#project recap

[klancekisszine]

🌟 THANK YOU 🌟

Hello Klancers! 💋

It's a wrap! 😘 Our project has been successfully closed.

Thank you for being a part of our journey through all the klance kisses! 😍 We hope to meet you again in the future!

xoxo

Please note that our socmedia accounts will no longer be monitored regularly. Our email will remain open but replies could be delayed. Thank you

[chantelle-casjournal]

April 2015

In April we finished off Buddy Reading and it was such a rewarding experience, being able to read and promote literacy among young children. I have developed leadership skills as I had to lead the group and constantly communicate with them. I have also finished the English Playstations and it was fantastic experience as I was able to exercise my communication skills as well as potential teaching ones as I am planning on going into early childhood education in the future. 

During film society we watched The Shining. We also started watching a Brazilian film, City of God, and I have been learning more about Brazil and their various social issues.

[chantelle-casjournal]

March 2015

In March I was able to showcase my leadership skills as Buddy Reading was entering its second term, with me as the leader. It has been really fun so far and all of us seem to be really enjoying ourselves, reading and playing with the children. We have also noticed some progress with the children as they are becoming more confident speaking English and seem a lot more responsive compared with the first few sessions. As for lacrosse I have been improving and refining my skills and it's been really fun! We still do the same drills but the 5 on 5's have become much more intense as our skills improve. The English Playstations have also been going really well. Though I am currently working in a group of 3, we have managed really well with the kids and there hasn't been much difficulty so far.

[chantelle-casjournal]

January 2015

For January, we finished Term 1 at Tsung Tsin Primary School. I really enjoyed teaching on Saturdays and it was a very rewarding experience as I was able to see the children's development. It was really fun and I am excited to go back and teach for Term 2. As for Lacrosse, we've all improved a lot and we have played more games but we do need to refine our basic skills a little more such as picking up the ball. There hasn't been any Buddy Reading in January as it doesn't not start until March.

[digitalhitchhiker]

Keeping Projects On Schedule

There are those times when you work with a client when you quickly realize you’re going to have to hold their hand and walk them through every little thing. They may not be familiar with the process or what you need from them, and often they don’t understand why you need certain things from them at all. This can be pretty frustrating. There are times in a project when all you need from the client is feedback, a yes or no on a simple decision. I often run into this at LooseKeys, since I’m typically the one overseeing the projects and working with the clients. I do my best to make sure my team has a plan for the week for every project we’re working on. In order to complete a successful project from beginning to end, I do everything I can to make sure it runs as smoothly as possible.

When I’m having issues with clients not getting back or needing feedback from them and they don’t respond to my requests, sometimes for days or even weeks, I can get irritated. I know it throws off my schedule for my team and can cause issues with other projects because when the client does get back to me after delaying the schedule, we could be busy on another project. Even though this can be challenging at times, I’ve learned to take a breath and make a list of exactly what I need from the client. From there I continue to check in with them daily until we are back on track or in a worst case scenario, the project is cancelled.

I understand there are a lot of reasons why clients don’t respond to me right away. Sometimes they have others that they need to run things by before decisions can be made. Sometimes the video for their company takes the back burner to other pressing matters for their business. I definitely try to be understanding and accommodating to a certain point. However, I’ve also learned not to be scared to make demands on the client. Sometimes clients truly don’t understand that at a certain point, no more progress can be made on their project when we can’t get feedback from them. So I step up and let them know what we need from them in order to reach our goal. Someone has to take control of your project. So be the one in charge and help the client understand that they are instrumental in reaching our goal of them being excited and pleased with the finished project.

[chantelle-casjournal]

[ CAS PROJECT ] English Playstations: November 2014

After doing these Playstations for 2 months now, our group is really getting a hang of what we're expected to do and how we should behave during these sessions. Though we are with the children or only an hour a week, we still play a huge role in their lives as they are till very young which means that they may imitate our behavior since they are still curious and developing. Because of this, we have to be very wary of the way we act in a classroom environment so that the children don't get influenced by any negative behavior of any sort. 

Because we have been doing these sessions for a while now, we have a clearer idea of where the children are in terms of their English capability, having a better understanding of the level of English each individual child has. From this, we are now able to aid the children in a more efficient way as we can help adjust the lessons according to their capability, helping the children learn at a level in which they can understand. 

It has been a very exciting 3 months now and I am looking forward to seeing the children's level of English improve as well as the work of my team. 

[loosekeys]

LooseKeys - Project Recap - Good360

Looking to learn a little more about what goes into the projects at LooseKeys?

In this LooseKeys project recap, Ethan Barnowsky joins Brad Chmielewski and Jake Williams to talk about creating three animated videos for Good360. It’s always a pleasure working with charities to help get their message out. For these explainer videos, we focused on creating the first video to use as the base for the other two. The client had very few changes on each video so it was a breeze to work with the template we created for the first one. When you’re working on a series of videos like these its always important to make sure you have your projects well organized.

If you have any other questions about this project, feel free to contact Brad, Jake or Ethan. If you're looking to have a video made for your company, LooseKeys is here to help.

Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (12.2 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

[loosekeys]

LooseKeys - ProjectRecap - CamScanner / CamCard

Looking to learn a little more about what goes into the projects at LooseKeys?

In this LooseKeys project recap, Brad Chmielewski, Jake Williams and Sergio Salgado talk about creating the live action videos for CamScanner and CamCard. Live action projects are always fun because they get the team away from the computer for a bit. These two videos involved a number of different locations and a handful of actors. Doing a live action shoot always involves more planning and with each one we run into new issues that we don't typically see when doing animated videos. The tight turn around time on these two videos pushed us to work fast and efficiently.

If you have any other questions about this project, feel free to contact Brad, Jake or Sergio. If you're looking to have a video made for your company, LooseKeys is here to help.

Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (12.3 MB).