my poster

The poster presentation went well on friday. At first when i started the poster i wasnt quite sure what information to include in order to present it to the class. The first thing that came to mind was obviously to include a copy of my actual brochure. That was the actual initiating action piece of my poster. I thought the rest of my information should be presenting to the class who specifically the brochure was targeted towards, and how i did that. So i included sections on aspects of the brochure and what they did, and who the brochure was for. I also wanted to include a section about how this brochure would be utilized. As far as the format of the poster, i used the ncsu website mentioned on the weekly plan. It made points that posters should be legible from at least four feet away, should guide the viewer in a clear and logical way, and should also keep the viewer focused and not too jumbled. This is why i chose to use a black background, so that everything else would contrast and jump off the poster. I also gave clear headings for each of my four sections, and kept the text clear and concise. The headings made it easy to follow and informative at the same time. The actual brochure was there to actually present the product, and the pictures were used to spice it up a little. Now that the final project is done, it is time to relax over thanksgiving break.....and work on the portfolio

Brochure feedback

the feedback from friday was very useful in adjusting my brochure. From what i got back, it seemed like the brochure had the right information in it and was very attention grabbing. It also seemed like it looked professional and like it could really be put to use. The only issue was the background section which i wrote in paragraph form. it seemed to lose peoples attention and was too lengthy. I plan on breaking it up into smaller sections, perhaps either bullets or smaller paragraphs....but besides that, i was happy with the feedback i got.

My Genre

I decided that my writing falls under the genre of Humanitarian writing. I am using humanitarian support for trying to gain support for EWB. The conventions for my genre include writing about a relevant humanitarian topic. Such topics, according to rotary.org, are things such as literacy, hunger, clean water, health issues, natural disasters, peace, human rights, and refugees. Another website also stated that a good humanitarian writing is not overly emotional but honest while still pulling at emotions. It should take people to unfamiliar places and introduce them to unfamiliar cultures and their struggles. Typically what i found is that this writing is done by journalists, columnists, or people making documentaries, but really anyone who wants to write about it can.

Sources:
rotary.org
onewritething.com
idealist.org

project tweak

so ive been trying to work on my rough draft brochure...and im thinking i need to tweak my project a little bit. rather than making a brochure for all type of engineering service, im going to focus specifically on why people need to join EWB, and inculde information on whey there is a need for global engineering help, as well as information on current projects that people can get involved with. I also will include a section such as "reasons to join" or "why join?" with reasons encouraging people to join. there just werent enough groups specific enough that engineers could become involved with, so im going to focus on the one i know well and i know does what should be done.

any ideas???

For my project i am going to create a brochure that would be available to engineering students that lists all the ways to get involved with engineering service and the value of service learning. I feel like i need some form of formal writing too in order to 1. meet the page requirement and 2. present the idea to the engineering department. soooo if anyone has some ideas let me know. As of right now im thinking just a letter/proposal type writing.

Initiating action project

Goal: encourage engineering students to include service as a part of their education. I want to initiate action in the engineering program at virginia tech and encourage service learning.

Audience: Engineering student body.

Format: Currently im planning on creating a brochure that can be passed out to engineering students listing the service opportunities for engineers and descriptions of these programs. The opening page will contain a brief spiel about how engineering education can benefit from service etc., followed by pages listing the various ways to get involved.

I know that my community is not the engineering department but is EWB, but i feel that while researching EWB i saw the benefit of service learning as an engineer and hope to spread what EWB has done to other groups and to more students. I want to initiate action based on what EWB has already done

revising

So this monday, i decided i had some free time while doing laundry.....so i took that time to revise my first essay, the research report. I read over it two times through, gaining a new perspective on it each time. The research plan seemed clear, but it seemed that there was something missing...I never actually said WHAT i would do with my research, so i added a whole section, and included more research into how i would present my findings. Besides that, another major addition was the use of the word "I". My paper lacked that in certain areas which made it read a little awkward, so i tweaked that to sound smoother. Besides this, i scanned and reworked any areas that perhaps needed more clarification, or maybe just needed to be reworded because they were confusing. These were the major revisions i did on monday, along with grammatical errors.