Taylor Buckingham Taylor Buckingham

Week Sixteen

May 1, 2017

  • Continued working on Welcome Week promotional marketing materials, which I have promised to keep working on throughout the summer

  • Went around IMU deciding what marketing was needed in each area and took measurement

  • Created preliminary design

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Week Fifteen

April 27, 2017

  • Created "Hoosier Moment" poster put around Union to encourage graduating Seniors to come to the Union and take photos

    • Sent to Document Services Printing to be ready by Finals/Graduation week

  • Began work on Welcome Week marketing designs

    • Research successful marketing campaigns of other University Unions

    • Go over IU branding requirements

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Week Fourteen

April 20, 2017

  • Ran errands to pick up materials needed for IU Day Carnival

  • Confirmed carnival game rentals from Master Rentals

  • Created posters and buttons to promote IU Day Carnival on campus

  • Crafted decorations for event
     

  • IU Day Carnival Exicution

    • Picked up and returned Carnival games from Master Rentals

    • Set Up

    • Delegated tasks and stations to T410 group and volunteers

    • Made sure each station was running smoothly throughout event

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Week Thirteen

April 14, 2017

  • Real Honest: An Afternoon with Octavia Spencer

    • Chaperoned Moderator throughout the day

    • Compiled Q&A questions from audience and Twitter

      • Sort through for best questions to send to Moderator to ask Octavia Spencer

    • Set-up

    • Assist with whatever needed

  • Organized Senior Recognition Awards photos and sent personal emails to each award recipient with photos of them and their guests from the event.

  • Welcome Week meeting

    • Finalized activity ideas and placement in Union

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Week Twelve

April 7, 2017

  • Senior Recognition Awards

    • Set-up

    • Decoration

    • Registration

    • See to guests needs

    • Assist with whatever necessary 

  • Welcome Week Meeting

    • Continue to discuss events and activities for next year's Welcome Week

    • Brainstorm new ideas to add to "revamp" schedule

    • Decide best place in/ near Union for activities

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Week Eleven

April 2, 2017

  • Last minute details for "Evolution of Revolution" event

  • Event Coordination

    • Room set up and decor

      • Backed Evolution of Revolution poster and added polaroid photos

      • Created centerpieces for stage and tables

    • Welcome desk - Scanning IU ID's

    • Entertained speakers before event began

    • Room breakdown

  • Senior Recognition Awards

    • Finalized programs and sent to printing services

    • Created table numbers for each event

    • Designed seat cards for each event

    • Created menu cards specific to each awards ceremony

Panelists speaking at the lecture.

Panelists speaking at the lecture.

Me and Yasmine, the Union Board Lectures Director who created this panel discussion. 

Me and Yasmine, the Union Board Lectures Director who created this panel discussion. 

The morning before the lecture, Yasmine and I ran around town doing last minute prep- including picking out flowers for the venue!

The morning before the lecture, Yasmine and I ran around town doing last minute prep- including picking out flowers for the venue!

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Week Ten

March 24, 2017

  • Created marketing materials of Octavia Spencer

    • Posters

    • Social Media Posts

    • IU Auditorium Website Images

  • Combined and organized RSVPs for each Senior Recognition Awards event

  • Tabling for Evolution or Revolution event, helping to get the word out about the panel

    • Interacting with students and asking them to tell us what activism means to them, taking pictures of their answers to be added to event flag

  • Ran errands for Evolution of Revolution event, including a trip to Lowe's to have our marketing flag backed with wood

Polaroid photos of students sharing what activism means to them

Polaroid photos of students sharing what activism means to them

Running errands for the Evolution of Revolution Event

Running errands for the Evolution of Revolution Event

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Week Nine

March 17, 2017

  • Sent customized emails to each Stahr and Mueller award recipients, requesting the contact info of their guests

  • Compiled guests list and contact information

  • Created an "e-vite" version of the original invitation to send to winner's guests

  • Sent "e-vites" to guests of award ceremonies

Sending out emails to awards recipients' guests.

