You will have to use your imagination for part of it. My sister paid for an ad and forgot to tell me, so I could have her take a screen shot of it. It looked a little like this.
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
Dots-My part
I was in Breanna Orullian's group. We talked about the health field. I talked about what is coming up as far as medical devices. Here are the links to my information I shared in class.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/7-medical-advances-to-watch-in-2014-180948286/?no-ist
http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2014/Jan/top-tech-on-the-horizon.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/7-medical-advances-to-watch-in-2014-180948286/?no-ist
http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2014/Jan/top-tech-on-the-horizon.html
Rocking The Oils Facebook Page Final Analysis
The Facebook page I took on was my sister's business page. She is a Wellness Advocate for doTERRA, The oil business is the latest in alternative health. There are many different oil companies out there, so she has a lot of competition. She lives in California and is always looking for new people to help out. She loved that I would help her with her Facebook page, because she hasn't really seen any success with it. She has even taken a few webinars on how to expand business by using Facebook and Twitter. The only draw back was she wouldn't let me actually post anything, change her profile picture, or cover photo. I even suggested that she change the About part of her page. It was too long and confusing. I just looked to see if she took my advice and she did. It is shorter and has more of an objective. I informed her what posts got more likes and to post more of them. She sometimes took my advice and sometimes she didn't.
The posts that worked were the monthly promotions the company had, the things the oils can be used for, and the black Friday specials. I actually wanted to boost her page of some posts that got a lot of likes. I offered to pay for the minimum amount. I am a poor college student with small children. Once I offered to pay she decided to pay for it because it was her page. We both didn't know if she would get anymore traffic. I told her that it never hurts to try. She ended up doing a page promotion that lasted 2-3 days and during that time she got 83 new likes. She was so excited and I was thrilled for her. She says she likes Instagram more because she knows how to use it. I said it would be a great idea to put her Instagram information on her page, so people could follow her there as well.
The things that didn't work were posts she shared from another person's page. Like her friends page or things she saw other people posting on their pages. She is competing with a lot of people, essential oils are everywhere and there are many pages for people to chose from. If she posts original stuff, like what oils she is using in her personal life, people will come to her page. My favorite was when she got out stains in her couch using essential oils. I saw how many likes that post got and that is when I told her she should post more stuff like that.
The posts that worked were the monthly promotions the company had, the things the oils can be used for, and the black Friday specials. I actually wanted to boost her page of some posts that got a lot of likes. I offered to pay for the minimum amount. I am a poor college student with small children. Once I offered to pay she decided to pay for it because it was her page. We both didn't know if she would get anymore traffic. I told her that it never hurts to try. She ended up doing a page promotion that lasted 2-3 days and during that time she got 83 new likes. She was so excited and I was thrilled for her. She says she likes Instagram more because she knows how to use it. I said it would be a great idea to put her Instagram information on her page, so people could follow her there as well.
The things that didn't work were posts she shared from another person's page. Like her friends page or things she saw other people posting on their pages. She is competing with a lot of people, essential oils are everywhere and there are many pages for people to chose from. If she posts original stuff, like what oils she is using in her personal life, people will come to her page. My favorite was when she got out stains in her couch using essential oils. I saw how many likes that post got and that is when I told her she should post more stuff like that.
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Our goal was to see if we could get more likes for her page and possibly more customers. By posting frequently, using new and unique information, and a page promotion we were able to accomplish what we set out to do. It took us a few months to get it together, but we did it. During the time I have been helping out with her Facebook page she has gotten eight new clients. The thing I would do different would be to create my own page. It is hard working for another family member, trying to motivate them, and inform them on what needs to be done. Once we started communicating better things started taking off. I am glad she is happy and her business is growing. I hope she will keep her page going. This experience was a good one and I have learned a lot from it.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Talking Point radio experience
I enjoyed my little experience on Talking Point radio on Wednesday. I've taken the audio class and have had some experience with the school's radio station. It was fun to share my opinion and the way I learn. After the experience I found it weird someone would actually want to hear my opinion on any subject. I explored why I felt this way.
October is Domestic Violence awareness month and my experience with this subject is part of the reason I walked away from the radio experience feeling the way I did. I ask you to please not judge me or ask why I stayed in this relationship. I still don't know.
