Pecha Kuna Baby!

  In our lab this week we we're asked to do a Pecha Kucha presentation with a partner on our placement in the CSL program.  Well what's a Pecha Kucha presentation you might ask?  A Pecha Kucha presentation is a power point presentation consisting of twenty slides that run in 20 second intervals.  Mainly having a picture per slide and talking about it for twenty seconds each.  So you'll have to explain your topic, be clear, and make it just about 6 minutes and 40 seconds.  My partner Tania were asked to make half of a Pecha Kucha presentation on the Alberta's Writers Guild. In ten slides we included basic information, up coming events, and projects we have been asked to do through out our placement. I think using pecha kucha is a very good means to focus on what to say and doesn't bore your audience.  We are suppose to be presenting in our next lab to show our classmates what's going on at the Writer's Guild.  Check out our Pecha Kucha power point below and maybe comment what you think!

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Pecha Kucha was invented by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham who are Tokyo based architects so that new designers can show case their work efficiently.  Many groups, companies, or organizations world wide have Pecha Kucha Nights, which included 8 to 14 presentations in one night where numerous people would present their research, idea, or company to a group of various people.  Pecha Kucha is even common among celebrities, mainly comedians.  A good presentation relies on the speaker's personality, connection to the audience, and substance of their ideas.  Want to make a Pecha Kucha presentation for yourself?  Check out this training video on how to make your own Pecha Kucha presentation.  It even has tips in the blog section of the video to enhance your own pecha kucha presentation.

Meet Arisha! She is another CSL placement student making a difference.  She's placed at Voices for Choices, an organization that supports pro-choice for women.  See what she's up to on her latest development at her placement here.  Keep up the good work Arisha!

Facebook Page for Business

For everyone who doesn't know yet, Facebook is becoming more than just a website to keep in touch and trade pictures via the internet.  Facebook is evolving into a communication and advertising bases for many companies and organizations.  A huge advantage for using a communication site for posting your resumes, job listings, or ads, is the access to millions of people with various taste which spreads over the majority of the globe.  We have to embraces what we have here!  This is where the future lies!  As you can already see people get jobs via internet sites such as Facebook more frequently.  In my personal opinion, taking a feature of a company, such as the hiring process, and making it accessible to people over a wider employing front can give your business more integrity.  This may be because you are opening the placement to maybe people who aren't in local vicinity and could be more qualified therefor increases the quality of your company and can give you more options.  Below is a screen shot of my personal resume made on Facebook.  I hope to use this tool in the future when the time comes to look for my "dream" career.

  As you can see in my resume listings of education, skills, past employment are easily accessible. Using Facebook is even more of an advantage for the people who are seeking employment.  And yes, you may say "well aren't there those websites already made for looking for jobs, like monster.ca or edmontonjobshop.ca?  Well yes there are, but they are only limited to people who use them.  Facebook, if it isn't already, is becoming the world's most popular website.  You can attach your resume to your Facebook profile where people can access such information about you if they are employing but not posting.  You might even get offers for interviews you didn't even consider applying for because you didn't have knowledge of them in the first place.  But yet someone who looks at your skills can determine if you are right for their open positions.  Jobs are popping up everywhere in Canada, some you didn't even know you were qualified for. Having a globally understood tool like Facebook can expand your limits and get you what you want.  And best of all, to some maybe, you can look for a career at the tip of your fingertips without having to leave the couch. 

Piece 'o cake :)

To have access to my full resume and profile on facebook for format, interests, etc.  Visit this link below!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Angele-LHeureux/216000341794778?sk=info

Also check out what other Ales 204 students have to say!  Here's a link to Xiaomings blog on her ideas on how facebook can be used as an interactive business card!

http://xiaomingales204.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-class.html

My first CSL Lab!

I am so excited and feel so privileged to be in the CSL program for ALES 204.  Having Courtney as an instructor, I can see already, that the class is going to be fun, educating, and exciting. This is going to give all us CSL students a chance to do something that will hopefully benefit our understanding of the world while at the same time provide information through out it. I am a student of hands on learning and face to face interactions. Our lab is small and quaint, but full of personality and potential which makes being a partner in the program an enjoyable and rewarding experience.  Hopefully I will have lots to talk about in my volunteer work and show my fellow class mates the benefits the Writers Guild can provide.

  Being placed at the Writers Guild of Alberta is going to be greatly beneficial for the organization and myself.  Promoting, marketing, and planning events, as well as having that first hands on experience is ,what I believe, what helps an individual learn better. I love how The Writers Guild is an excellent tool for aspiring future writers.  They provide member services such as manuscript revision, peer reviews with published authors, and free writing seminars to give the writing community a chance to flurish in Alberta.  Having met with the program coordinator and aquiring all my tasks through out the semester I can't wait to see what and how my efforts are going to affect the organization.  Being at the Writers Guild I can use a variety of techniques to convey our ideas through social medias and different methods of communication.  I hope through our experience together we can create innovations to benefit everyone. 

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For reference to another student volunteering in the Writer's Guild take a look at what Tania has to say!

For more information about the Writer's Guild visit:

http://www.writersguild.ab.ca/