Sending out emails to awards recipients' guests.

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Week Eight

March 10, 2017

  • Finalized Senior Recognition Awards invitations and sent to printing services

  • Collected addresses from Senior Awards winners and invitees

    • Addressed and sent out invitations

  • Created marketing materials for Evolution of Revolution Event

    • Revolution flag poster

    • Individual posters of each speaker

    • Table tents of each speaker

    • Facebook event cover photo

    • Promotional button design

  • Made Evolution of Revolution Buttons

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Week Seven

March 6, 2017

  • Attended Welcome Week planning meeting with other IMU and First Year Experience staff

  • Created "Activism means to me" flag display to market an upcoming panel lecture

  • Helped with other marketing posters for Union Board

  • Finalized Senior Recognition Award invites and RSVPs with award winner names and sent for them to be printed

Meeting to discuss the Welcome Week 2017 schedule

Meeting to discuss the Welcome Week 2017 schedule

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Week Six

February 22, 2017

  • Worked on event marketing materials for Union Board lectures

    • Conducted research of type of style wanted

    • Learned how to create new styles on Photoshop through YouTube tutorials

  • Created IU Day flag designs (Flag to be hung on Student Activates Tower on IU Day)

  • Organized and Filed documents and invites from past Student Recognition Awards

  • Researched possible rentals for T410 carnival event with prices

  • Prepared applications for Senior Awards selection committee (compiled online files, printed, filed in alphabetical order)

Prepared applications for selection committee to go through

Prepared applications for selection committee to go through

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Week Five

February 16, 2017

  • Finalized SRA program designs

  • Worked with Document Services to get invites, reply cards, programs, and envelopes printed

  • Combined all SRA nominee files into one PDF document per student and created student files in Box for committee to go through

  • Created new budget proposal format for Union Board

  • Compiled list of SRA Nominees and student numbers for committee members to determine eligibility

  • Created centerpieces for Valentine's Dinner event

Centerpieces for Valentine's Dinner

Centerpieces for Valentine's Dinner

Sweet treats in the office for Valentine's Day

Sweet treats in the office for Valentine's Day

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Week Four

February 9, 2017

  • Continued working on programs for Senior Recognition Awards

  • Meet with T410 Group to finalize type of event and take tour of event spaces at the Union

  • IU Day planning Meeting at the IU Foundation

    • Heard what other departments around campus have planned for IU Day

    • Orientation of IU Day website and Box files which have useful information and graphics to help with planning.

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Week Three

February 2, 2017

  • Finalized designs for Senior Recognition Awards invites and reply cards

  • Researched old SRA programs and meet with staff to determine what they wanted

  • Started on new Program designs for SRA

  • Took inventory of award plaques in Union

    • Location

    • How many spaces are left

    • Last updated

    • State they’re in

  • Researched possible speakers for IU Day Ted Talk series

    • Professors and Students will speak in the I-Mug to “Showcase IU”

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Week Two

January 26, 2017

  • Started work on Senior Recognition Awards

  • Went over old invites and reply cards and meet with staff to determine what they want new materials to look like

  • IU Day Planning Conference Call

    • Spoke about programming and raising awareness of the day

  • T410 Meeting

    • Met with group we are collaborating with to put on an event at the Union for IU Day

    • At meeting we made introductions and went shared ideas for possible events

View of 7th Street from Indiana Memorial Union

View of 7th Street from Indiana Memorial Union

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Taylor Buckingham Taylor Buckingham

Week One

January 19, 2017

  • Office Orientation

    • Sat down with Kaila and had a more in-depth conversation on what A&E does, their programs, and what I will be involved with.

  • Meet the staff in the office and the students working on Union Board

  • Researched products for Holiday Recognitions at the IMU

  • Worked on SexFest

    • Researched what has been successful at other universities

    • Created “sex games” idea: a fair with games and booths to learn about safe sex

  • Created program and place cards for Union Board Installation

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