Pecha Kucha Distress

So pecha kucha eh? Scowering the internet image databases for pertinent visuals to add to my presentation...not as easy as you might think. Plus i don't even have a topic for my presentation. I'm hoping that by scanning some images something might click in my brain and i'll go yes, that's it! So far I've got nothing though. I am extremely excited to do this project, but finding a jumping off point is always the hardest part. I want to get this right; afterall, I am going in the PR and Advertising world in 3 months and i should probably know how to give a killer presentation. I was thinking possibly...arguing the fact that Michelle Kwan should have won the Olympic gold medal in 1998 over newcomer Tara Lipinski, but i'm not sure how my classmates will relate to such a topic. Most of them probably aren't familiar with the sport of figure skating. Then i was thinking about making a persuasive argument about why people should join P.O.W.E.R (Planet of Women Equality & Respect) but then i remember i hardly enjoy being in POWER so how am i going to convince other people to join??? Also, another problem for recruiting members come May (off topic, sorry). What about....hmmm...addressing the different ways in which to job hunt successfully in a very poor economy? That might be a winner. I am going to a workshop on the very subject @ 7 tonight so perhaps i'll gain some new knowledge that i can use in my presentation. As for now i am still brainstorming...i'll let you know if i come up with anything brilliant! ;-)


talk soon,

Elle Bee XOXO

(Sigh) The Future...?

As graduation starts to reer its ugly head I begin to wonder about the future. I guess that's a good thing, it means that i'm aware college won't last forever and i'm accepting the finality of my adolescence but that doesn't mean i'm not terrified, confused...BEWILDERED! Over the weekened my mom asked me, "Where do you see yourself in five years?" I replied with a humm emmm ohhhh 0000 umm i don't know. And then she commented on the frequency in which employers ask that question during the interview process and I began to sweat. She's right. I've been hearing that question since highschool but in highschool it was easy because i could say something completely outlandish and it wouldn't matter because i wasn't close enough to the "future" for any of it to matter. Now im three months away from the finish line and i actually have to answer that dreadful question, where do i see myself in five years. Ahhhhh!!!! Well i've had little to no experience working in public relations or advertising, my summer internship taught me a little but nothing specific in order for me to get ahead in the industry. So like i said i have no idea where i'll be in five years. I don't know where i'll be in one year. All i hope is that i have some sort of income, a warm house and food to live on. Would that be a bad response to an employer's question? Or would a better response be, "Well Bob, in five years i see myself working as an account executive on one of Rochester's biggest ad campaigns and taking home at least 2 Addy awards a year. I mean come on!! To be honest Bob i don't konw where i'll be in five years, i'm just starting out in this industry and i don't what my strengths are yet, i don' t know what im good at yet, so if you give me a couple months maybe even a year to discover my inner PR guru, can i let you know then?