It started out like all marriages do, we were happy, we loved each other. His addiction to pain medicine began to spiral out of control and couldn't keep a job to save his life. He went to the odd recovery meeting and met new friends and new ways to use. He stopped going and then refused to get help. Over time I lost access to things, my friends, a car, a phone, use of the bank account, and my family. I couldn't use the phone unless he knew who I was calling and what was said. He was right there beside me when I made calls no matter what room I was in. Forget about making friends, who can make friends with someone looking over your shoulder and analyzing everything you say? I couldn't do anything right, every opinion I had was wrong or silly. His temper was so bad my son called him Hulk dad.
My sister was watching Dr. Phil the other day and I walked in and heard,"it was all verbal abuse until the day he set her on fire." A familiar story with exception of the fire. It was all verbal and emotional until one day he held my son and I at gun point. I had threatened to leave that day. I actually called my parents to come get us, my kids and I. I talked him out of killing us and made him unload the gun on the condition he kept the cell phone, our only phone. I went along with whatever he wanted to do that night. I played nice. I stayed on his good graces until the next day when I felt it was okay to ask for the phone back. He let me have it and I called my dad to come get us right then. My ex-husband let us go. I talked him into letting us go, saying anything to let us go. My dad and I packed everything we could into the back of his SUV. I never looked back.
Did I report it? No I didn't and I hate myself for it everyday. I thought maybe we would get back together. I know silly. As I spent more time away from him the more I saw what everyone else saw. I had turned into a tiny, small, shell of a person. Before this I was outgoing, loved to laugh, loved music, sang all the time, and had an opinion on everything. Rebuilding my life has brought things I have to relearn, like how to talk to people, look people in the eye, not to be afraid to share my opinion. I am getting better at doing these things, but I still feel awkward. It's been over three years and I'm finally divorced and have primary custody of my children. I still look over my shoulder and worry when my kids visit their dad. Even though being a single mother is hard, we are happy and well. Thank you Eric for giving me the opportunity to be a part of Talking Point. It has helped more than you know. To anyone who reads this and is in an abusive relationship, please talk to someone and allow them to help you.
October is Domestic Violence awareness month and my experience with this subject is part of the reason I walked away from the radio experience feeling the way I did. I ask you to please not judge me or ask why I stayed in this relationship. I still don't know.
It started out like all marriages do, we were happy, we loved each other. His addiction to pain medicine began to spiral out of control and couldn't keep a job to save his life. He went to the odd recovery meeting and met new friends and new ways to use. He stopped going and then refused to get help. Over time I lost access to things, my friends, a car, a phone, use of the bank account, and my family. I couldn't use the phone unless he knew who I was calling and what was said. He was right there beside me when I made calls no matter what room I was in. Forget about making friends, who can make friends with someone looking over your shoulder and analyzing everything you say? I couldn't do anything right, every opinion I had was wrong or silly. His temper was so bad my son called him Hulk dad.
My sister was watching Dr. Phil the other day and I walked in and heard,"it was all verbal abuse until the day he set her on fire." A familiar story with exception of the fire. It was all verbal and emotional until one day he held my son and I at gun point. I had threatened to leave that day. I actually called my parents to come get us, my kids and I. I talked him out of killing us and made him unload the gun on the condition he kept the cell phone, our only phone. I went along with whatever he wanted to do that night. I played nice. I stayed on his good graces until the next day when I felt it was okay to ask for the phone back. He let me have it and I called my dad to come get us right then. My ex-husband let us go. I talked him into letting us go, saying anything to let us go. My dad and I packed everything we could into the back of his SUV. I never looked back.
Did I report it? No I didn't and I hate myself for it everyday. I thought maybe we would get back together. I know silly. As I spent more time away from him the more I saw what everyone else saw. I had turned into a tiny, small, shell of a person. Before this I was outgoing, loved to laugh, loved music, sang all the time, and had an opinion on everything. Rebuilding my life has brought things I have to relearn, like how to talk to people, look people in the eye, not to be afraid to share my opinion. I am getting better at doing these things, but I still feel awkward. It's been over three years and I'm finally divorced and have primary custody of my children. I still look over my shoulder and worry when my kids visit their dad. Even though being a single mother is hard, we are happy and well. Thank you Eric for giving me the opportunity to be a part of Talking Point. It has helped more than you know. To anyone who reads this and is in an abusive relationship, please talk to someone and allow them to help you.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Contextual Analysis- MTV's Rebel Music Documentary rocks the NativeAmerican Community.
