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The Phone Call Imperative  #5

Have you ever fallen in love with someone’s voice? It’s a beautiful thing. 

Have you ever had your ears pierced with a shocking tone in person that made you want to LOL literally or upchuck?  Dating tip: Insist on the phone call BEFORE meeting.

I have learned many lessons in the last 4 years.  A man’s voice could make or break your desire to meet him in person.  I’m sure men have this opinion as well about women.  But not just the voice, the inflection, the use of vocabulary, the art of conversation and mild flirting are all part of the phone call imperative. 

This helps you connect and to decide if you want to continue getting to know someone before investing in a date. 

Flash back....no phone call was had.  Texting conversation was fun and delightful and just enough flirty to make me get excited to meet this man for dinner.  

Now imagine showing up and greeting your date and you both smile at one another lean in for a friendly little hug and out comes Mickey Mouse...yup.           I quickly scanned the room for a helium tank and a prank team to jump out at me. Nope.  I went on a dinner date with Mickey freaking Mouse.

I was quick enough to tell him that I may have to jet sooner than expected...mom duty caling (great excuse at ANY given time) and I ordered a salad and a single neat. 

Needless to say, I didn’t have the heart to tell him I was instantly turned off, BUT I did tell him that I wish we had a chance to connect by phone prior to meeting.  

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Benefits of Voting Project (Reflection)

I learned a lot from doing this project. Of course I was interested in the research that our team conducted to gather data. But what stood out to me more was the different ideas and concepts that our classmates came up with. Our team did a lot of brainstorming prior to gathering data. We talked a lot about voting, its importance, the impact it could make, and how teenagers aren’t very engaged in that realm. We figured that the best way to collect information was to go straight to the source. How? By surveying our target audience of teens: 16 to 18 years old. The results would lead us to creating the deliverables needed for this project. Collectively we thought of creating a type of campaign that would teach this age group about voting. Soon enough we decided that we would create a curriculum similar to that of D.A.R.E, which taught kids not to do drugs. In our case, teaching the youth about voting. We learned that majority of teens don’t know a whole lot about voting. For example, how to register and become a voter. This discovery made it clear for our team to move forward with our concept and it was then starting to thinking about branding and the types of formats we wanted to create. Working with a team really made the process a lot more smoother than if I was to do this alone. I liked that my team and I were always open to ideas and we never shutdown one another. I favorite part of this project was designing the branding. With the influence of my teammates I was able to create an iconic and memorable image for our campaign.