Day 6 of Independent Study
January 9, 2018
Today was my sixth day of my independent study at Fateh Hyderabad AFC, a second division club soccer team in India. Today was tougher because some of the ideas that I put on the table in terms of graphics were turned down, as they weren't practical enough according to the team. Which is understandable, I understand the budget and amount of photos is lower at a club like this, and I can't exactly replicate the clubs that I normally follow on social media. So the ideas I suggested later in the day were more simple and practical; pictures that were easier to access, and graphics that were easier to design. Today I looked pretty closely at our most popular account on social media: our facebook account. I decided to invite some more of my friends who are interested in soccer to like the page and join the group linked to the page. I also edited some details and information on the page, to make sure that it was up to date and thorough. In my next few posts on the various accounts, I'll start to focus more on getting people to join that group, as it will help with fan interaction. So as of now, I'm going to try to make my posts vague enough so that they can end with "join the community". That phrase is key, but it sometimes can be implemented out of place. So generally for the rest of my time here, I'll just be posting cool things about the club in general, and content that makes the fans get hyped up for the season to start this spring. It's harder to post update-based content, when we're not in season yet, so as I said a lot of it will have to be general. Today one of my post ideas was the following. In three frames you have a picture of the three different seasons (including the one that hasn't started yet). For the one that hasn't started yet you put a question mark. The caption can be like "2016-Finished last. 2017-Finished fourth. 2018- (that thinking emoji that's used in contexts like these)". The emojis will make sense because the demographic is young, and I think this statement actually holds a lot of weight. If they can jump from being one of the worst clubs in the I-League second Division to one of the best, I believe they can finish first and be promoted. I want the fans to understand that so they can get hype more, and what better way to get that message across than through Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. I got to talk to Yogesh again today briefly, and listen to him talk about some of the budget issues we could be facing. It's crazy how simple things like the cost of paint, can add up and be an issue. While I wasn't apart of these discussions, it was just interesting to hear. I'm excited to see what my day of work is like tomorrow!
Today was my sixth day of my independent study at Fateh Hyderabad AFC, a second division club soccer team in India. Today was tougher because some of the ideas that I put on the table in terms of graphics were turned down, as they weren't practical enough according to the team. Which is understandable, I understand the budget and amount of photos is lower at a club like this, and I can't exactly replicate the clubs that I normally follow on social media. So the ideas I suggested later in the day were more simple and practical; pictures that were easier to access, and graphics that were easier to design. Today I looked pretty closely at our most popular account on social media: our facebook account. I decided to invite some more of my friends who are interested in soccer to like the page and join the group linked to the page. I also edited some details and information on the page, to make sure that it was up to date and thorough. In my next few posts on the various accounts, I'll start to focus more on getting people to join that group, as it will help with fan interaction. So as of now, I'm going to try to make my posts vague enough so that they can end with "join the community". That phrase is key, but it sometimes can be implemented out of place. So generally for the rest of my time here, I'll just be posting cool things about the club in general, and content that makes the fans get hyped up for the season to start this spring. It's harder to post update-based content, when we're not in season yet, so as I said a lot of it will have to be general. Today one of my post ideas was the following. In three frames you have a picture of the three different seasons (including the one that hasn't started yet). For the one that hasn't started yet you put a question mark. The caption can be like "2016-Finished last. 2017-Finished fourth. 2018- (that thinking emoji that's used in contexts like these)". The emojis will make sense because the demographic is young, and I think this statement actually holds a lot of weight. If they can jump from being one of the worst clubs in the I-League second Division to one of the best, I believe they can finish first and be promoted. I want the fans to understand that so they can get hype more, and what better way to get that message across than through Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. I got to talk to Yogesh again today briefly, and listen to him talk about some of the budget issues we could be facing. It's crazy how simple things like the cost of paint, can add up and be an issue. While I wasn't apart of these discussions, it was just interesting to hear. I'm excited to see what my day of work is like tomorrow!
Sahil, it sounds like you adjusted well from their feedback and that you were able to present different ideas without getting too frustrated. This is a good quality to learn.
ReplyDeleteWorking in most office environments requires having flexibility with the others that you work with and with their ideas. What else to you think you learned from this experience?