5 Minute Presentation Reflection.

What would you say stood out about your presentation performance and what was most challenging to do and why? 


The thing that I would say stood out in my presentation performance was that I gave a lot of facts and was able to give examples to back up these facts. The most challenging to do was probably to try and remember what I wanted to say. Also, another factor that made it challenging was that there are some people I'm at odds with in the house and I felt so uneasy about having to present in front of them because I felt like I was being judged, which is something I know I have to get over, but everything went better than expected.

Interview 1 Reflection.

What is the most important thing I learned from the interview and why? 

I learned a lot of helpful information from the person I interviewed. The most important thing I learned was the whole process of what a fashion buyer does, which really opened my eyes. I had a much better understanding of the field because she explained it so thoroughly and in-depth that simple research on the internet could not answer. I decided to go with visual fashion merchandising, however, because I want my senior project topic to have a creative outlet that went along with it. Fashion buying is more of the business side, however, working under a visual merchandiser will let me be creative while still learning aspects of both visual and fashion merchandising.

5-Minute Presentation Rough Draft. :D

Objective: 

My objective is to teach students about the history of visual merchandising and how it evolved into today’s elaborate displays of window art in different fashion stores. I also plan on giving a very basic definition of what visual merchandising is.

Procedure:

1. First, I will hook the audience by saying something along the lines of saying, “Have you ever walked into a store and saw a product displayed that makes you want to buy it right away?” and proceed to say that it is the job of the visual merchandiser’s to do that.
2. From that, I will lead into saying the definition of visual merchandising. “Visual merchandising is the art of putting window displays together and figuring out where merchandise is placed in order to get the most sales possible.”
3. Then I will dive into the history of visual merchandising. I will discuss how stores used to display products in a way that generates interest from consumers. But with the advent of new technology that allowed for large panes of glass to be produced, department stores adopted it and pioneered the way for visual merchandising. Then I will discuss how the career and language of visual merchandising came to be.
4. I will quickly restate the job of a visual merchandiser and then ask questions pertaining to my presentation.

Check For Understanding:

I will ask questions at the end of my presentation to make sure they understand, like “What is the job of a visual merchandiser?”

Resources/Materials: 

I will need a poster board of pictures from the late 1800’s to today of different displays of window art to show the evolution of it.

Interview Check.

Who are you interviewing and why?


I am interviewing Melissa Blankership from the Anchor Blue corporate offices. She is the senior buyer for men's shirts in the fashion merchandising department. I am interviewing her because of her level of expertise in the field and because she can give me a better understanding of what the fashion merchandising business entails.

You've been assigned five questions. What other questions would you like to ask?


I would like to know what are the skills used in the business of fashion merchandising and what ways you can go about getting a job in fashion merchandising.

Career

Exit Interview

I-Search

Independent Study 1

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Interviews

Math

Presentations

Product

Topic

What is your topic?

My topic is fashion merchandising.

Why did you choose this topic?

I chose this topic  because this is what I want to do in my future. I love fashion, however, I do not want to design, so I feel like doing the business side of fashion while still being able to be around clothes allows me to use the skills I have very effectively.

What do you hope to accomplish after studying this topic all year?

After studying this topic all year, I hope to accomplish having a better understanding of what my future career entails and possibly have my foot in the door for connections to a fashion merchandising internship at the Anchor Blue corporate offices.

Research Semester 2

Science Fair

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