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Digital Marketing is the current course I am taking online at Full Sail University.  My expectations going into this course were that I would get a basic refresher of the things I learned in my undergrad program of media communications.  I also believed that I would be learning how to implement digital marketing strategies in able to promote my business.  I ultimately wanted to learn how to develop effective marketing plans, create a professional image using digital tools, and to create a dual networking platform in which mobile and full site services are available.  I have been in this course for a couple of weeks now and I do think that all of the goals I had for the course will be accomplished by the time I am done with it.  So far I have started to implement what I have been learning to maximize the views on my professional blog.  Even though I know that it will take some time, learning about what key words I need to use to help my page be seen closer to the top will help my blog and also my business when I create it.  

While in this class I started reading a new blog which is every inspirational and makes me think a lot about my place in this world and how I should change things for the future instead of the present. One of my favorite posts is titled Instead, and the post makes you think about the different choices that we have control in making in the business world.  

When it comes to the Legal Issues in Sports class I am so glad I am finally ending it.  This class was by far one of the hardest classes in my journey to getting my masters degree.  My goal was to understand the different concept and laws that I may have to face with sports and the media.  I reached some of my goal in understand how women’s sports are portrayed in the media in comparison to men’s.  I already knew that there was not equality when it came to men and women’s sports, but I never even thought about the way we as consumers watched it.  Men’s sports are shown and followed much more than women sports, and that isn’t even speaking of the professional level only. I remember when I played basketball in college our game was before the men’s game and the stands were almost empty at the start of our game, but by half time or late fourth quarter the gym was full in anticipation for the men’s game to start.  One day the perception of women’s sports will change and there will be better coverage.

I have survived more than half way through my masters program at Full Sail University and the class I am in now is sports management and operations. I first started thinking about this class in week one on my journey.  Since then I have been waiting for this class to jump start my business and take my min to the next level.  My goal for this course was to have a better understanding of sports management practices. I honestly think I reached that goal. I understand so much more than I thought I would have known.  One of the main things that I have learned was the process that sport agents have to go through to get and keep an athlete.  I have never wanted to be a sports agent but now I understand how they work and have a better respect for them as a profession.  

My main goal for the Business Storytelling and Brand Development class at Full Sail University was to learn how to brand my company in a way that will bring success.  In this course I have learned how to research my competitors and try to find ways to do better then them.  Building a strong foundation and presence in the market I will be in will help me get my brand noticed.  A lot of people think that building a business and branding it might not be a hard thing to do.  Brand building is an extensive process where you have to research, as well as compare products and ideas with the competition.  

I was one of those people who thought that starting a company would be easy and that it wouldn’t take a lot of work.  I was wrong on so many levels, there are so many different things to consider when starting a company.  Brand building is one of the first things to think of and understand when starting a business.  For my business this course was hard for me because I have so many different things I want to do and include in my corporation.  I want to have a homeless shelter, a basketball team, and also an organization that helps underprivileged youth get into sports.  With those being so different it is hard choosing one thing to focus on at a time.  I plan to incorporate what I have learned about researching my competitors to get an edge and to find new and innovated things to do with my company.  

This podcast lesson is perfect for any industry and person who would like to communicate more effective. There are so many times that I have been to a lecture or in a class and the teacher sounded like the woman off of the Charlie Brown show.  There are many speakers that have fallen short and even may have put a whole room to sleep during a lecture.  In my mind I think to myself that I would be a better speaker than that person and that everyone would want to listen to what I have to say.  My wishes are not always reality.  Julian Treasure gave out the seven deadly sins of communication in the podcast, which were: gossiping, judging, negativity, complaining, excuses, exaggeration, and dogmatism.  In my life I know that I have used all of those deadly sins.  Excuses have to be the one that I use the most, especially when it comes to doing my work and procrastination. If we as a society of communicators vowed not to use those sins we could live in a world without possible negative communication.  He also talked about the foundations of communication to stand on, which were: honesty, authenticity, integrity, and love.  These qualities have a lot to do with what you value as a person and how it reflects in your communication.  As a speaker there is a need for honesty and authenticity because who wants to listen to a liar or a fake.  To get people to listen to you and understand what you are saying there is a need for those four foundational pillars.  As I look forward to my career future I hope to follow Julian’s words of wisdom and stay away from those seven deadly sins. Use of those four foundational pillars will always come in handy for a lifetime of guidance. 

7 deadly sins

-       gossip

-       judging

-       negativity

-       complaining

-       excuses

-       exaggeration

-       dogmatism

4 foundations to stand on (HAIL)

-       honesty

-       authenticity

-       integrity

-       love

When I started taking the project and team management course at Full Sail University I knew in my mind that I would only learn about how to manage a team, and how to create a budget. While learning all the information I have in the course I learned how to read and understand people, and I learned the importance of resolving conflicts.  

I learned more about myself by taking a couple of different personality tests, in which I was labeled as a dominant personality and also a teddy bear.   I believe that my two results are complete opposites, which make sense because when it comes to conflicts and solving problems I tend to be level headed, and most of the times open to see both sides of the problem.  Taking my learned information about my personality types will help me become a better leader, and also find different ways to resolve the many conflicts that will happen with time.  I plan to work on a conflict resolution plan for both my homeless shelter and my basketball team.  Both plans will be reasonably different when it comes to the chain of command and also the ways the conflicts will have to be resolved.  

The different character studies I came across in the course time helped me see how different some individuals are and how they react to different situations.  I learned a lot from a character study about a rock climber named Alex Honnold and the ways he reacted to his many different climbs. What I learned from him is that if you stay calm and pace yourself then you can reach whatever goal you aim for. This is a key life lesson because many times we rush to reach our goals, and in doing that we miss key points and lessons along they way.  

When it comes to project management, team building is one of the key factors that many companies take for granted.  I learned how important it is to create a team atmosphere, while building and collaborating on different issues and projects.  The main concepts I took away from this course is that you need to build team chemistry from the beginning, and different personality types create a diverse group that also can create conflict.  As a manager or leader we must be ready for all conflict with a proper resolution and also a well put together timeline for less confusion.  

 Here is a link to the rock climber Alex Honnold’s interview:

https://youtu.be/SR1jwwagtaQ

 Here is a link to the DISC personality assessment: