At Iceberg agency this week we discussed possibilities for our pitch on Tuesday. We started by throwing out some ideas that we already had and included the ones that we thought of along the way. I was able to contribute by thinking of some project ideas such as focusing on a global eye witness student or a student who had studied abroad and worked a really interesting internship while there. It was hard at first to brainstorm ideas because there are so many endless opportunities when it comes to what we focus on. I researched some interesting places and groups that we could work with either on campus or in Lincoln which gave me some ideas but none that were very concrete. In the future I would probably look at more examples of interactive and informative websites that may give me a good idea or point me in the right direction to find something. Once we all came up with a solid list of ideas we narrowed it down to the ones we thought were the best to look into. We each chose one to individually research and gather information on which we’ll share with each other before the pitch. Once we got going it was much easier to come up with things talking amongst one another rather than on our own.

 

 

The ideas I came up with for our semester project are ReRuns R Fun, Husker Hockey, and UNL Ice Skating. ReRuns R Fun would be an awesome project to do because my mom helped ground the company. Her best friend’s husband had cancer so she and the wife, Anna worked together to create ReRuns. They did not anticipate it blowing up into the Nation’s largest nonprofit organization! It is now in the process of becoming an online app to buy and sell. Husker Hockey or UNL Ice Skating would be a fun project to do too because of it’s relation to our ad agency name. It would also give us the opportunity to learn more about not so common clubs on campus. We discussed doing a 360 video but may change because none of us have worked with 360 video before but are also up for the challenge! Everyone has contributed such great ideas and I am excited to see where the class take us this semester.

This week in the group I helped generate ideas for our group’s pitch for the upcoming week.  Individually I tried to help the group think of the big picture for each idea and what media we would have to accumulate to make the interactive website work.  I came up with the idea to research into emotional support animals and the effect they have on students lives here on campus. I am going to contact SDA and students that live on campus and get their views on how their lives have changed since having an emotional support animal. I am also going to research a second idea which is study abroad opportunities and the experiences that students have had. The goal is to find interesting students who had either an interesting internship or went abroad possibly in a third world country.  The most challenging thing I have encountered this week was generating ideas that would work big picture wise.  Creating an interactive website with media that supports the idea is challenging when you’re trying to think out of the box but still be practical.  I plan to work on the powerpoint and meet with the group before Wednesday to regroup and plan our pitch before class.

Hello my name is Maggie DeGarmo, I’m a junior advertising and public relations major with a minor in spanish. I’m from Tinley Park, Illinois and my goal is to work in public relations in either the travel or fashion industry. I would love to live in New York after I graduate and I plan on studying abroad in Spain in the spring.

Hi, my name is Elsie Stormberg and I am a junior journalism major from Omaha, Nebraska. I also have minors in communications studies and human rights and humanitarian affairs. My goal is to end up at a newspaper working as a photojournalist. On a side note: I like dogs and coffee a bit too much.

Hi, I’m Jaydn Bernt and I’m a sophomore Advertising and public relations major. I also have a minor in psychology. I have lived in Nebraska all my life, I’m from Fremont, NE.  In the future, I hope to work at an Ad Agency as either an Account Executive or as a Creative.

My names Sarah Pechar and I am a senior graduating from Advertising and Public Relations with a minor in communications. I’m from Omaha and transferred from UNO to UNL last August. I hope after graduation I can stay in Omaha for a few years and find a sales job, then possibly move to another state someday.

My name is Maxwell Heng. I’m from Elkhorn, Nebraska which is a town right outside of Omaha. I went to Elkhorn South for high school where I ran cross country and track. I am currently studying sports communications at UNL. I hope to do something in or around sports with this degree. My absolute dream job would to be in a management position for a professional sports team, any sport and any place in the country.

 

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