Microsoft team / Whatsapp / discord

I used Teams and a big amount of Whatsapp to communicate and share updates, Trello to keep track of tasks, and OneDrive to store our files. It wasn't anything fancy, but it worked really well. Discord also had a role in the collaboration tool department. Having everything in one place and good communication on Teams made it easier to stay organized and avoid mix-ups. When working on the project, I stored design data on figma too to have an overview on the work and look at the teams work in figma too.

Reflection

Using these apps/ tools in my opinion help everyday communication withon the team and keep us a lot more on track with storing our files and data. When communicating with my team outside of college hours would be needed i didnt find myself struggling with this at all. So i would use these in the future too alongside teams for teh extra professional touch.

GIT catchee

On the git you can see my partcipation within my team of the structured code. It is devided work but eventually all pages come together. I started off by helping set up the GIT where I merged my branch, from there onwards pages were devided. I did struggle with getting to work within my branch but I amanged to put some into main branch and elines branch since this was asked of me for easier merging. I worked. On the code for big screens of "welcome"; "feedback" and "switch".

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Reflection

I find myself to be weak when it come sto using GIT usually since i havent coded in a while now. But despite that i did challenge myself to do as much as ic ould for the group project code. This in the end needed more work when it came to merging everything. To reflect on this i could definetely work on my coding skills and GIT.

Branding Catchee doc

On this document I helpedputting the branding process on a early stage while communicating the choices of name; slogan ideas; fonts; colors etc which is highly used for the transferring information about our design and brand choices for the ones to see the progress behind this brand for example the teachers.

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Team trello

The team trello is where we communicated on almostevery day. What we had to do, by when, by whom. Everything is super clear structured on the trello and we worked accordingly by putting name cards on who will do what and by when. Sometimes the trello cards werent clear so we later discussed about this and improved on what titles we would give them for better understanding.

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Reflection

I would say it helped the teams structure and work flow a lot and was a crucial part in the way we communicated and worked together. We would even use this for looking back and seeing where we last at. Over all 10/10 would do it again.

Team charter

In the team charter we stored data of the group and the entire project in general. Starting by personal info of the team members and strenths and weaknesses evetually building the way up to rules for if absent/late (bring fruit) which later had to change to a bit stricter rules (strikes) since we were having to many absenses in the group. My task here was to make the rules and ofcourse fill my own credentials in.

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Reflection

Looking back at the team charter part, this was crucialn when seeing who had to do what exactly and worked also as all team stored data here. Especially helped to prove at latecomings/absents when one didnt remember the consequences at some point. Team charters always should be a must when working in a group.

Client Meetings

I take part in the client meetings online with Jacqueline and we take notes together with her. This data is saved between both parties and discussed for the next meetings with additional information. Down below you can read in more detail what each meeting was about. Team notes were taken, I have summarized them below:

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Meeting 1

In order to establish project objectives, specifications, and limitations SpeedMeet held its first client meeting. The target audience consists of people between the ages of 18 and 22 who suffer from social anxiety or loneliness. Feedback indicates that there should be no video content because of privacy concerns and that the icebreakers should be easy and entertaining. To keep the experience fun and stress free, the client prefers a primarily digital solution, preferably an app with inventive features like avatars, playful timers, digital chat cards, or augmented reality.

Meeting 2

Three game concepts; a whimsical lakeside frog theme, a fun beach picnic, and a comfortable campfire setting with marshmallow based timers were presented to the client during this meeting in order to get their input and determine a clear course of action. The client liked the ridiculousness of the frog concept, but she preferred the campfire idea because of its cozy, cozy setting, with the marshmallow timer and natural surroundings being its main advantages. She also suggested adding roughly five more icebreakers, as long as they are usertested prior to the event, and agreed that it was crucial to make it clear to players that each round lasts ten minutes.

Meeting 3

During this meeting, we presented our finalized game concept and design choices, which included a fish-on-a-stick visual timer, a QR-code poster to reduce screen time, and customizable cats in a natural setting. In addition to confirming that there will be six tables rather than ten, approving the use of a speaker if audio is required, and responding favorably to the concept posters, the client gave insightful feedback on accessibility, logistics, and facilitation. They also planned to share the posters with the JoinUs organizer.