The month of November is Native American month. Does anyone even know it exists besides Native American people? I subscribe to many online news sites that cater to Native American people. During this time a lot of information was going around about different events, celebrations, and basic information about different tribes. I found this potentially awesome event shared by a friend on Facebook. It was soon shared by all my Native friends on Facebook and all the Native American news sites. It snowballed into this huge thing all around the Native American online community.
MTV was doing a documentary series on Native American music today called Rebel Music. It would show artists and how they are trying to make a positive impact on the Native youth today through their music. It would also touch on some of the struggles Native American youth face and how they are preserving their culture. http://on.mtv.com/1u71RBI It was only going to be shown on Facebook, not on the cable TV outlet.The artists they would feature are young and are very popular among Native American youth.
The Rebel Music page asked if you were going to watch to like their page and go like the MTV page. As I read the comments many people had the same question I did, why is this not being shown on the MTV channel? What can we do to fix this? Rebel Music suggested we email and comment on the MTV page. MTV eventually got enough emails that they would show it, but only on MTV2 and early in the morning. I had to set my DVR because I am not waking up at four in the morning.
I watched the premiere of the documentary it on the MTV Facebook page. I was very impressed and excited to see the next installment. I looked at the comments and saw there was a lot of positive feedback. Many people were proud to be Native American and happy that issues were brought to light. Many couldn't believe MTV would put something like this out there. It was appreciated by all who watched it. I am not familiar with all the artists. One actually came to Dixie State University in October and put on a free concert. Frank Waln is his name. He is a pretty big deal in the Native American community and if I knew he was going to be at our school, I would have been there. I found out a day late.
The documentary talked about missing First Nation women in Canada and how no one is looking for them. There is no help from authorities, so many First Nation people are doing the work themselves. They drug a big body of water and have found a few bodies. Another issue they talked about is Suicide. It is a big problem with Native American youth. It discussed how they are trying to get a positive messages out to the youth. According to the CDC, American Indians/Alaska Native ages 15-34 suicide is the second leading cause of death. It is also 2.5 times higher than the national average for American Indians/Alaska Native ages 15-34. http://1.usa.gov/1zt4jWz
On a personal note, my kids and I participated in a Suicide Awareness walk. It was put on by Chris David of Sage Circle Counseling Center. Chris David is from the Navajo tribe and helps out the Native American children in the area. The event involved honor songs, a smudging ceremony, elders from the Paiute Shivwits band, a moment of silence, and of course the walk. Banners and signs were made and we all did a short walk. My daughter who is three years old walked almost the whole way carrying a sign about as big as she is. An article was put in the Spectrum about the event. http://bit.ly/1Ad13wJ
I did not make the posters and I know that else is spelled wrong. The message is a positive one. Hopefully my children will never commit suicide and my heart goes out to all who have dealt with this.
Many good things have happened since MTV aired Rebel Music documentary. Such as raising awareness of Native American people and issues. First thing being that we still exist and we do not all live in tee pees. We could be your next door neighbor, a co-worker, or even a friend. It brought to light Native American Education and the awful state it is in. Think of our public school system and how bad that is, Native American education is much worse. Not just buildings and physical things, but reading proficiency is low, and I could go on and on. It is so bad that at the Tribal Nations Conference President Obama declared “state of emergency” for Native American education. It was also the first year that youth were involved in the Tribal Nations Conference. Rebel Music put out a mini episode about the youth who were invited. The youth invited were involved in helping other children in their communities. One was raising suicide awareness and another helping other Native American kids to stay in school and get good grades. A special screening of Rebel Music was shown at the event and they held a discussion panel after. Some of the artists featured in the documentary participated in the panel discussion.
I loved this documentary. It made me thankful for my heritage, have a desire to teach my children more about their culture, and a desire to help the youth of my tribe. I want my children to grow up proud to be who they are. I know the challenges they face being Native American in the world we live in. My son has already had a taste of it and he is only in first grade. The documentary spoke to a lot of people because change needs to happen in order for growth.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Our Sustainable City
Our group is Tacy, Sarah, Sybryna, Quan, and Nordel.
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