Blog entry #9

On the June 22 meeting, other than the interns all sharing their progress on their individual projects with Robin and Roslyn, Robin and Roslyn also shared with us what they have been planning the past few weeks.

Made Real is collaborating with Shiok SG to hold a health and fitness event this Saturday and Sunday the 27th and 28th of June.

This is the poster for their event!

Robin and Roslyn told us that they wanted all the interns to go for the event to help out and gain exposure before our own event in SP in August. When we told them that we couldn't make it on Sunday as school reopened the next day, they suggested that we split ourselves into groups of 3 so one group would attend on Saturday and the other group on Sunday. Robin and Roslyn also wanted us to go to their office this Thursday to help them pack the boxes for the event.

Robin and Roslyn also invited us to sit in on their meeting with Shiok SG's co-founder and public relations manager at 7.30pm that day. Me, Zyi, Ging Yang, Zong Wei and Qi Wen agreed to sit in on the meeting. Hence we stayed at SMU labs after the morning meeting was over to wait for the next meeting. In the time between both meetings, me and Zyi managed to complete almost all of our slides for the overseas group. Zyi had already added in all the pictures of NatureBox and I added in the content analysis of all of Naturebox's social media platforms, the good and the bad parts of how they managed their social media accounts, Made Real's diagnostic screenshots and the suggestions for improvements. 

At the 7.30pm meeting between Made Real and Shiok when we sat in, I felt that it was very informative. As they discussed the logistics for their event, it gave me some ideas on how to get the logistics for our own event. They also discussed how to market their event on their social media, Facebook and Instagram, which also gave me ideas on how we could promote our event. It was very interesting to see the way they attracted people to the event. As they had personal trainers for the event and the rates the trainers charged were $80 for a class, people who bought the $30 tickets for the event would gain $50 worth which would make buying the tickets worthwhile for them. This was interesting for me as I never thought of marketing the tickets that way. Made Real also had a problem with one of the event vendors not being able to show up but they fixed that problem easily and very quickly. This made me realize that when we hit hurdles such as the dance group not replying our emails when planning for our event, we should find a way around it, come up with another plan as quickly as possible and not think of giving up. This meeting also made me realize that our event is so much smaller compared to theirs, therefore if they can do it why can't we? I came out of the meeting more resolved to make sure our event succeeded.  

Although we stayed at SMU labs from 10.30am to 9.00pm, when the meeting ended, and it was a very tiring day, I felt that it was also a very productive and informative day. I learnt a lot from sitting in at the 7.30pm meeting with Shiok SG. I also appreciate Robin and Roslyn letting us sit in on that meeting and helping us out with planning our event even though they are so busy with their 

upcoming event.

  

This is us at 9pm after a whole day at SMU labs! Although we
were all very tired, it was worth it! All smiles now that we get to go home! :D