Meeting 4

We presented the client with our updated user-testing and prototyping strategy during this meeting, suggesting a Wizard of Oz approach that would use 12 phones and printed stickers to show customization because of time constraints. The client gave their approval to the plan, examined the new icebreakers, and provided helpful input on player setup. They also explained the prototype in detail, solicited feedback, actively invited participants, and took into account other event logistics like timing and sound.

Reflection

Of course since i was the spokesperson with the client i knew i had to take the meetings more into account since i will be sending and receiving more information of what we spoke in the meetings. I remained to be in the meetings and since this is the main time to pay attention and make sure you ask the right questiosns. Here ive built understanding and communication with the client and the team. The meeting days were also decided beforehand and gave us enough time to work on our internal deadlines.

Communication with Jacqueline (and nikki)

I served as our client's point of contact, answering emails regarding scheduling, inquiries, and progress reports both before and after meetings and sharing all answers with the group. In order to arrange logistics like setup, location, and scheduling, I was also in charge of corresponding with Nikki via email and in person during the event.

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Reflection

I would be happy to take a similar role in upcoming group projects because it gave me the opportunity to be responsible with stakeholders and it was a good experinece overall.

Creating script and manual for speedmeet

Eline and I had to create the the script and manual for the speedmeet users. This is for the process of the game to go smoothly. Think of a sort of guide to start the game. All the information for what tools the user need is in the manual and what will be said is in the script (storytelling).

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Process

We devided the tasks: I would do manual and she would do script and after that we go through eachothers work, give feedback, add change where needed and discuss this with group. Pretty solid but in a way I did ended up working on both. I made the entire manual in the beginning where the user can see what all is needed to make sure the game takes place. Think about audio; screens; chairs and tables etc. I explained how many we need and why. I didn't get feedback to fix much on mine since it was reasonable but I did help eline's script since my (and the groups) feedback was that this was too long. We cut it short together but in a way it is still too long. As a group it was descided that we will do an improv on the speedmeet event when it came to script since this will be too much to memeorize.

Reflection

Since task was in duos and could give/receive feedback i did try my best to image how my manual could help explain a user fully what they would need to complete their game setup and have a smooth time hosting it.

Event planning: my role

The group sat togetehr and made an event planning document for the event coming up soon, in which I also participated in. Mind you, this document is to help, if host(s) is stuck or doesnt know what to do mid game, a manual to see who does what before, during and after the game.

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Process

The roles were decided among us and I also wrote what exactly my responsibilities were that come within the role. My role was person E: the recruiter and phone lookout. Pretty simple: before the game starts I actively recruit people with all excitement around the hall who are willing to participate in the game. During the game: Walk around and watch the phone testings of the users playing. After the game: Help direct flow to feedback table. The first and last role are extremely important since without active recruiting particpants there wouldn't be enough people to play and directing feedback to the table later on helped erem feedback formulation doc. This was later also practiced while usertesting the entire game and roles

Reflection

Since i did agree on my role and looked back properly what i was in charge of i also wanted to have a proper look at the rest of the teams tasks and roles. This later on helped me at the event because of how some plans did not go accordingly at the event itself. So i did manage to do an improv with the help of just using this doc properly. It worked as a clear instruction and guide for me to take part with the roles of the host and partly the others roles when needed.

What could go better?

Definetly, speaking for after the event: we shouldve maybe usertested this script on a bigger group with the same environment of the event hall by actually experiencing and presenting during some background noises and with/without the equipment. At some point I do think having an option B incase some errors happening is a thing I would add to the listen next time.

Stylescape iterations

Before we started on anything relating our agency we ahd to make moodboards and stylescapes. Mine needed a lot of iterating but eventually got chosen since i took out more inspo out of succesful companies' stylescapes.

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Process

When starting with my stylescape i took my moodboard as an inspo and kept looking around on what companies like nintendo; cocacola; mc donalds etc. Like what structure/style do they follow that makes it so wow. i treid follwoing the sme concept in a way but more oriented on what my moodboard already cocnsisted of. Added some humor some color some random stuff which matched the core values.

