11-26-07

Great PRESENTATIONS EVERYONE! I really enjoyed the presentation on the flu vaccine and all the good/interesting feedback they received from testing their message. I think we all had troubles trying to satisfy everyone's wants and needs, but I think we all did our best summarizing what people wanted. I think that is one of the most challenging parts of getting feedback from others is that you cannot make everyone happy. It was interesting to also hear what feedback the walking school bus received since they are working with not only the child, but the parent as well. I think its funny though that parents will think that some websites that are similar to my space are safer for their children. My sister-in-law allows her kids to get on all these other online communities, but not my space. I think all online communities can be unsafe because no matter what, you will never know for sure who is on the other side. Interesting though:). See you in class next time. Oh...I vote for appetizers! YUMMY!

Pop Cultre

Today's lecture was very fascinating! It really made me think about certain movies or shows that could possibly be used to send a health message. What immediately popped in my mind was this movie called Kids. This movie is based in a city and follows this group of skater kids around. The main character was a young teenager who decides to sleep with this skater (disgusting looking by the way) kid. It was her first time and he tricked her into thinking it was his first time too. They didn't use protection and bad thing was he slept around! Well at the end, the main character goes with her friend to get tested for HIV/AIDS. The main chick was just going to support her friend and then finds out that she is HIV positive. It was soo crazy! A great message for teens I thought. No matter how much you trust someone, you just never know. If you haven't seen it...rent it...it's an eye opener for sure. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

PR-Media-Food-stamps

Wow...you can absolutely tell that the guest speaker was sooo into PR. How about that comment about reading the newspaper? Shhh! I always seem to hear that from different people that it is very important to read the newspaper and be updated with todays events. However, I just can't seem to squeeze this into my crazy chaotic life! This week I had to contact a media person to talk about doing a press release on the project i'm coordinating and I kept thinking...."THE MEDIA IS NOT YOUR FRIEND!!" Haha!! Its really true though. She gave us some great tips! Also, the presentation on Food-stamps was very interesting! I had always assumed that the EBT just meant some other form of a debit card that I hadn't used before, but had never once thought that it was linked to food stamps. It was nice to know too that the people that utilize the system are not the stereotypes. Good presentation:)!