The “Leveraging Micro Funds Challenge” was a very beneficial multi part assignment. It allowed for each group to think abstractly on how to fundraise money with very little capital. It was a great way for someone to understand their role when it comes to group work. Throughout this reflection I will touch on; the skills that I bring and my role in the group, what we could have done better, and my overall learning experience.
My group decided to do professional headshots for our leveraging micro funds challenge. It was of low cost to us, only needing a camera and a computer, and an in demand service that students need and are aware of. We decided to take the headshots at one of the most aesthetically pleasing areas on campus, the E5 bridge. …show more content…
The first problem we had, happened before even the initial presentation, when one of our group members dropped the class. However, my group quickly picked up the slack and filled in all the missing pieces that our old group member was in charge of. Another problem that we ran into was the camera. We had a camera but it unfortunately got broken just before our event. One of my group member’s friends were kind enough to rent us his camera for the duration of the event. The largest problem occurred the day of the event when we realized that a UW group was hosting the same event, same time, same place and instead of charging $5 they were doing it for free. This was a large problem for us as they had a lot more reach so they would completely overshadow us. To avoid this problem, we decided to spread out our event over multiple days and change the price of our event. We decided to make the donation discretionary instead of the mandatory $5. This actually benefited us a lot, as it drove traffic to our event and we didn’t cap people’s generosity, which allowed us to get larger donations. Working through problems is a part of every group assignment, with this assignment, my group was to able to effectively work around every problem which was thrown our
My group decided to do professional headshots for our leveraging micro funds challenge. It was of low cost to us, only needing a camera and a computer, and an in demand service that students need and are aware of. We decided to take the headshots at one of the most aesthetically pleasing areas on campus, the E5 bridge. …show more content…
The first problem we had, happened before even the initial presentation, when one of our group members dropped the class. However, my group quickly picked up the slack and filled in all the missing pieces that our old group member was in charge of. Another problem that we ran into was the camera. We had a camera but it unfortunately got broken just before our event. One of my group member’s friends were kind enough to rent us his camera for the duration of the event. The largest problem occurred the day of the event when we realized that a UW group was hosting the same event, same time, same place and instead of charging $5 they were doing it for free. This was a large problem for us as they had a lot more reach so they would completely overshadow us. To avoid this problem, we decided to spread out our event over multiple days and change the price of our event. We decided to make the donation discretionary instead of the mandatory $5. This actually benefited us a lot, as it drove traffic to our event and we didn’t cap people’s generosity, which allowed us to get larger donations. Working through problems is a part of every group assignment, with this assignment, my group was to able to effectively work around every problem which was thrown our