It’s all here. (Taken with instagram)
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Mounting party. #vcucreates2012 (Taken with instagram)
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:( How will I carry the CreateAthon torch and spread the word?
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This post is bittersweet to me, it is the last one of CreateAthon and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. When it comes to spreading the word of CreateAthon I feel like I already have in so many ways every opportunity I get I manage to tell someone about it. Like for example I had a job interview a few weeks ago and one of the questions was what have you done to change the world, and of course CreateAthon came out of my mouth faster than a speeding bullet. The response to my quickness was, “I knew I was a good person, but it would have taken me 3 times as long to come up with something that good.”
CreateAthon is not just something you do and forget about, it is something that the experience will stick with you forever, way longer than that first week at summer camp. I plan on spreading the word though the use of this blog, the awesome work my team and I did, and the same way I said above, using any given opportunity I can to tell someone about it.
Good luck to all of the future CreateAthoner’s I know your work will be awesome and you will experience the same things I have and feel equally as lighthearted.
What I Would Change About CreateAthon
There are few things that come to mind when I think about making changes to make CreateAthon better because it is/was one of the best experiences of my life thus far. Also I’m not really one to complain about things, it’s hard for me to do.
If I could change anything it would be that the CreateAthon experience isn’t long enough. (haha) As for the actual event I think that there should be a mandatory no working periods, like when were all eating for example (no working lunch). I would also change the fact that we really only got one meeting with the mentors, I personally thought we should have had another check in with them maybe around midnight. Other than this mini rant I have no other complaints only good things to say and I hope CreateAthon is as successful if not more successful than what it was this year.
CARTER PRINTING
CARTER PRINTING! aka the happiest place on earth
IT WAS THE BEST PLACE EVER!
Pretty much Santa’s Workshop meets Disney World. It was a pretty cool experience, that all of the words that I know cannot do it justice, to see the work you designed going through the process of being printed. It’s very surreal and extremely awesome at the same time. I would have loved to hang out there all day and just learn and watch the whole process over and over again. Its very interesting and I’m getting all giddy thinking about it again, so I’m going to stop before I get over stimulated, but here are some pictures.
this is how i work.
I feel like for a very long time I’ve had a pretty good grasp on knowing how I as a human being work and deal with challenges. I knew that CreateAthon was going to be one of my biggest challenges to date so my ways of working were going to be put to the test.
Things I Already Knew
(in brief)
- I can not work in complete silence
- I work extremely well under pressure
- I have the worlds worst ADHD (I use it to my advantage)
- I work better with other people than alone
Things I Learned
- I can stay up all night and focused with out copious amounts of coffee
- Sometimes I need to have alone time to think
- I am pretty good at answering random questions
- ‘Fake It Till You Make It’
- I don’t mind working on the computer for long periods of time
- It is possible to not get distracted by Facebook/Tumblr
- I don’t need my iPhone as a distraction
What I learned About Working With Clients
1) Communication is KEY
One of the great things about my client, among a list of many, was that they were all really good about saying in contact with me and in a very timely manner. Meetings somehow always worked out even when they were on extreme short notice, and when we had a hiccup in communication we always managed to work through it.
2) Having a Trusting Relationship
This is something that will come with time and it all depends on how you act. My client was very open to my ideas as I was to theirs, I think this helped in building this relationship that will hopeful last a lifetime.
3)Even though you may be different you can still find something to connect on.
4) Not all Clients are created equal. But mine was pretty awesome. I couldn’t imagine being stuck with anyone else. (and I’m using stuck in a good way) But keep that open mind and you will be in good shape.
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