Jose Caballin
Writing for Strategic Communication
Ms. Howick
10/20/2024
Pros Cons Major takeaways
Project 1 Each week, Unlike the numerous 1. Developing a
examining the trade times I have read the habit of
journals created a trade publication engagement
healthy habit to read before this class, I 2. Regional bias
about what was going was never aware of in coverage
on in the how centralized it
archaeological world. was to Europe and
how little exposure
there truly was for
other regions.
Project 2 I really enjoyed I wished the end 1. Enjoyment in
shining some light to product came out sharing
the Language studio how I had originally 2. Pride in my
and presenting it to envisioned however, I work
this class. am happy with what I
created.
Project 3 The time it took to I am a little timid 1. Finding the
find an organization I when it comes to right fit
personally supported speaking around the 2. Positive
took a long time. But University for this outcome
when I did find Voto project. There were through
Latino, the creation of many times I felt feedback
the Native ad content awkward and yet, 3. Growth in
piece was very once I gained the confidence
enjoyable to confidence, it went by
complete. Overall, the pretty fast.
end product was
thankfully executed
well by the feedback
from the professor.
Project 4 I really enjoyed Some challenges I 1. Engagement
discussing a local faced were the limited with local
business and getting resources I had within business
to reach out to the the creation of the 2. Effective
owners of Coffee project. I obtained a planning
Culture to hear their lot of it from the 3. Overcoming
input with the final owners but the online challenges
assignment. The presence before I
planning stages really reached out was a bit
helped me complete overwhelming but got
the final assignment. reserved by the end.
The table is formatted with columns (the different projects) and rows (pros, cons, and major
takeaways) to demonstrate who I saw each project after the completion of each one.
As a future archaeologist, I learned the most by completing project one throughout this
semester. It's very important within my field to be informed about what is happening outside of
my own domain and read about what else is occurring throughout the world. I really loved the
habit I formed by this project in reading the trade journal publications each week even on weeks
we didn’t have an assignment. I caught myself laughing when I realized I was actually doing it
not out of necessity but enjoyment.
Within project 4, I learned a valuable lesson I feel all professionals learn early in their career
which is never wait for something to fall on your lap. Within the weeks of completing project 4, I
at the beginning had hardly any information on Coffee Culture and had emailed the
establishment to answer some important questions I had to complete some assignments. I had
waited until the last minute but gained the courage to walk into the cafe and ask to speak to a
manager and kindly informed them of my email and intentions with the project and they happily
answered them without hassle.
Up next, I would like to incorporate projects 2 and 3 into my future employment within an
archaeological site I will work in one day. I would love to be able to create native ads about the
different archeological sites to gain influence in preserving them.