perfect day.

I greatly enjoy Fridays. But this Friday was ESPECIALLY wonderful. Emily, the dog & I went up the canyon for a drive. The fall colors were absolutely AMAZING! Seriously. There is nothing like a fall drive to rejuvenate the soul if you ask me.

I love Logan Canyon.

After this we got to go to the Viewers Like You Show up on campus. For those who aren't aware, they are a ska band & an AWESOME one at that. What a lot of people may not know about me is that I LOVE TO SKANK DANCE. (Sounds scandalous, but it's simply the dance done during ska music.) It's so much fun! Aaron, Michael & I did some serious skanking & got a lot of people involved. It was a lot of fun, as always. VLY puts on such a good show!

This was the view I saw on the way to the show.

I LOVE LOGAN!

Stokes Nature Center

Today my group got in-depth with our midterm assignment. We're working with Stokes Nature Center to get them some publicity as well as help them plan ahead for their new center next summer. We met with Adria, the Program Coordinator today and she gave us some pretty good background info on the place. What they seem to be struggling with the most is getting people out there to the nature center. A lot of people don't even know where it is.
As a group, we came out with a few goals for the project:
1. Increase awareness of the center, where it's located, & what is offered
2. Target 3 audiences: families, college students, & Scouts. Survey them to see what they would like to see happen in the nature center.
3. Establish a program at the University; that way people can come out to the activities & are more likely to drive out to the nature center after they realize what it has to offer.

My job is to focus on the families of Cache County. At first I was a little unsure of how to go about doing this, but I've begun the process by emailing a woman at Logan City. I asked her if there was a way I could put a survey up ont he Logan City website or elsewhere where families of Cache County will see it. I've also contacted a few bishops in the community about getting in touch with the LDS community.
I've come up with a survey of questions for families to fill out:
1. Do you know where Stokes Nature Center is located?
2. How often do you visit the Center?
3. What interests you most about the outdoors?
4. What would you like your kids to be involved in & learn about concerning the outdoors?
5. What programs would you like SNC to offer in the future?
6. Other thoughts/comments

Adria said the overall goal for the center was community awareness. If the community is more aware of the center and it's programs, the center is going to thrive.

la musica.

All summer I went through an insane JAZZ phase: Michael Buble, Herbie Hancock, Amy Winehouse, Gabriela Cilmi, etc. etc.
It is safe to say that I have finally moved onto another phase.. which is good, because this summer was awful & now every time I hear jazz I kind of want to die.
The current phase I am going through:

Not sure how to classify this recent love for these bands. All I know is that I can't stop listening to Undisclosed Desires (Muse), Thunder (Matisyahu), All I Need (Radiohead), Us & Them (Pink Floyd), & Teardrop (Massive Attack).
I highly recommend all of these.

I am enjoying this phase of chill relaxing music before winter comes & I dip into my emo stage until the snow melts. Emo stage = Sigur Ros, Sufjan Stevens, Elliot Smith, Damien Rice, etc.
I call it my Hibernation Phase.

General Conference.

General Conference is a widely broadcasted, 2-day long meeting that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds every 6 months. Each April/October, millions of viewers from across the world tune in through radio, television, & sattelite to hear the words spoken by the leaders of their Church.
Whether you are Mormon or not, it is not hard to see how Public Relations may fall into category with such a largely broadcasted event. I am sure they have extensive marketing, public relations, & broadcasting efforts to make sure the weekend goes smoothly.
If I were a PR Agent for the Church I would communicate with the broadcast stations to make sure there would be no problems come Conference time. I would communicate with church leaders in the states as well as across the country to make sure they know what to tell the members of their wards & branches. I would issue a press release to those leaders detailing how everything is going to work that weekend.
This is something that requires months of preperation, something the Church understands, which is why the General Conference sessions always go so smoothly!

somewhat funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf-Wm5gf_mk&feature=related

I bet his PR Agents had quite the crisis to deal with after this.
Poor Conan.