Holly West's Digital Portfolio

Today I completed the 6th powerpoint for the VSLA program.  I am so glad that this one moved relatively quickly because it was less text heavy and was more interaction from the association than presenting information.  After spending countless hours on the largest and most difficult 5th powerpoint I am so relieved that this powerpoint was much easier.  Although it did take me time to perfect this powerpoint and add notes for the trainers and materials, I finished quickly and will begin and finish the last powerpoint before the new year.  I also wrote a bio for the program guide type thing that U-TOUCH is creating to create an easier access to all U-TOUCH materials for all classes. Overall, good work time.

2 hours
7pm-9pm


Tonight I also worked a bit on the video and am worried about how professional it will look.  I am pretty good at making videos but compared to some I could definatly be better and hope the whole project comes out well.  I started a newsletter/flyer about our eMentoring program because I think that it will complement my story well and also be informative to people who are not familiar with the system.  I have gotten many questions about it and I think that having a newsletter type paper to distribute to educate and raise participation would be very helpful.  I enjoy making flyers and media things like these and hope they will be very helpful to my organization 

3 hours
11pm-2am

43 hours Completed

Today I made the final edits on the flyer I made for the technology drive.  I went to Kinkos and made 50 copies.  I thought after making the copies to make the flyer more personal I would put a little card about my involvement in the organization and the reason I personally am doing this drive.  I then printed those and paper cliped them together.  I then went around to about 30-40 houses of neighbors, family friends and other members of Kensington to distribute my flyer.  The day seemed to go by fast but every time I checked the time a lot of time had gone by.  Although it took a long time I really enjoyed making the products and how they came out towards the end.  I can only hope that people will donate old technology and that I can hand out more flyers to friends, schools, and businesses outside of Kensington to maximize the amount of donations.

6 hours
11am-5pm

39 hours Completed

Today, I did my first day of work with the J.A. Cooley Museum, which is a museum in North Park with over two dozen antique cars. I spent a long time at the museum with Ben taking pictures of each the different collections in the museum.  They have phonograms, typewriters, trains, several pianos, jars/jugs and war posters. We took pictures of the these things and posted them on the website to show some of the stuff that is in the museum other than cars.  Additionally, I helped Ben clean up around the museum to make it less cluttered.  It was a good day and nice to do some hands on work rather than have it all on the computer.  Hopefully our work will help bring in more customers.

6 hours
10am-4pm


33 hours completed

In the last few days, I have been stuck at home due to my wisdom teeth surgery so I have been working on a flyer for a technology drive and working the powerpoints.  The powerpoint is coming through slowly because I have to add notes for the instructor as well as check the fonts and fix bullets, add/delete slides.  It isn't the most challenging task but is very tedious since the powerpoints are so long.  The flyer was very frustrating since I don't have photoshop I had to use several different applications to make my final products but I think it came out amazing and hopefully will be very effective after the holidays people will have old things to donate.  Below is my flyer that I will be giving out next week.

6 hours (Mon/Tues/Wed)

27 hours Completed

Today we had a full day to work on our volunteership work.  I found this time very helpful but wish that I could have gotten more done because my computer was very glitchy and was very had to work with.  I spend a significant part of my day working on reformatting the powerpoint #5 and working to find videos clips that I took over the summer to make a DVD to give to donors. Most of today I was very frustrated with my computer and the fact that I did not have any interviews that I had taken over summer. Overall, I worked on the PowerPoints and tried to find a way to get the videos that I needed.

8 hours
10am-6pm

21 hours Completed