I see the Magazine Beach project as a learning experience designed to prepare us for client work in New Orleans. As part of a student group called Four Consulting, I've worked with student groups and administrative groups at MIT to help them solve some of their problems, most of which amounted to publicity campaigns or exec board structures. The scope of these projects spread mostly around campus, sometimes stretching into the outer community but not often.
In that sense, the Magazine Beach was kind of a challenge for me. Magazine Beach has a long history and involves many players in the Cambridgeport, Greater Boston, and State communities. Many people have invested their time and money to see this project moved forward.
My biggest challenge so far has been to accept the larger scope of this project and rather than shrink away at the intimidating size of it, come up to meet it. The bar has been set high, but I think our class as a team can meet it and raise if even higher.
In short, we have to step it up!
My goal for this project, beyond pleasing the client and learning from our individual groups, is to feel more confident in my abilities and perspectives. I think it's often easy to feel small at MIT, but working with outside groups reminds me of how much potential we all have! We can truly accomplish a lot if we work together and apply ourselves, and I'm hoping to bring that attitude and confidence to New Orleans in April.
In that sense, the Magazine Beach was kind of a challenge for me. Magazine Beach has a long history and involves many players in the Cambridgeport, Greater Boston, and State communities. Many people have invested their time and money to see this project moved forward.
My biggest challenge so far has been to accept the larger scope of this project and rather than shrink away at the intimidating size of it, come up to meet it. The bar has been set high, but I think our class as a team can meet it and raise if even higher.
In short, we have to step it up!
My goal for this project, beyond pleasing the client and learning from our individual groups, is to feel more confident in my abilities and perspectives. I think it's often easy to feel small at MIT, but working with outside groups reminds me of how much potential we all have! We can truly accomplish a lot if we work together and apply ourselves, and I'm hoping to bring that attitude and confidence to New Orleans in April.
Good Post, Paula! You and Rene did an excellent job. I would love to hear more about worked well for you on this project. What are you proud of? When giving feedback, it is important to dwell equally on both the positives and negatives. It lends you credibility that you can give a fair assessment of yourself but are also confident enough to tell your audience what you did well in.
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