end of the design process for other’s people schedule too.
2. I have health care! ie I’m officially on staff! This is very exciting to have all this paperwork complete and even though not too much has changed in my day-to-day projects, I do have a different perspective. Like realizing imagining what life will be like a year from now, living in B-ham and working everyday at HQ. I guess there’s a new level of commitment that I have knowing I’ll be part of this park for awhile.
3. I’m also throwing myself back into the graphics for the junior ranger booklets. I’m not going to lie—there are a lot of them and I’m doing my best to have them all finished by the end of next week, so that everyone else has time to fully edit the booklets by Jan 31st.
For next week, Jan 11 to Jan 17
1. Finish the Junior Ranger Booklet graphics.
2. Participate in our AKR-PWR Centennial Workshop group conference call regarding our idea to create Green Passport books, allowing visitors to offset their carbon emissions. I’m hoping to align this project with our upcoming NOCA Climate Change workshop.
Sunday-
Monday- 4
Tuesday- 8.5
Wednesday- 3
Thursday- 6.5
Friday- 3
Saturday-
Total: 25
Accomplishments:
This week would certainly exemplify the phrase “hitting the ground running.” In my mind, there were two main accomplishments:
1. Finished “Pathways for Youth” handout. This was a really fun project and I felt that I produced it very quickly—thank you for providing all the text! I’m proud of how the chart/graph turned out, where youth can identify their age and determine which programs they are eligible for. I’d love to see this idea expanded to other programs we offer, not just for youth.
I also realized that while I personally like the fast pace of a looming deadline and the exhilaration of working quickly as a team with edits and proofing, I also have to be conscious of everyone else’s schedule too. I’m sure everyone wished we had an extra day or two before printing the final run. Though, since we all returned from the holidays on Monday, that probably wouldn’t have been possible.
Bottom line—even though I know I can work at warp speed the day before something’s due, I need to build in more time at the end of the design process for other’s people schedule too.
2. I have health care! ie I’m officially on staff! This is very exciting to have all this paperwork complete and even though not too much has changed in my day-to-day projects, I do have a different perspective. Like realizing imagining what life will be like a year from now, living in B-ham and working everyday at HQ. I guess there’s a new level of commitment that I have knowing I’ll be part of this park for awhile.
3. I’m also throwing myself back into the graphics for the junior ranger booklets. I’m not going to lie—there are a lot of them and I’m doing my best to have them all finished by the end of next week, so that everyone else has time to fully edit the booklets by Jan 31st.
For next week, Jan 11 to Jan 17
1. Finish the Junior Ranger Booklet graphics.
2. Participate in our AKR-PWR Centennial Workshop group conference call regarding our idea to create Green Passport books, allowing visitors to offset their carbon emissions. I’m hoping to align this project with our upcoming NOCA Climate Change workshop.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Dec 21 to Jan 3
Hours worked:
Sunday-
Monday- 8 (Annual Leave)
Tuesday- 8 (Annual Leave)
Wednesday- 4 (Annual Leave)
Thursday-
Friday-
Saturday-
Sunday-
Monday-
Tuesday- 4
Wednesday- 6
Thursday-
Friday- 6.5
Saturday- 3.5
Total: 40
Accomplishments:
1. Relaxed, ate a lot of Christmas cookies, caught up on movies, got refreshed for the new year.
2. Finished the Pathway for Youth handout, well, draft one in any case. I’m actually pleasantly surprised how quickly this project took to complete. It might have been the extra energy after a week at home, but mostly, it’s because I had all the elements of the design at my disposal—the final text, photographs, and some pre-made graphic illustrations that I re-used from the JR ranger booklets. I like working fast. And I think that handout is going to be really well received by that KCTS folks next week and the public, should we print more.
3. Finished the last draft, the final touches on Bob Kuntz’s Bird Checklist. I’m happy how it turned out but I’m even more happy to have that off my desk.