But then i got feedback. Mygroup was really liking it but they told me that the colors seem to be a bit dull and to probably take inspo from companies that also have for example BOLD as their core value with highly contrasting color palettes. I agreed, looked around, played with teh palettes and guess what i made the previous blues and orange less dark. eevrything bright and opposite. Evenetually i also added michelles doodles and some cat paws. Got rid of the funny stuff (horses) and then there it was.

Reflection

I do feel like i shouldve put research (even though these are just images online) and inspos in the pinterest since just i have no link to source back to. Here i did miss the chance to show what i looked at first when starting the moodboard/stylescapes and then later after iterating on the feedback given to me. I will include these minor details for the next time.

Branding logo design iterations

coming up with a logo is harder than you think especially if its for your own agency. Here i show you what were the steps i took to get to the final result.

core values catchee
logo sketching
erem's recreation of my logo design
erem's merging our logo designs
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Process

It all started off basic with my pencil and paper. At times i would have pinterest open to glance at cat related logos or look for cat related icons that could give me in a way some sort of idea to merge 1 on 1 and create something that would look and feel like catchee. I also had to make sure i consider looking at the branding socument with the core values; mission and vission, to explain my choices. Here i made about roughly 15 sketches on logo ideas, where some of them were just icons others were plain name of brand. Others a mix. We asked around in the class to see which most people preffered and got closer to our logo choice.

overall i did get a lot of attention from my team from this one flying cat under the name catchee where the C is basically a cat tail. It is important to mention Erem had taken this as inspo and put some of his creativity to it too. I am glad he did cuz my original got voted out. From there i gave him feedback on this specific one where he merged his "paw" sketch with my logo idea which then made it in the top 3. to vote.

Reflection

Overall tough work. It is of course not easy to make a logo but since we started off with so many ideas i did know it was going towards a really good direction. Mixing and merging and testing and choosing and voting. From 100 ideas to one final answer. I think the process was definietly fun. Finding out what people prefer and figuring out the why's and how's.

Branding guide design

My task here was to explain the roles of the colors for catchee. The rules, the names and hex codes etc. You can see what it looked like here before any feedback:

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Process

In the start all the pages were devided into sections based of on who willd o what pages of the brand guide. Since this was happeening everyone had their own version of design ideas and this was not looking consistent together. We then decided to use my stylescape as a color palette for the main catchee brandguide inspo.

I was given feedback on my part group was that it looked too old and simple, dynamic was missing, so therefore making the circle into another form ( So I turned them into paint blobs) and the colors had to pop out more so don't keep your colors limited to the page (I added a mix of blacks oranges and whites to all pages with hints of blue). Again, this was mainly based on my stylescape. When the pages were put together it looked like one whole piece and not seperate puzzels.

Reflection

Gneerally speaking i find brandguides pretty simple to make. With my team there was some miscommunication in the start but after that we stayed consistent on the design choice. I agreed with the feedback i had received from the group and the iterated version turned out a lot better.

Business cards catchee w iterations

So, I came up with the idea to have business cards for the agency. #professionalvibes

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Process

I wanted to make a digital product for catchee to give more of that agency feeling so i created a business card. I took inspo from pinterest and starting creating adding the brandguide vibe to it. There was a visison since The bold colors and playfulness of the paint drops make it look creatively professional. I had feedback from the team where i iterated on and made the final design for the card:

The feedback in the start was that I had the logo really big for the back of the card and to make it smaller with a quote in the middle. As you can see I did that but then later the colors felt too offputting and they wanted more pop of freshness, so I experimented and played around with the white paintblobs that were also used in the brand guide for colors. I got positive reactons towards this design from my group members.

Reflection

Very smooth process and satisfying to see the end results so quick. I'm glad this served as an extra design product i thought of especially since i felt, if we were to give ourselves out on a card how would it look. And thats that. I will definetly focus on more add ons like this one in the near future.

