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2A

To be honest, I have used someone else’s creative work before. At that time, I don’t think that was a problem. It’s because I’m only using it for homework purposes and I will never use it for commercial purposes. Also, many professors told me that, you can use anything online. Since you are using it for an educational purpose and you will not profit from it. So I have used someone’s work before until I took advanced image editing. When I took image editing, we are required to use our own work. We have to take our own photo and use it to edit. I remember professor Lcarr teaching us a lesson in copyright. I learn the importance of giving credit and citing resources. So I started to site and give credits to people, the work that put it in my portfolio stated where I got the photo from and what typeface I have used.

2B

The outcome of Ms. Fairey’s case didn’t really surprise me a lot. It’s because I know copyright is a big problem in the creative world and it happens a lot. Most of the time the outcome of violating copyright is to pay the actual dollar amount of damages and profits. However, I didn’t know that violating the copyright will put you in prison. He got put in prison for six months for saying that he owns the photograph.

I think this case is very important to the creative world because the penalties for violating are serious in this case. Not just paying the fee, you will be getting in prison. So the case gives a serious example of don’t try to violate copyright.

“Shepard Fairey And AP Settle Copyright Dispute Over ‘Hope’ Poster.” Npr, 2011, www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/01/12/132860606/shepard-fairey-and-ap-settle-copyright-dispute-over-hope-poster.

According to the chapters of what I read in the AIGA Guide. I found out that the chapters on “the use of photography” stood out the most. The AIGA said that photographer will sell their photos for a license not the copyright of the photo. This stood me out a lot because photography is something that related to me a lot during my internship. I was working with a lot of photos in making brochures. Before starting to make it, Tk told me that they have brought a few stock photos for the program. But when I open the stock photos folder I don’t think the photos fit what we are doing. So I ask Tk to buy some stock photos for future use. At the same time, I looked at other websites such as Pexel and Pixabay for license-free photos.

“Resources.” AIGA, www.aiga.org/resources.

On the other hand, I didn’t sign a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement for the internship. However, I understand the importance of the agreement. And I have mentioned that with Tk before. I ask her about, can I show this in my portfolio or internship class as progress. Sometimes her response to me is yes, sometimes no. So, I understand that not everything can show or tell others. Some of the projects that I worked with aren’t published by our clients yet. So I couldn’t show it to the class.

“Non Disclosure Agreement.” Scribd,

www.scribd.com/document/91894008/Non-Disclosure-Agreement.

This week, Tyrah finished her internship hours and she was here for the last week. We wrap things up and we say goodbye to Tyrah. We have a final meeting with her! She made a presentation of what she did during her internship period… Such as her SOP, market research, and competitor research. She points out what we are missing as our program compares to other business programs. We don’t have a social media account such as Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram to promote our program. After her presentation, she handed everything to Shahana to follow up. Since Shahana started her internship late. She got more hours than us. So she will probably stay a little bit longer with Tk. Lastly, We say thank you to her for everything that she did. It’s nice to work with you Tyrah!

As I was working on the deliverables for TK. I asked her “Have we brought stock photos for our program?”  And she answered me “ We have a few but not much,” So I researched a lot of photos online and started to look at is it license free, is there copyright and do I have to give credits to the photographer? It’s because when I do school work, things aren’t money related. As a student we can use anything that we like because we aren’t publishing it. But when we are working in the field we have to keep a mind to it. Or, we are going to get in trouble. From what I found out, photos from Pexels and Pixabay are license free, where you don’t have to give credits to the photographer. Here’s the site :www.pexels.com/ , https://pixabay.com/ 

 

Some of the sites that I found that have great stuff in it are vecteezy and freepik. They are the sites that have a lot of elements like mockup, photos, vector and raster images. However, in order to use it we need memberships or give credits to the author. 

Here’s the site: https://www.freepik.com/  , https://www.vecteezy.com/

I have joined an orientation and finance session that Tk hosted earlier in March. The meeting was about women’s history months and how people should finance as a company and as an individual. Especially as a woman, you should keep a mind about money. You need to save money, spend money wisely and invest in things. Everyone who attended the meeting was from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, they are all directors, managers, interns, and MPM’s partner. The session was great. I learned more finance skills and have an idea that I have to save money “ the earlier the better” and we shouldn’t use up every single paycheck that we get. The money that you save today will help you one day. 

