I was able to attend a great play last night at McMaster University called “The Taxi Project” It was a story about four characters forced to leave their homes due to extreme violence in their respective countries. It was written by four playwrights in exile from Ethopia, Mexico, China and Bosnia.
They had three large stage lights which I was able to maneuver around the room, so I got to take some great photos:
Check out an article that was written about Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec, my photo was featured!
http://www.financialpost.com/executive/story.html?id=1493075
Here’s an interesting article that I found while browsing the Web. It turns out that 20 percent of university students lack the basic reading skills that would be necessary for functioning in society. I’ve seen some questionable people in university that I wonder how could they have made it past admissions. So maybe this explains it.
http://www.globecampus.ca/blogs/parents-view/2009/03/27/university-graduates-who-cant-read/
5 Days for the Homeless is a five day campaign in which four of our DeGroote Commerce Society (DCS) executive students live “homeless” on campus to raise money and awareness for a local charity. The event will be held between the dates of March 15, 2009 and March 20, 2009. This cause is near and dear to me as my mom used to work at the Good Shepherd Centre which is where the proceeds will be going to.
Please show your support by making a donation through the 5 days website, or by contacting the DCS executive at (905) 525-9140 ext.23451. Likewise, you can drop by McMaster University at the Student Center and show your support in person.
Here’s the stuff I have to do before it’s too late:
In one of my classes, we were fortunate enough to have an industry speaker come in to talk about how social media is profoundly changing the marketing landscape. The speaker, a representative from RIM, spoke about how traditional media (i.e. TV, newspapers and magazines) was no longer effective in selling Blackberry devices. Buyers were mainly looking to one another and doing that via social networking tools (such as forums, blogs and Facebook)
When was the last time you bought something based on an ad you saw on TV, newspaper or magazine? The last pseudo-large purchase I made was for a Canon 50mm f1.8 lens as I needed a good portrait lens to take for events. The process looked somewhat like this:
Not once was I ever influenced by the traditional sources of media, nor did I resort to asking the salesman for information. This is one example, but I can tell you this is how I typically shop. I’m guessing that’s how you do too.
