What did you learn about teams, yourself, and marketing?

After taking COMM 296 Marketing, I realized that marketing is not simply about selling and promoting a product. It consists of other elements including supply chain management in Human Resources and break-even point in Finance. It is such an important and useful course for any entrepreneur who want to establish a business. While having meetings with my team members, I learned to respect others’ ideas instead of immediately rejecting them. We also tried to divide the work fairly according to our strengths. For example, because I am not good at proofreading, I did more research instead.

What skills did to enhance or develop, if any?

I enhanced my research and analytical skills from doing the Marketing assignments. Before, I would just take down any relevant information I found and did not try hard to find more scholastic information. Now I would try to spend more time to search for some in-depth and valid resources. In addition, I developed some communication skills through my team. Instead of simply typing all my ideas on a paper, I would try to explain my opinions and convince my team first.

What would you do differently next time?

I would try to learn media skills first and help working on my team’s video. I would like to learn how to cut videos from other resources and combine them into one. Also, I hope I could take a lead in my team and be more organized. Most of our meetings were directly after the class, and sometimes one or more people could not attend. We also began the video a little bit late, so we could not spend a lot of time making the video together. If we could have one more chance, we would definitely start the project earlier.