Starting in October of 2015 I was working with a registered dietitian by the name of Susan Lang, who works at ShopRite in Flemington N.J. The first volunteering opportunity had been to help Susan with a project that was not related to the real service learning, but to her own job responsibilities. Nevertheless, I was asked to stand at a display table and hand out various assortments of healthy store made salads, to ShopRite associates, and given a short script to discuss the taste of each salad. For example, Edamame salad derived from Japan and has high amounts of phosphorus and plant protein. Here I was able to get a good understanding of the type of associates, (including age, gender, and interest level) I would be presenting to. I gathered
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The voluntary questionnaire, named, ‘Please taste and Rate’; There were three categories represented a sad face as dislike, neutral face as undecided, and a happy face as acceptable. After tasting the samples, people were prompted to rate how they liked the Walnut Banana Shake. On the other hand, the involuntary questionnaire was filled out myself using the same format as the voluntary questionnaire. The attitude and interest level of the individuals I spoke with were measured by level of interest or lack of. Each questionnaire took as long as it was to decide on whether they liked or dislike the …show more content…
I felt that from a knowledge preparation I was okay, just that the effectiveness could have been better. I didn’t know how to overcome an environment that seemed unconcerned about health benefits with cake and pizza in front of me trying to offer a banana walnut shake. The experience made me think about reconnaissance. I felt that my experience would have been a better one if I knew beforehand where I was going to be place and if any events were to take place at the same time. I think that reconnaissance help prepare and visualize how to approach a situation. I actually did a similar presentation of food and body in a couple different churches. Only difference was that it was in PowerPoint. I felt that the presentation with PowerPoint was more effective because people were sitting down and listening to what I had to say. At ShopRite I felt that half of the people were ‘forced’ by Susan to come see me not because they wanted to.
My thinking changed in the way that I need to prepare much better than I did. Not so much for the actual project, but for overcoming the unexpected variables. For example, having the brochures printed prior to going to ShopRite and not assuming that Susan would be able to do
The voluntary questionnaire, named, ‘Please taste and Rate’; There were three categories represented a sad face as dislike, neutral face as undecided, and a happy face as acceptable. After tasting the samples, people were prompted to rate how they liked the Walnut Banana Shake. On the other hand, the involuntary questionnaire was filled out myself using the same format as the voluntary questionnaire. The attitude and interest level of the individuals I spoke with were measured by level of interest or lack of. Each questionnaire took as long as it was to decide on whether they liked or dislike the …show more content…
I felt that from a knowledge preparation I was okay, just that the effectiveness could have been better. I didn’t know how to overcome an environment that seemed unconcerned about health benefits with cake and pizza in front of me trying to offer a banana walnut shake. The experience made me think about reconnaissance. I felt that my experience would have been a better one if I knew beforehand where I was going to be place and if any events were to take place at the same time. I think that reconnaissance help prepare and visualize how to approach a situation. I actually did a similar presentation of food and body in a couple different churches. Only difference was that it was in PowerPoint. I felt that the presentation with PowerPoint was more effective because people were sitting down and listening to what I had to say. At ShopRite I felt that half of the people were ‘forced’ by Susan to come see me not because they wanted to.
My thinking changed in the way that I need to prepare much better than I did. Not so much for the actual project, but for overcoming the unexpected variables. For example, having the brochures printed prior to going to ShopRite and not assuming that Susan would be able to do