In school, I’ve always been in classes with 30+ students…in college many of my classes had 300+ kids. The classes I took for the Spanish major were a little better at having smaller class sizes…until they turned many of our upper-division Spanish classes into lecture courses, aka turning our previous 30 student class into a [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘UO’
December 7, 2009
this is why I love us
…and by us, I mean my fellow UO ad. cohorts. Brilliant people – they are smart, inspiring and will change the world one day:
November 27, 2009
Learning About Target Markets from Soulja Boy
When I first began partaking in DECA/marketing in high school seven years ago (oh my god, I am getting old), we wrote and presented marketing plans. I remember copying down a list of demographic and psychographic target market ranges – 18 – 24 year old men and women, who attend college. Was this really how [...]
July 26, 2009
Waiting For Deb Idea Book
Part A: At the beginning of winter term this past year, Max and I really bonded over sitting outside Deb‘s office, waiting for a few minutes to chat…along with every other J. school Ad. kid in Allen. Part B: We discovered we both always brought our idea books to pass time during the wait. AHA [...]
June 27, 2009
NYC observations, quotations + what it all really means
Deb asked us to put together some sort of takeaway collection for next year’s group of UO ad. kids heading to the big apple / One Show – after a bit of brainstorming, here are a handful of learnings from the NYC trip I have bequeathed to next years group (=
February 22, 2009
greenwashing, wieden, nike, ignite, merry baskin aka why I’ve been MIA
I’ve been MIA for the past few weeks, but for good reason, check it out! Deb & Kim are involved with the Greenwashing Index which led to the Greenwashing Forum which took place a few weeks back. I was lucky to attend this event, learned quite a bit about brands, advertising and authenticity. Throughout the [...]
February 11, 2009
a sunny hump day at UO
I love finding things that are meaningful enough…in some capacity…to make us slow down for at least a few minutes and enjoy what we have around us – check out what I came across on campus today:
February 9, 2009
video: tour de turnbull
During the Greenwashing Forum this past week, Max and I took a few minutes to give quick tour of the Turnbull Center – part of our UO J. school’s Portland campus:
February 5, 2009
my trip to china (night)
To celebrate the Chinese new year, the UO Chinese Student Association put on an absolutely outstanding event. Dennis invited me to go as he was dancing, but I had no idea how large of an event China night is. there was a dragon dance: and wu shu: And Dennis and his group dancing! [...]
October 11, 2008
The Vomit Approach
As Deb so wonderfully put it, currently, we are in the vomit stage. I couldn’t have said it better myself. In the UO ad. program, a huge emphasis is the creative process – the whole “the journey is just as (if not more) important than the destination mentality.” LOVE IT. Enter “The Vomit Approach” [...]
