Blog 6

Our section decided to do our final project on “Increasing Satisfaction of Students While Saving Money at Southern Miss.” We split into six groups according based on the different documents we are going to create: powerpoint presentation, brochure, t-shirt/flyer, podcast, public service announcement, and a website. Our purpose is to convince USM faculty and students, as well as the community and alumni, that actions can be taken to improve the campus for its occupants while saving the school money. The time period we focus on is the present and future. We will use ideas from other institutions of higher learning that have proved to save them money that could easily be applied here at Southern Miss.
So far we have decided on which document each group is creating, and discussed what the proposals from the groups need to include. I believe we’re on schedule, as we have another course project, final portfolio, and more blogs due in between now and the final project due date with a month left. I doubt that any group has more than a proposal finished, if even that. My group plans to utilize a group member’s sister who has the use of design tools that we can create an effective flyer and t-shirt. The only problems we encountered as a class was that multiple groups wanted the same document and bickered until one gave up. I expect my group will successfully produce the required documents.
Most groups chose the members and some formed as a result of other groups filling quickly, but everyone seems to understand the need to work together to get this done and done well. We haven’t had much group interaction since we just formed, but I have been elected the leader in the group, which is fine with me. Our group consists of four people who get their work done, so my job will be relatively easy. Other groups don’t even know who all of their members are since several people weren’t at the meeting where we got into groups.
My recommendation for this project is to start the project at the beginning of the semester so there is more time to brainstorm and work on it throughout the semester.