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Tales Of a (College) Commuter
Did I mention I was a commuter in college? I made the most of it and I loved it. A friend in college once questioned my love for commuter life at college, saying “Katie (my nickname) I bet you really actually would like to live on campus.” What did I tell him?: “Yup, Rob (not his real name) I would, but I wouldn’t be able to attend here and live on campus, I’m thankful enough that I get to finish my degree here as it is. Rob was a commuter too, mind you. What seemed like every other person at college whether they live on campus or not I swear:…
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Living with Razor Sharp Convictions
What a great weekend its been at District Blitz! From helpful seminars and rallies to great moments with students and leaders alike. This weekend and the students have taught me things. Leadership should be a life of good examples not just telling people what is good and bad. It should be about not only correcting mistakes when they happen but also avoiding them by the way you lead. I went to a great seminar about convictions and I loved that the speaker talked about how important it is to stand by your Bible based/fact based convictions, but how to approach others with them as well. You shouldn’t hurt people with…
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Loved
I’m at District Blitz this weekend with the high school youth group I volunteer with. The theme this weekend is Real Jesus, and we’re talking about the love of Christ. God loves us no matter our circumstances, no matter our relationships, no matter our sin. I’ve mentioned God’s love before, I will again because it’s important. Love is about being honest with tact, being there for others. “Sin is fun but it will never fulfill.” – Zane Black It was cool to see Zane live as our youth group had watched a Dare 2 Share Ministries series called the Gospel Journey. This was a good challenge I believe, the quote…
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The Business of Email
Social Media is important, but so is email; it can’t be too often, not too little, great content, helpful links, engaging ideas and titles, a lot goes into a good email. While working a contract role at a private k-12 in my area I learned how MailChimp worked. I used their templates but had to figure out how to edit in the up-to-date information each time (about weekly). I have also created a MailChimp account of my own to see what it looks like to try and brand an email from scratch, its an interesting and engaging process, thinking through every element and how you want to greet the receiver.…
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Watching the Tube
Many high Schoolers admit it’s their favorite platform, but for many people, they go to YouTube more than they turn on regular old TV. Whether it’s to learn, for comedy, or just for entertainment, it’s a huge part of our culture today. I heard on the radio once that now one of the number one career choices kids have in mind as they grow up is to be a “YouTuber”. Whether or not you think that’s a legitimate choice or not it shows the importance and impact of this platform. For my apprenticeship program, I decided I wanted to combine marketing, education, and self improvement of my on camera skills…
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On-Site Value Comunication
If you haven’t guessed by the platform this was written on I know WordPress.org. I enjoyed putting my website together, for the most part, I’ll admit it was a bit of a learning experience though, figuring out where all the settings were and what not. I have created galleries, posted multiple photos, developed my portfolio, added a subscribe button, created a contact form, among other elements. I’ve even added analytics so I can see what parts of my site get the most hits. WordPress.org is a great software and I’ve learned how to make it work well for my needs and purposes. Websites can show off so much great work…
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Text Me, Message Me, If You Wanna Reach Me
What’s the sich? Yeah I know…I watched a lot of Kim Possible in the 2000s. To be honest its my text tone on my phone, when it’s not on silent. Also there’s other ways to reach me than just texts and messages. That said, I use multiple platforms for messaging, calling, and video chatting and although I have my personal favorites I understand quite a few, and see the value in them. Favorites Personal – I really love iMessage and Facetime from Apple, I can send diverse messages, and see the messages come in cleanly on all my platforms. It’s so easy! I also really like Facebook messenger. Especially since…
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A Blank Canva
I have come to love design. Since middle of college when I started finding great tools, and teaching myself, and learning what I like. Canva is one of the main tools I use for design. I love the fact that there’s templates to use, but that I can do with them whatever I want. Usually I just get inspired by the templates and then rework them to make them my own. The templates show my what elements, and styling professionals have used that looks good so I can know I’m going in a great direction. Though I also enjoy starting some from scratch. It goes back to the fact that…
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A Suite Drive
I got a gmail account fall of 2010. I never looked back. I was working in a group project and they wanted to use what was docs at the time. It was annoying to change my email, but I’m so glad I did. Since then I’ve started to use the attached calendar, and even upload videos to Google’s affiliate, YouTube. Google drive is a great tool for me to share any item I need to with anyone and have it safely accessible anywhere. I’ve used templates, I’ve uploaded images. I’ve created folders, used the account throughout college, and now for keeping track of miscellaneous items that are better stored in…
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Adobe Photo Suite 101
As I apply for jobs I’m trying to learn more skills that will be helpful. One of those included trying adobe software. So today I’m going to explain how I’ve used the photo editing apps. Lightroom It’s like the Instagram app, but with far more options. I then realized presets were an important element and found some on the internet. Although they may be important and helpful for learning they aren’t an all in one solution. Playing with the features is a key to starting out on this one, seeing what you like and how you can achieve the desired styling. Here are images I changed the lighting on. I…