4. Continued NOCA folder designs- I’ll have 3 to show you on Tuesday when I’m at HQ
5. Started adding graphic elements to the NOCA Jr Booklets
For next week, 1.04 – 1.11
-I’ll be in the office on Tuesday and Thursday or Friday.
-Tuesday’s big project is to get the Pathways for Youth Handout finalized and printed
-and to meet with Merry to pick out my FEHB plan. Yay!
-Other than that, I’m diving back into my NOCA Jr Booklets.
Sunday-
Monday- 8 (Annual Leave)
Tuesday- 8 (Annual Leave)
Wednesday- 4 (Annual Leave)
Thursday-
Friday-
Saturday-
Sunday-
Monday-
Tuesday- 4
Wednesday- 6
Thursday-
Friday- 6.5
Saturday- 3.5
Total: 40
Accomplishments:
1. Relaxed, ate a lot of Christmas cookies, caught up on movies, got refreshed for the new year.
2. Finished the Pathway for Youth handout, well, draft one in any case. I’m actually pleasantly surprised how quickly this project took to complete. It might have been the extra energy after a week at home, but mostly, it’s because I had all the elements of the design at my disposal—the final text, photographs, and some pre-made graphic illustrations that I re-used from the JR ranger booklets. I like working fast. And I think that handout is going to be really well received by that KCTS folks next week and the public, should we print more.
3. Finished the last draft, the final touches on Bob Kuntz’s Bird Checklist. I’m happy how it turned out but I’m even more happy to have that off my desk.
4. Continued NOCA folder designs- I’ll have 3 to show you on Tuesday when I’m at HQ
5. Started adding graphic elements to the NOCA Jr Booklets
For next week, 1.04 – 1.11
-I’ll be in the office on Tuesday and Thursday or Friday.
-Tuesday’s big project is to get the Pathways for Youth Handout finalized and printed
-and to meet with Merry to pick out my FEHB plan. Yay!
-Other than that, I’m diving back into my NOCA Jr Booklets.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Dec 7 to Dec 20
Hours worked:
Sunday- 1.5
Monday- 1.5
Tuesday- 8
Wednesday-
Thursday-
Friday- 3
Saturday- 6
Sunday-
Monday-
Tuesday- 4
Wednesday- 2
Thursday- 5
Friday- 5
Saturday- 4 (Annual Leave)
Total: 40
Accomplishments:
Hi Charles,
Okay, I think one of my personal goals for how I can improve at my position is to do a better job communicating and sending updates. I apologize for sending this two-for-one weekly log. Maybe it’s because I like to move forward and not make the time to look backwards. Maybe it’s because accountability is harder working 20 hrs at home than working full-time in the office. Maybe it’s just because these last two weeks were crazy with finals and the junior ranger booklets and an out of town guest. Maybe I should just move on from excuses and just get to the updates.
-Finished laying out the text for the remaining 3 NOCA Junior Ranger Booklets!!
See nocajr.blogspot.com to see the designs. I counted up the pages and was surprised that they totaled to 76. That’s quite a lot and I think we’re going to have a stellar product for families by this summer.
-Honestly, the designs would have been in on time, Wed the 17, but I received 11 pages of content edits from Marieke on Monday that I needed to incorporate into this latest draft. These edits took a bit more time to rework the layouts because most were additions to the text. A little frustrating, sure, but I think most of the edits really helped clarify the activities.
-Worked with Julie from the Skagit County Chamber of Commerce, www.visitskagitbvalley.com
-Random stuff which take up a surprising amount of time, like: -following up on the position paperwork (are we official now?!), e-mails, reviewing a RLN strategic plan, etc.
For next week, 12.21 – 12.27
20 hours of Annual Leave! Was I supposed to get your approval on that first?
For the following week:
-Path for Youth Road Map
-NOCA Folder designs
-Illustrations/Graphics for the Jr Ranger Booklets
Sunday- 1.5
Monday- 1.5
Tuesday- 8
Wednesday-
Thursday-
Friday- 3
Saturday- 6
Sunday-
Monday-
Tuesday- 4
Wednesday- 2
Thursday- 5
Friday- 5
Saturday- 4 (Annual Leave)
Total: 40
Accomplishments:
Hi Charles,
Okay, I think one of my personal goals for how I can improve at my position is to do a better job communicating and sending updates. I apologize for sending this two-for-one weekly log. Maybe it’s because I like to move forward and not make the time to look backwards. Maybe it’s because accountability is harder working 20 hrs at home than working full-time in the office. Maybe it’s just because these last two weeks were crazy with finals and the junior ranger booklets and an out of town guest. Maybe I should just move on from excuses and just get to the updates.
-Finished laying out the text for the remaining 3 NOCA Junior Ranger Booklets!!
See nocajr.blogspot.com to see the designs. I counted up the pages and was surprised that they totaled to 76. That’s quite a lot and I think we’re going to have a stellar product for families by this summer.
-Honestly, the designs would have been in on time, Wed the 17, but I received 11 pages of content edits from Marieke on Monday that I needed to incorporate into this latest draft. These edits took a bit more time to rework the layouts because most were additions to the text. A little frustrating, sure, but I think most of the edits really helped clarify the activities.
-Worked with Julie from the Skagit County Chamber of Commerce, www.visitskagitbvalley.com
-Random stuff which take up a surprising amount of time, like: -following up on the position paperwork (are we official now?!), e-mails, reviewing a RLN strategic plan, etc.
For next week, 12.21 – 12.27
20 hours of Annual Leave! Was I supposed to get your approval on that first?
For the following week:
-Path for Youth Road Map
-NOCA Folder designs
-Illustrations/Graphics for the Jr Ranger Booklets
Monday, December 8, 2008
Nov 30 to Dec 6
Hours worked:
Sunday-
Monday- 7.5
Tuesday- 1.5
Wednesday-8
Thursday- 5.5
Friday-
Saturday-
TOTAL- 22.5
Accomplishments:
We totally rocked the science communication workshop. Seriously.
I wasn’t sure how the workshop was going to play out—the RLN has always had weird opinions and perspectives about its direction. But with only a few terse exchanges, the group came together and rallied around a common future. We brought everyone up to speed with our current projects and got them excited about future ones. More importantly, that enthusiasm was self-initiated and I feel like myself and the other RLN staff has many more proponents for our efforts.
I shared my projects and ideas with the group through two formal presentations and received a very positive response. To the point where it was slightly embarrassing to have my name continually brought up in front of the group. While I might not imagine my work to be groundbreaking, I have to remember that I am bringing a fresh perspective.
Successes in a nutshell—
-We’re pretty much going to get the direction to go ahead with a RLN website.
-Tons of great networking
-Probably going to sit on the RLN Steering Committee
Thought: If we have a lot of momentum from this conference and we have the support of the Board, we don’t want to wait until June to start some of these projects. I’d be willing to work up to 10 more hours a week if the RLN and Board thought that would be worthwhile. We can chat more on this later.
For next week, 12.7 – 12.13
1. Go in to the office on Tuesday, 12.9.08 (last time before the new year)
2. Work on NOCA JR Booklets—text layouts
3. Administrative projs like making the travel voucher and picking out Health Care
Btw, it’s finals week! Can’t wait until Wednesday is over.
Sunday-
Monday- 7.5
Tuesday- 1.5
Wednesday-8
Thursday- 5.5
Friday-
Saturday-
TOTAL- 22.5
Accomplishments:
We totally rocked the science communication workshop. Seriously.
I wasn’t sure how the workshop was going to play out—the RLN has always had weird opinions and perspectives about its direction. But with only a few terse exchanges, the group came together and rallied around a common future. We brought everyone up to speed with our current projects and got them excited about future ones. More importantly, that enthusiasm was self-initiated and I feel like myself and the other RLN staff has many more proponents for our efforts.
I shared my projects and ideas with the group through two formal presentations and received a very positive response. To the point where it was slightly embarrassing to have my name continually brought up in front of the group. While I might not imagine my work to be groundbreaking, I have to remember that I am bringing a fresh perspective.
Successes in a nutshell—
-We’re pretty much going to get the direction to go ahead with a RLN website.
-Tons of great networking
-Probably going to sit on the RLN Steering Committee
Thought: If we have a lot of momentum from this conference and we have the support of the Board, we don’t want to wait until June to start some of these projects. I’d be willing to work up to 10 more hours a week if the RLN and Board thought that would be worthwhile. We can chat more on this later.
For next week, 12.7 – 12.13
1. Go in to the office on Tuesday, 12.9.08 (last time before the new year)
2. Work on NOCA JR Booklets—text layouts
3. Administrative projs like making the travel voucher and picking out Health Care
Btw, it’s finals week! Can’t wait until Wednesday is over.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Nov 23 to Dec 1
Hours worked:
Sunday-2
Monday-2.5
Tuesday- 3
Wednesday- 3
Thursday-
Friday- 4
Saturday-3
TOTAL- 17 hrs
Sunday-
Monday- 7.5
TOTAL- 7.5 hrs
Accomplishments:
This was an interesting work week because of the holiday and the unexpectedly laborious preparations for the RLN science communication workshop. I’ve been thinking about why putting together these two powerpoints—one on our projects and successes from this summer and another on good communication with digital media—was difficult.
First, there was the issue of condensing so much material into a 15 and 10 minute presentation. Second, I had to translate what I’ve always intuitively felt about effective design into something verbally articulated to an audience of non-designers (x,y and z are the reasons why this particular project is a successful example). Third, given my high standard for design, my powerpoints slides had better be flawless. Fourth, I’m presenting to mostly upper-management people. And finally, now that things have gotten interesting with Casey, I have a new distraction in my life. It’s all about balance, right? ☺
Regardless of the process, I’m pleased with how the presentations turned out and I hope the group finds them useful at the workshop.
-2 powerpoint presentations created
-1 RLN website mock-up created for Jerry
-A few logistical and planning phone calls.
-Ate turkey
For next week, 11.9 – 11.15
1. Refine the presentations
2. Attend the RLN Science Communication workshop, Tuesday-Thursday
3. Return to the Jr. Ranger Activity Booklets
Sunday-2
Monday-2.5
Tuesday- 3
Wednesday- 3
Thursday-
Friday- 4
Saturday-3
TOTAL- 17 hrs
Sunday-
Monday- 7.5
TOTAL- 7.5 hrs
Accomplishments:
This was an interesting work week because of the holiday and the unexpectedly laborious preparations for the RLN science communication workshop. I’ve been thinking about why putting together these two powerpoints—one on our projects and successes from this summer and another on good communication with digital media—was difficult.
First, there was the issue of condensing so much material into a 15 and 10 minute presentation. Second, I had to translate what I’ve always intuitively felt about effective design into something verbally articulated to an audience of non-designers (x,y and z are the reasons why this particular project is a successful example). Third, given my high standard for design, my powerpoints slides had better be flawless. Fourth, I’m presenting to mostly upper-management people. And finally, now that things have gotten interesting with Casey, I have a new distraction in my life. It’s all about balance, right? ☺
Regardless of the process, I’m pleased with how the presentations turned out and I hope the group finds them useful at the workshop.
-2 powerpoint presentations created
-1 RLN website mock-up created for Jerry
-A few logistical and planning phone calls.
-Ate turkey
For next week, 11.9 – 11.15
1. Refine the presentations
2. Attend the RLN Science Communication workshop, Tuesday-Thursday
3. Return to the Jr. Ranger Activity Booklets
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