Week 07

Week 07: Feb 25 - Mar 3

• Worked at Coffee Emporium aka the best work zone again

• Reviewed with Sean

• I went really hard making a presentation for the teens and it really helped me to cut down my kind of intense copy and figure out how to structure each bit

  • Also really helped me to start to flesh out the brand aside from colors and fonts bc i could use icons and imagery

• Taught a Death and Christian Hope class at Ursuline on Wednesday!

  • Made a 51 slide summary of my research presentation

  • Recorded the audio so i could listen back and hear how i explained things

  • Presentation had gifs and i guess i’m old bc none of the teens got my jokes??

  • Answered a bunch of questions about college/life/graphic design

  • The teens are nasty and wanted the deets on how cremation works

  • Also two of my high school teachers told me that i was doing God’s work with my research so like ayyy

  • Brought up questions of what are good examples of media that show good grief support? And do we get good impressions of how to help people when we do watch things where people/pets die? What makes content on grief not so great?

• I already have the majority of my honors project finished!

  • Still need to study for the cremation licensing test and take it

  • Do more outreach

  • Write reflection

• Meeting with Puhalla on what my deliverables should be?

  • The book

  • Poster

  • Should i be showing/creating materials for the outreach that I’ve been doing?

    • A large amount of the time that I’m spending on my honors project is doing outreach and public education on my project and it’s a major element so how should i make it play into it?

    • Does it make it as worksheets, journal prompts, do and don’t zines, presentations, social media posts, sympathy cards??

    • Takeaway cards with nice messages like “I’m thinking of you” and “your emotions are valid” and reminders to spread

  • Just put everything i have into a doc and just start designing

• Midterm review on Friday!

  • Reviewed by Maureen and Heekyoung

  • Feedback:

    • Add in personal stories or testimonies about what helped from people who have experienced loss

    • How is it categorized or structured?

    • Think about how to plan long term and having info on where to find additional support

    • Make sure it’s approachable

    • Doing good!

    • Greek funeral traditions?