Two Birds

One itty-bitty stone

After missing another day of blogging I have some catching up to do. So two birds (days) and only one stone (entry).

Both Wednesday and today were days of non-stop projects. Many of our recent projects are time commitments and high priority.  Megan and I have been pushing the pedal to the metal, in hopes of completing the assignments with fliying colors, and within the given time frame.

Ellie, HMA's Marketing Specialist, handed us a new project concerning a promotional idea that will tie in local southern restaurants and the High's current "Picturing the South" exhibit. As the intern, my job was to contact each of the listed restaurants and talk to the manager. I essentially had to sell them the idea of partnering with the High for the up-coming promotional campaign. This project has been drawn out over the past two days and will surely continue on to Friday, if not the beginning of next week. I never realized how many up-scale Southern restaurants are located in Atlanta. One thing I did realize was how amazing their food looked. Southern food, being my all time comfort food, was not what my eyes nor stomache wanted to see before my PB&J lunch. Torture.

I also have been busy with updating the clip books, but more importantly assembling the top clips for our clients. For example, a top priority client at the moment is Talladega College's Hale Woodruff Murals (Rising Up). We are currently the first museum on the  murals travel, and the college would appreciate a PDF of all the top hits their murals have received while being displayed at the High. Something that sounds as easy as "1,2,3, scan" can never go as planned. Finally, Megan and I were able to complete the Talladega presentation, as well as a presentation for the exhibit Modern by Design.

As interns we have been fairly busy and on our toes this week with incoming projects. If we are busy, surely our full-time team is constantly researching, developing and executing projects, as well. To help ease tension and stress during communication meetings, our team ends the discussion by asking a simple question that everyone must answer. The question this week was:

What is your favorite game show?

There were answers such as Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, The Dating Game, Family Fued, Supermarket Sweep, and Wipeout. My personal answers were flops, because the two shows I mentioned were greeted with puzzling eyes! My first answer was Lingo, a word based game similar to the dice game Boggle. By the way, my cousin Maria and I would kick anyone's butt at Lingo. We should have been on that show! I thought it was a fairly well-known show on GSN, but apparently I was mistaken. Then to make up for that fail of an answer I decided on picking a 70's game show. I assumed that my older teammates would recall this show, because anytime I mention it around my own friends they look at me like I am crazy. Turns out, that the "you're crazy" reaction is not strictly a Millenium resonse. It is also a Gen X response, as well. My second answer was Card Sharks. Come on! How has no one heard of this game. People obviously hadn't because I still received baffled looks However, it was nice to have off-the-record conversation with my team. It lets everyone relax and get to know each other a little better.

This week has been interesting. The days have passed quickly, but the week itself is strolling on. I am incredibly ready for the weekend in order to catch up on some rest, family time, and good memories in Athens. But until then I have to make it through tomorrow (and a Braves game). Go Bravos!