Figma iteration poster

I hadnt made the entire poster but made part of it into iteration. Specifically the main poster all the way down at the team members section. I felt that where Erem left it at, seemed a bit too much, so I wanted to help adding my own feedback into his poster. This was Erem's at first:

erems poster for feedback
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Process

It all started where I had given the feedback that there is indeed a lot happening especially at the part where it isnt really needed the most: the team members. It looks a lot like ur main focus goes there and need a cleaner look to improve. I also did not like the straight lines and wanted to turn it into more fresh dynamic feel. Here is how I implimeted that part:

I first removed all the extra colors around the pictures and added rounded corners the the pics on only one angle. You can see that this sort of allows your eyes to not fully focus on the team first. But eventually this style got voted out and implemted by others' feedback too. Erem continued with the feedback until the second poster came out and I had to give immediate feedback about added a title in white and numbers for clarity and clear structure on the 2nd poster . When asked later the teachers said the exact same:

Reflection

being part of making the group poster was indeed fun but also a bit overwhelming since everyone has so many ideas on home to implement on something and prefer this being good cuz they made it. I not only gave feedback to Erem's work but also just copied his work and tried improving it from my point of view on the bottom of the page. This makes it still his work with some of my styling on it and i think thats also beautiful. It did not get selected tho but surely was in the list to be voted among the group.

Timer for catchee

I had the task to make a timer on figma for catchee. Now there are various ways you can think of creating when keeping the word "timer" in mind. A digital / traditional clock, maybe a hourglass?

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screenrecording timer before
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Process

I went firstly with exploring timers on most websites and how the figma experts tend to do it. This was a digital timer where you see the numbers change every second or minute passing by. I practiced a bit on figma by following the tutorials and failed multiple times, especially since when I had to test the prototype the numbers never alligned on time. it did get messy and time consuming to fix so I asked around to see what kind of a timer would be preffered for the game: a digital timer or a timer on a line. The most responses said the latter and I started looking for more bar timers, since you can then actually see that the time is up. The tutorials seemed easy to follow untill i understood my part will take a bit longer.

I did make the timer but this time after working on each few seconds passing by to match the speed of the line and minute, I was held by surprise from my group. Their feedback for me was that i made a progressive bar timer where the line moves forward and i should make a regressive bar timer to indicate the time is actually up. So i iterated on my work with the follwoing feedback i had received.

To do so you have to animate each little blue move by each second passing which should be calculated with the values of the width in px and the starting number of the blue line also in px. To get till here it took me a while since I first started off with big blue lines going as a stop motion line in 5 seconds. Then I gradually added more components to the point where it began to look like it was moving on its own. I made timers of 1 minute (60 sec); 2 min (120 sec); and 3 min (180 sec) with a total of 360 components

Reflection

Very very fun to make. I learnt something new on figma and think everyone should try working with bigger timers like this to geniunely make it look like it smoving on its own. I do agree that it took very long and repetitive to keep myself doing every few seconds, but the end result was very satisfying. The timer was one of the important assets to the game and i'm happy I could make it look like it moves on figma.

Background for phonescreen catchee

I was given the task to create a background that does not distract the potential users from playing the game, yet ads the cozy sunset campfire vibe with the Cat players.

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Process

This was a bit tough to imagine but I already had in mind that I would want the background to get the blurred effect no matter how detailed I am making the background at the moment on the ipad. I don't tend to do digital drawings but I intended on sketching the idea first so I can ask the rest if I should go on with it or not.

The feedback I got from the majority was that I had taken the task to seriously and should try to zoom in to the picture rather than give a whole scenery. Erem's feedback also was to take inspo from studio ghibli forests/grass.

I iterated on this by starting a new drawing this time emphaszing the forest with the trees, since the cats would be at the front with the campfire, it only makes sense to have the forest as a background where the sky has sunset colors. This was then shown to the group and they immideately loved it.

Reflection

I enjoy drawing and digital drawing something wasn't new to me but just a subject that remained untouched untill now. I really got the hang of it after playing around with app to see what brush does what etc. I also do agree that the feedback to make it less complicated over all made the look and feel of the background less intense and in a way still added a lot.

What could go better?

