This week flew by at the office, I was a little busy bee working on a lot of stuff.
Tuesday I send out multiple email blasts to the coaches and teams that competed at the most recent cheerleading and dance competitions. It's a good way to show appreciation and thanks to the various teams that support AmeriCheer and AmeriDance. It also allows them to get various deals for registering for their next AmeriCheer or AmeriDance Competition.
Another thing I worked on Tuesday was the U.S. Finals Bid Submission form from the Winter Wonderland competition in Sandusky, Ohio. I typed in all of the teams that competed; along with their coaches' contact information, their scores from the weekend and the place they received.
Thursday (today) I worked on designing a PDF that will be on the AmeriCheer website. This PDF will show all the discounts that the coaches and athletes can get when attending any of the 2013 Summer Camps. It also shows the discounts that coaches and athletes can get with Victory Wear; which is the clothing line that AmeriCheer and AmeriDance deal with. This is a great opportunity for new teams as well as those who have already attended an AmeriCheer camp in the past, it allows them to get discounts and save money!
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Constant Contacts to the Rescue
Now that I have the feel of my new class schedule I have finally worked out times and days to work at AmeriCheer. Though I can only work there two days a week, I know I will still learn a lot and get a great experience.
This week I learned some new things and also got to put my skills that I had to work. I learned Tuesday how to work with Constant Contacts. Which is a website online that allows you to save all the contacts you want in different categories. For instance say you want to send an email to 10 of your 50 contacts; instead of typing out all of their addresses in an email, Constant Contacts allows you to make a list with those addresses and allows you to create a email blast for that list. So if I want to create a thank you email blast to all the cheerleading teams that competed in last weeks competition I would add the addresses in a separate list, create a design using their templates, add words and pictures and then schedule to when I want it sent out. It's that easy!
I never heard of such a website that allows you to keep organize like that. It was interesting to learn and was super easy! The templates are easy to work with and I was able to change just about anything.
The other thing I learned this week was how to properly put in scores from the competitions into an excel sheet; an excel sheet that would later get passed onto the next level. I had to put in scores from the AmeriCheer Competition that was held last weekend and also scores from a AmeriDance competition.
The other thing I did this week was I finished creating the 2013 summer camp check list for campers. I made it in InDesign, incorporated the AmeriCheer logo, the Eastern logo, the dates of the camp, the list of things and the college where it will be held that.The list will be found online and it will help the girls when they are packing for cheer camp.
This week I learned some new things and also got to put my skills that I had to work. I learned Tuesday how to work with Constant Contacts. Which is a website online that allows you to save all the contacts you want in different categories. For instance say you want to send an email to 10 of your 50 contacts; instead of typing out all of their addresses in an email, Constant Contacts allows you to make a list with those addresses and allows you to create a email blast for that list. So if I want to create a thank you email blast to all the cheerleading teams that competed in last weeks competition I would add the addresses in a separate list, create a design using their templates, add words and pictures and then schedule to when I want it sent out. It's that easy!
I never heard of such a website that allows you to keep organize like that. It was interesting to learn and was super easy! The templates are easy to work with and I was able to change just about anything.
The other thing I learned this week was how to properly put in scores from the competitions into an excel sheet; an excel sheet that would later get passed onto the next level. I had to put in scores from the AmeriCheer Competition that was held last weekend and also scores from a AmeriDance competition.
The other thing I did this week was I finished creating the 2013 summer camp check list for campers. I made it in InDesign, incorporated the AmeriCheer logo, the Eastern logo, the dates of the camp, the list of things and the college where it will be held that.The list will be found online and it will help the girls when they are packing for cheer camp.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Starting Somewhere
This week counted as number one for the semester, but at my internship with AmeriCheer it was week number two. With classes starting and practices in the evenings it was very hard to find time to go into work, but I think I have found a schedule I can work with for the semester. So let the busy semester begin!
While I was at the office this week I continued to build up the database for the AmeriDance competition that will be happening in the future. I found other colleges in the area of Columbus and Richmond, Ohio that have dance teams. As I continued to build that up I also got to do some designing, my favorite thing! I was brought a piece of paper to work on Wednesday and was told to make it pretty. So I opened up Indesign and got to work!
I designed a 3 page cheerleading summer camp schedule and a summer camp check list for the cheerleaders that will be attending. I really liked the how it turned out in the end and I'm very happy with what I created. I cannot wait to continue to use my skills and continue to learn new skills through designing. I enjoy creating graphics on the computer and the fact that I get to do that through cheerleading makes me one happy girl.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Start
Today I started rebuilding the database by searching collegiate dance teams within the states of Ohio, Pennsalyvia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. With the competition season getting started it's time to build a strong and supportable database that will help us in the future.
After my first day of working I am excited to get involved with AmeriCheer and the AmeriDance corporation. Being a fellow cheerleader myself I am excited to put my positive, hard working skills to work.
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