The course this past September was IDT522: Corporate Training and Motivational Development taught by Professor Bunner-Sorg. This class in particular helped me to grow not only my skills and knowledge, but also my work methodology as a person. Typically, I get extremely stressed out about every single detail and want my initial draft to be the same quality as my final. Having Professor Bunner-Sorg for two consecutive months also helped me to build a relationship in which I felt extremely comfortable reaching out for feedback, clarification, and assistance. For example, the infographic I designed for the hypothetical company Purrfectionary, was one in which I had multiple private sessions to discuss my thought process, struggles, and possible options moving forward. The final feedback acknowledged the improvements made through our discussions as well as future changes that could be made to improve the design even further.
Throughout this course, the most helpful things to me were not only Professor Bunner-Sorg’s openness, honesty, and availability but in particular the video feedback he provided. It gave greater insight and felt much more personal. For example, the video feedback provided for the Understanding Client Needs Draft assignment helped my project to develop and grow, subsequently enabling me to see even greater success in the final presentation.
I plan to incorporate all of the feedback the I received from Professor Bunner-Sorg back into my projects, especially the final presentation for the class in which I took some risks utilizing a green screen. His suggestions will help fix the technical issues that I had and make it flow much more smoothly.
All-in-all, I feel as though all of Professor Bunner-Sorg’s assignments had a purpose and showed a broad range of skills which could be extremely valuable in a future portfolio.
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