Looking back, I could improve by managing my time and scope more realistically, as some of my ideas were too complex for the given timeframe or technical limitations. In order to translate ideas into functional solutions more easily, I also want to gain more confidence in my technical execution using tools like Figma, particularly when prototyping interactions. Lastly, in order to align concepts sooner and prevent revising ideas later in the process, I could speak up earlier in group talks.

Team charters; stand ups; retrospectives

My task was to create rules for absence/late comings and give everyone roles in the team charter based on their strengths and weaknesses. What also helped me shape their role in the team was the behavior at school and towards their work. Apart from that i also helped planning internal deadlines for in the group on our trello.

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Process

Making plannings and charters are one thing, and actually stciking to them is another. There were surely times in the group where some things did not go as smooth as we thought and we would even have stand-ups for the day but certain things wouldn't be fully finished. By the end of the first sprint, I with the rest of the group had a retrospective on how all can indivually improve. I listened to feedback from others about myself and adapted the following weeks and I also had given my feedback and improvement points to my group mates. This helped everyone in a professional setting and that is important when it comes to self development. Whenever there are retrospectives I make sure to participate in the "what went well; what could've gone better ; what do we improve." Here I also give my insight and on how the sprint went and discuss this broadly with the group.

Reflection

Very important for basic communication and team work. Without any of these the entire project would be a total mess. I find it useful to reflect with the team on to the what why and how.

Retrospectives (in depth)

Making plannings and charters are one thing, and actually stciking to them is another. There were surely times in the group where some things did not go as smooth as we thought and we would even have stand-ups for the day but certain things wouldn't be fully finished. By the end of the first sprint, I with the rest of the group had a retrospective on how all can indivually improve. I listened to feedback from others about myself and adapted the following weeks and I also had given my feedback and improvement points to my group mates. This helped everyone in a professional setting and that is important when it comes to self development. Whenever there are retrospectives I make sure to participate in the "what went well; what could've gone better ; what do we improve." Here I also give my insight and on how the sprint went and discuss this broadly with the group.

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retrospective doc

Reflection

Very important for basic communication and team work. Without any of these the entire project would be a total mess. I find it useful to reflect with the team on to the what why and how.

motivation letter NOTN

When writing the motivation letters, it was my part to do the one for futurebites, while another team member focused on desca's motivation letter.

motivation letters doc

Process

Eventually we got exactly futurebites x joinus as our client to make the speedmeet game. My job was to make sure I made it looked polished. I kept pondering and reading the letter out loud to my group until it made sense. Finally I wrote down who we are; our core values and added an expressive tone to the letter. When asked about who's letter stands out more, the teachers told us the one I wrote will "get you a job". That says it all.

Reflection

this motivation letter made us get the exact client and i feel in a way really good about since i wrote most of it keep the core values in mind. Bold and confident but not overly is the key. I will move on to the next sem with the same mindset.

spokesperson with client

I took the role of being the communicator with the client regarding anything. This would be mainly before or right after the meetings that were taking place with tour client Jacqueline.

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Process

I was (still am) responsible to have all contact with our client, Jackeline (and Nikkie). I have sent various emails via outlook to reach out to her when this concerend questions she had or the team had for her. I even made sure to plan the dates the team video calls with her for the proper client face to face moment regardless of distance. As a spokesperson I have noticed that I have to articulate words a lot more professional since I want to make it actually look like we are a media agency and not just students. I got into charcter with the starting and ending of the emails too ending with a personal catchee like regards. Also at most emails I have added the coaches and team members so everything remains professionally transparent among all. When contacting Nikkie, this was mainly about organizing what kind of equipment we would need and in what quantity. Later at the event I thanked her for the given opportunity and space. I wanted to leave her with a good impression of us.

Reflection

I would be happy to take a similar role in upcoming group projects because it gave me the opportunity to be responsible with stakeholders and it was a good experinece overall.

the speedmeet event

the stronger together event took place and here i talk about how it really went. expectation vs realities and my role here.

retrospective doc
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Process

At the STRONGER TOGETHER event everyone had a sat plan according to the event planning. As you can see in this doc I am person E: this role entails to be Recruiter and Phone Lookout. My tasks were to make sure I collect enough partcipants; Walk around and watch the phones and help direct flow to feedback table. But regardless of the event I ended up helping way more than usual. The team expected that the audience we had selected to play would stay all 4 rounds but at about every round some people left a nd therefore I had to look for new participants again. I was partly host as well since the microphone couldn't be managed on time by JoinUs. This led to the host not being clear to the audience, where I had to do the same task as the host aswell. Apart from that since a lot of time was running in finding certain participants, I had to participate as one of the players and have convos with people. In the end I even assembled all the feedback papers.

Reflection

I was an allrounder where I could've panicked from the situation but none the less, I took it like a pro. This teaches me that I should be prepared or atleast know what the tasks of all members are and how you could improvise flawlessly.

ethical considerations

Since we know as a team that the project that we are working on is highly sensitive we devided the research work amoung the group. I had to work on the WHY behind the social awkwardness of people.

retrospective doc

Process

I wrote a short document with some points on to why people can have social awkwardness and how it can affect them. I have listed the sources of where I have gotten some of the information from. The conclusion from this document is that there are several factors that can take place in a persons life to have a sort of traumatic response, the social awkwardness.

Reflection

researching this topic made me more aware about who joinus is really trying to make this game for and why social awkwardness really happens. I got more understanding about the topic and could take more decisions into consideration for the sensitvity for the ones who avoid socializing.

ethical considerations p2

another thing we really had to consider was that the concept was that our cat would be roasting a fish on the flame to indicate the timer. The question arose if this an ethical approach considering the vegans and vegatarian users that might play the game.

Process

earlier we didnt think about this question at all but when Jacqueline came up with this question we did think long enough about it until we conducted little interviews asking around some vegans and vegatarian students and teachers wheter or not this would be a deal breaker for them. Long story short the answer was no since its logical that cats eat fish and that has nothing to do with the user itself. Yet if the answer was otherwise we would consider changing the fish to a marshmallow since its at the campfire. Regardless we did have an option for the change in design but luckily the fish wasnt an issue.

Reflection

it is always good to ask yourselves these sort of questions to later avoid unneeded misinterpretation of the project you work on when thinking about your target audience you must question around and test if teh design choices you made, no matter how logical or normal it seems, These could make someone doubt or feel insecure or any negative vision through our work. I am glad i could work this out by help asking around and fitting to the conclusion for our design.

presenting at lucy's nest by loosey goosey

I togetehr with Michelle decided to present for the group in loosey goosey's showcase pitch event Lucy's Nest. Here we had to pitch our concept where the judges could probably want to invest in. Think of it a little like Sharktank.

loosey goosey presentation video

Process

All the groups of our class were present in the media lab. The both of us had our scripts prepared onour phones and kept revising throughout and then we presnted. While we presented our group took pics/vids and notes from the feedback. My intro went smooth and good but from a certain point I read from the slide since I blanked out on what I had to say. The feedback for the idea was to think of what happens after the players play the game. How do they stay in touch.

Reflection

I did feel more nervous than usual since I had to keep to the dark room, heavy lighting and cameras pointed towards me ( I am camera shy). This of course made me stutter and present faster than usual and I fully forgot my script from which I felt the urge to read from the slide. I feel in a way I grasped the opportunity to work on presenting skills, especially infront of cameras, and it did benefit me from avoiding the idea of it in general togetehr with the fact that I was literally pitching to the "sharks".

presenting final catchee presntation at TQ

Final presnetation at TQ consisited of me, Dimo and Erem presentingthe concept, what we had done and answering questions in our presntations. This presntation lasted about 15 min where our peers, teachers and clients were also present.

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Process

When it came to the preparation of the presnetation we were about 2 hours early at the TQ building trying to structure how we are going to present. The presentation slides were done by us as a group in general but when it came to who would talk about what this was discussed last minute. We did howeveer borrowed the pointer from the ISSD on time and also prectised quickly at TQ our positions and tone of voice. I talked about the storytelling aspect of catchee and joinus. In the end the questions were answered by the entire group.

