Research Showcase (WR 14)

This Tuesday is the 2014-2015 ISM research showcase. At this event, I will be displaying all of the research I have been doing this entire semester. This will include having my presentation board, portfolio/binder, my atmosphere, and of course myself. I have prepared all of these things in advance and they should be all ready to go, despite some expected last minute changes. Theoretically all I have to do is show up!

There is a great amount of planning and preparing that will go into the showcase on Tuesday. First, I  have my display-board (Seen below). I put a lot of time into it making sure everything was perfect. I also have updated my portfolio to include every assessment I have done so far in ISM. This includes; All my research assessments, interview assessments, weekly blogs, and all of the other various assessments. Finally, I have been preparing my 'atmosphere' for the table. While most people put snacks or refreshments, I am going to have a 'create your own song' element to my display. I will have my portable studio setup, and allow people to record their own short song. This will be great because it will give people a realistic idea of what music production is. Now, with every detail in place, all I have to do is show up. 

Display Board (WR 13)

There is no greater feeling then completing a big project, and then stepping back and it looking great. This is the feeling I had once I finished my presentation board. I had been working hard on it last week, and finished it today, Sunday, after hours of work. I certainly learned a lot throughout this whole process. The biggest thing, is that things don't always go exactly as planned. I had created a mock-up sketch prior to starting and was sure my board would look exactly the same. That didn't end up happening. The first thing I noticed was that the text was much bigger than I had planned. After realizing this, I had to rearrange my board and even leave out some parts to fit everything in. The next thing that I had to change, was the color of the titles. I originally thought they would be silver, but that color wasn't dark enough and so I switched to black. Finally, I had thought it would be a cool idea to have two stripes go across my board. After getting some different opinions from classmates, I decided to scrap them. They didn't add a whole lot and just took up too much valuable space.