Jools Journal Task 2 - Personal contact

Using your own personal experience write a few lines to describe how a personal contact has provided a creative opportunity for you...

I have a number of occasions where opportunities have arisen from simply just talking to people about my University course and explaining what it invloves. I remember in the summer break, some bloke came into my work (the co-op) and we started to talk about jobs, Uni and general interests. It turned out that he works in a media building right next to my place of work, so I have applied for work experience in the Christmas break, as well as making a new contact in the world of Multimedia.

Opportunities have also come to me through general talk with friends about my course. I helped my friend Rob create a website to advertise his band, helped a collegue at work advertise her new gym over the Internet and even recieved permission from my Dads work to create a website for their furniture company. So opportunities, however simple they may seem or however boring at first, are really good opportunities to get client experieince as well as more to add to our portfolios.

Referencing Jim Shorthoses book, Fish, Horses and other animals, I can now see why its important to get into contact with as many different species of animal in the ecological cycle of Multimedia as possible, because it is important that we networking with a range of different people, big or small, successful or unsuccessful. These are still learning days.