Since i also dont present in front of such big groups often i felt challenged more than a usual class presntation. I did feel myself getting nervous and anxious but handled myself to take deep breaths and keep a high yet inviting voice towards the audience with eye contact in the middle of the room. I even walked around to calm this down. In a way this did made me more ready to presnt to bigger groups (than just a class). Which is also good for my professional skills: presnting.

Reflection

there was a lot missing since we ended up short on time, trying to fix both the code and the presentation while juggling the portfolio on the otherhand. Because of this we planned up the script very last minute and missed out on a lot of thing sto talk about. Maybe we couldve shared statistics or more picture. Maybe show my tiktok. But this all by really quick. Since this couldnt happen properly, it looked like we didnt do much in my opinion.

16 personality test

To figure myself out a bit better I wanted a in depth strenth and weakness analysis. The 16 personality test helped me figure that out better. Here I answered (what resonated to me) a bunch of general questions. The result I got did not surprise me, since one time I did this test about 2 years ago and I got close to the same personality type. It was INTJ-T (architect), which was also very close to this one.

result

Process

This is the "logician" INTP-T type. According to this personality type I am more analytical, innovative and curious about everything and tend to think and judge more than feel.
The strengths that I see in myself the most (3 out of 6):
- Adaptability
- Quick to see patterns
- Driven by curiosity

The weaknesses that I see in myself the most (3 out of 6):
- Frequent procrastination
- Difficulty completing tasks
- Easily distracted

I noticed myself adapting quickly to the roles at the event and having that driven feeling when I had to host the event and also talk/pitch about the project. I did get easily distracted by different topics when it came to working in duos on certain documents or figma files which ofcourse also made it difficult completing a task, so to stick back I would mainly ask for help or use trello. I have also mentioned these traits while we discussed in between reflections.

Reflection

I took this into account and read what that page had to say about the personality type and tried to envision myself within that architype too. The career path seems correct too so I know that it did close to accurately represnted my personality. I figured to give myself a mini test to see where all I can combat my weaknesses and promote my strengths. This mainly took place during the 15 weeks of the group project and to be very honest with myself the test helped me figure myself out in way even within this semesters projects and team work.

retrospectives

After every sprint, just like how the trello stated, the team would have a collaborated retrospective together. This is of course to keep track of how the sprint went and what could go better and self reflect. Partcipating in this means truthfully accepting your faults and acknowledging to the group and also respectfully giving feedback to others.

view reflections
view reflections
view reflections
view reflections
retrospective doc

Process

I have actively particpated in these reflections where I have mentioned things about myself, ive accepted what feedback I would get from my team mates and also ponder on to that. But eventually I did work on them, every sprint I got better and kept asking to make sure I do not repeat the same mistakes. After all I want to improve on my professional skills that lso involves collaboration and better workflow. In the start Michelle mainly took notes but later we got feedback from dirk to do this in forms of sticky notes, where everyone sticks their opinionated notes at the same time and we have a total overview and talk about these subjects. I found this method a lot more efficient, but this did take us longer to talk about.

Reflection

I know that being reflective about the process is equally important as working on the project, if not, even more imporant. The idea is to grow from the feedback you get from your peers and increase team performance within the timespan of the project. If anything i just grew more from the feedback i got this semseter.

presenting at lucy's nest by loosey goosey

I togetehr with Michelle decided to present for the group in loosey goosey's showcase pitch event Lucy's Nest. Here we had to pitch our concept where the judges could probably want to invest in. Think of it a little like Sharktank.

loosey goosey presentation video

Process

All the groups of our class were present in the media lab. The both of us had our scripts prepared onour phones and kept revising throughout and then we presnted. While we presented our group took pics/vids and notes from the feedback. My intro went smooth and good but from a certain point I read from the slide since I blanked out on what I had to say. The feedback for the idea was to think of what happens after the players play the game. How do they stay in touch.