On the other hand, I have learned a bit of American history from the meeting. I have heard about the story of Sojourner Truth, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Amelia Earhart. They are all famous females throughout history. Amelia Earhart is an American Aviator who has championed a lot of women in aviation and she has many records. So she is considered one of the women figures. On the other side, Eleanor Roosevelt and Sojourner Truth are more like political figures. Sojourner Truth is a former slave and she’s outspoken for abolition. Eleanor Roosevelt was the first lady who wrote magazine columns and hosted weekly shows. She is an inspiring and powerful person. In the end, I would say that I enjoyed the session with Tk and the attendees were very nice and knowledgeable from their presentation and speech that they did. 

Here is the agenda for the meeting:

 

Shahana and Tyrah are both interns that I work with within MPM. We are always working as a team and they are my new friends! They are college students that study a different major. Shahana was studying human resources and Tyrah was studying business management and they are both from Brooklyn College. So we talked about SOPs with Tk, Tyrah, and Shahana in the Microsoft team. I have never heard of SOP before and I brought up the question to them: what is an SOP? They answered my question by sharing their documents with me. So an SOP is a procedure specific to your operation. This means SOP is a draft that has all the procedures and details that you need to have. As simple as we have to eat breakfast. Then they will list out the procedures such as buying food the day before, waking up at 6 tomorrow, cooking the egg with a pan, and eventually eating breakfast. So SOP was being created in all of the projects that we are working on. Eventually, we will follow all the procedures or we will make a change. I think SOP is a procedure that all of us should have when we do something, not only a business event. It’s because creating an SOP will give you a guide of what you should do and how you do it. 

Here’s the document that Tyrah shared with me with the project for the Women History Month meeting.

 

In the middle of my internship (nearly 80 hours),  I would like to do a self evolution. I will do another one at the end and trying to see did I change or not.

At this moment I would say that we all did a great job as an intern. I couldn’t say I did a good job because I was working in a team with Tyrah and Shahana. I need to give credits to my team members as well. I said that we did a good job because all of us aren’t experienced like TK or Edwin. But we worked out as a team. Tk gives us a lot of freedom in our work. She let us have our decision-making, she often said: “I don’t know. You are the boss here, you show us what is the best solution to these problems. I’m here to look at them and approve them”. So I was having freedom of picking colors, fonts, and ways to present the work. I know that I have been kept saying that I’m glad that we made it out as a team. It’s because all of us are still in college, we are busy with traffic, class, projects, and the job itself. When everything is happening on the same day it’s very harsh. So we understand each other’s situation and we take each other’s roles and shifts to try to make things soft if it’s necessary.

Talking about communication, if I being miss informed by TK, I would just snap TK a text message and ask her for clarification. If TK is very busy and she doesn’t reply, Then I go to Shahana or Tyrah and ask them about it.

Here’s one of the conversations that I have with Shahana asking about the meeting that has been hosted in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Before starting a position I went through training, orientations, and one on one meetings. Within all of these prepping processes that I did with Tk and Edwin. I know that we have a lot of freedom in our job. We can have flexible schedules and a wide dressing code. In the dressing code, tank tops, flip flops, or pajamas aren’t allowed. “And of course, no one would wear flip flops or tank tops during winter, LOL !” said Edwin. Edwin was the program manager who loves to joke around, stay positive and he’s a problem solver. I have emailed him and texted him every time I have a problem. Problems such as scheduling, setting up emails, documents, and ID, he helped me with everything. Moreover, he always has positive feedback and he replies to emails very very fast. 

 

Even though I’m working hybrid, I have never been to the office yet. It’s because due to covid the yard was being half-closed. I will be in the office in the middle of March, then I will know how’s the office looks like; Is it an open work area; What is next to the yard; How’s the food inside the yard…etc. 

 

I’m currently working on a flexible schedule. I mix my schedule with class and work together. So I work for the Brooklyn Navy for around 4 hours every weekday. (Maybe 5 or 6 hours sometimes.) However, the time is different every day. Maybe I work during the morning on Monday, then I might work in the afternoon on Thursday. My supervisor Tk gives me a lot of freedom. She doesn’t care a lot about the schedule. Since she believes in me that I could work individually without supervision. Eventually, we send her an update of what we did, what problem we have or faced…etc. If I have a problem, I will send her a text or an email. So I would say that we have good communication going on.