Reflection

I did feel more nervous than usual since I had to keep to the dark room, heavy lighting and cameras pointed towards me ( I am camera shy). This of course made me stutter and present faster than usual and I fully forgot my script from which I felt the urge to read from the slide. I feel in a way I grasped the opportunity to work on presenting skills, especially infront of cameras, and it did benefit me from avoiding the idea of it in general togetehr with the fact that I was literally pitching to the "sharks".

jack of all trades at speedmeet event

Since the roles were already set for the stronger together event I knew what to do before, during and after the event. This was also practiced beforehand while user testing and made sure of for everyone what to do. Altough there was one issue that couldn't resolve while we were at the event itself. The audio. Here's how i worked on the sudden improv.

retrospective doc
speedmeetdoc
event pic
event pic
event pic

Process

Together with Nikki we managed to get almost all the equipment except for a mic. This was to ensure all participants could listen to the host (michelle) clearly. I feel this is where our team felt a bit lost and things were messing up a bit. I was not only doing my task, which was to actively collect people around to play, checking on their phones and bringing all the feedback papers to the feedback table BUT together with that it bothered me how half of the participants couldn't hear michelle since she is a rather soft spoken person and the mic felt missing. I stepped in to also host and at most rounds, so that there was enough explanation on both sides and I was also a participant during some rounds to ensure enough players.

Reflection

I know that this came from self instinct and quick response to help the team as quick as possible, which is good for playing fair in the team when needed. I also realized that most of my teammates didn't dare to devide their role even just for a bit, so in a way I felt I was managing many tasks together and keeping it under control. This is a strong skill not many people have and I want to keep developing it, since work life can also be unpredictable as the event without the mic.

tiktok: my new skill?

During the STRONGER TOGETHER event from JoinUs, me and my team had to make sure we were there way before time in Amersfoort. The moment of arrival, we started setting up the tools and double checking to test and see if everything is still alright. When this all was taking place I found myself taking some short videos of the process, even the lunch break we got, and decided "why not just make a funny tiktok edit??".

1st tiktok
2nd tiktok
bts tiktok

Process

I usually don't use tiktok much but learning how to work with can be beneficial when it comes to general marketing or building e certain audience. Of course over time this little goofy idea can turn into something populaire overnight. I did not think that far when editing but I made 2 funny videos ( one bts vid and one group members vid) with some trending audios, cuz why not? Earlier I did not know how to edit them shorter but with a quick youtube tutorial I got the hang of it and added some sparkly effects in between too!

Reflection

Looking at the humorous videos i do see potential in seriously getting into content creation which could be eithe rinstagram or tiktok. Even though this was just for fun and laughs, I could turn this into something big if i in the future continue giving more time to it. Whether this be for humour or something with a serious topic but hey who knows.

presenting final catchee presntation at TQ

Final presnetation at TQ consisited of me, Dimo and Erem presentingthe concept, what we had done and answering questions in our presntations. This presntation lasted about 15 min where our peers, teachers and clients were also present.

final presentation vid
final presentation vid 2

Process

When it came to the preparation of the presnetation we were about 2 hours early at the TQ building trying to structure how we are going to present. The presentation slides were done by us as a group in general but when it came to who would talk about what this was discussed last minute. We did howeveer borrowed the pointer from the ISSD on time and also prectised quickly at TQ our positions and tone of voice. I talked about the storytelling aspect of catchee and joinus. In the end the questions were answered by the entire group.

Since i also dont present in front of such big groups often i felt challenged more than a usual class presntation. I did feel myself getting nervous and anxious but handled myself to take deep breaths and keep a high yet inviting voice towards the audience with eye contact in the middle of the room. I even walked around to calm this down. In a way this did made me more ready to presnt to bigger groups (than just a class). Which is also good for my professional skills: presnting.

Reflection

there was a lot missing since we ended up short on time, trying to fix both the code and the presentation while juggling the portfolio on the otherhand. Because of this we planned up the script very last minute and missed out on a lot of thing sto talk about. Maybe we couldve shared statistics or more picture. Maybe show my tiktok. But this all by really quick. Since this couldnt happen properly, it looked like we didnt do much in my opinion.

What could go better?

most of the proofs her in LO5 could all get a helping hand in some way. especially when it comes to preparing for presntations or hosting events. Not as if things werent planned at all but more like creating an option B in case of things not working out at that specific time/day. I will keep this in mind for in the future since it can save me from the stress and worry about it.