Post 8: Why Communications?

I have always been shy growing up. I was never able to easily make friends and the friends I did make took a while to form. Beginning of 9th grade year I became even worse socially. I was very introverted, shy, and hated talking to people. It wasn’t until 12-grade year when I decided that I wanted to do something with Video, Photo, and Design. Realizing that I needed to communicate through these talents I needed a base skill for these talents. I Chose communications because I thought it would be a good base value concerning how to communicate not only to people but also THROUGH my talents. It wasn’t until freshman year of college when I decided that I want to communicate on a larger scale such as social media through a large company. It fascinates me how communication online works and through various media. This is why I chose the concentration of media studies. It allows me to look in depth of social media and other venues to communicate digitally. As we are greatly increasing in digital mediums I thought it would be good to learn how these different mediums work and use them to their full potential. This is why I chose communication as my major. I want to communicate to people through my talents as well as digitally and online. Lastly I chose communications because it’s a well-rounded major. Instead of specifically majoring in design or video, I decided that having a well-rounded degree would help me later in life incase another recession hits. Communications seems like a good fall back plan that any company would prefer.

Interview

My interview went well. Except for that fact that I completely forgot to tell the interviewer that I went to High School. I jumped right into how I was part of a design internship. I spent little to no time pumping myself up in the beginning, which resulted in a short interview. But overall after that point my interview went well. Thankfully I was able to control voice and talking speed and had no problem with stumbling over my words. A few questions were surprising. The interviewer asked me an illegal question pertaining to my sexual orientation. I redirected the question and asked if he meant if my sexual preferences or believes will hinder my ability to work in a group, to which I said no. Another question that I was stumped on was "What is one thing that is surprising about you that we wont find on a resume". This took me a second to answer and so I asked if we could come back to the question at a later time. A few more questions were asked and I still wasn’t able to answer the question. The interview finished a few minutes later and finally at the end I was able to revisit the question when the interviewer asked if I had any questions for him. The interview ended, we shook hands, and I left. The interviewer was pleased with the interview. He stated that at first he was disappointed that I couldn't think of an answer to the earlier question but was impressed that I came back and answered it at the end. Overall I need to remember in an actual interview to really sell myself in the beginning. The interviewer said that those first 5 minutes are when you need to pull out all the stops and really promote yourselves. He said that I need to convince them that I will be the best thing for that company. I’m not fully sure if I agree with that. I prefer to come from complete honesty and be willing to say where my shortcomings are. Overall I think the interview went really well! I learned a lot from it and I am excited to see where this simulation will help me later when I actually go for a job.

3 Questions for my interview Monday.

1. Tell me About Yourself My name is Luke Pamer and I am a Freelance Visual Director. My passion for this field grew over the last year and a half as I participated in a year long internship with Overlake Christian Church. Through this internship I learned a lot about my self and working with others on a team. 2. Can you tell me more about that point? Yes. I worked on two teams at the church: The creative design team and the youth ministry team. The internship started out with 5 interns and doubled over the course of the year. Our team was close knit. The majority of interns, excluding me, worked in close working space. We had weekly meeting to encourage healthy intern relations and team building. I worked with a smaller design team, though. My team consisted of 4 other church employees and i was their intern specifically assigned to them. I quickly learned about their strengths and my own as well as their weaknesses and my own. We helped each other in the areas we were weak in and came together in the areas we were strong on in to produce something amazing. 3. What are our greatest Strengths and Weaknesses? My biggest weakness is the inability to say no to projects. While this may look good to an employer the drawback includes myself not being able to complete tasks i am given due to having too many tasks on my plate. I realized this one day when i promised a task to 5 separate branches of the church which were all, coincidently, due the same day. The outcome was the incompletion of all projects because i couldnt realize i was too stressed to say no to projects. My biggest strength is being a maximizer. In a nutshell, i dont like to do projects that will result in being mediocre. I prefer to make good ideas/projects in great ideas/projects. I continually strive to do my best in a project if i see the potential it could be. This came in the form of my team, during christmas, had an idea but wasnt able to put it to use. I was able to come in a help us create something that would really resonate with the congregation as a whole. This was one of my favorite art pieces and still hold value in it today.

Touching Taboos

According to the book there is no concrete definition for Touching Taboos. With that being said we can crete our own definitions based upon the two words put together. Touching is obviously the physical contact between two people. Taboos are the prohibited actions one could choose from. It would be safe to say that touching taboos are the prohibited actions one could choose to create physical contact between two people. Examples in the book include not touching strangers, harmful touches, startling touches, interruption touches and moving others. Some specific examples would include hitting, biting or slapping a person as an example of harmful touches or trying to give a massage to someone much like George Bush did to Chancellor Merkel. Even recently in my own life i have experienced some touching taboos. I remember about a year ago i was at a church camp with my youth group. There was a new guy in our group and he was on the Touchy-feely side of things. Even in the little amount of time he knew me, he was already trying to give me back and neck massages. Typically i am not against these. In fact, i am actually a huge fan of massages as long as i know you. But when i have no clue who you are or where you came from i become a little bit freaked out. Its deeply concerning that some people would be that open with a stranger with such an intimate act.

Accuracy of First Impressions.

Life is based upon first impressions. From the moment we meet someone we begin to judge them based upon what they look like, what they where, or how they talk. This moment is called a "Thin Slice" and can take anywhere between any amount of time. It is said that the longer we are around someone the more accurate our first impression will be. For example if we are around someone for 2 seconds our first impression will be less accurate than being around them for 30 minutes. Another example of this would be a recent experience experience experience had walking into a company. For the sake of the company i will not give their name. I control part of their media and social media outlets helping them reach the community via Facebook, Twitter, and several other social media sites. As part of a routine meeting, i walk into the building towards the conference room. Now, let me explain the context. My job allows me to wear what i want and with that being said i walk in with a black hoodie without the hood up. Before i was able to get past the front desk they immediately stopped me, asked me what my business there was, and asked to search my bag. After doing some explaining they quickly apologized and told me that there had been several thefts within the last week. They also informed me that they both were new staff members and wanted to try their best to stop these thefts. As we can see their first impressions were based upon what i was wearing. Even before they were able to meet me they already had a pre-determined image in their minds. Many of us do this daily with who we see. We label people based upon what they wear, skin color, ethnicity, gender, and many other factors. These all tend to be wrong first impressions and typically are the opposite of what we think. Another example would be the case of Susan Boyle from Britain's Got Talent. As Susan, a middle aged overweight woman who doesn't fit the social norm of what it means to be "beautiful", gets up to sing the crowd she is instantly booed and hissed at. The judges are even laughing at how she wants to try and sing. They give her a shot and what happens is something truly amazing. She destroys the misconception in peoples minds and sings her heart out which, at the end, receives a standing ovation from both the crowd and the judges. We see that the first impressions is radically different from what we expect. So what does this mean for us? This means that instead of judging someone by our first impressions we need to create an accurate impression based on time well spent with the person. We need to get to know others before we can judge them.

My Mission Statement

My Mission is to think, communicate, and share creatively the gospel to all people.

Past, Passions, Purpose.

I am Luke Pamer, living son of God reborn through Christ Jesus. Period. No ifs, ands, or buts. No prefixes, no nicknames. Simply, Luke Pamer. December 5th 1993. A young couple sits at a coffee stand discussing how their days went in beautiful portuguese. They have been together for almost 3 months now. They talk about the weather and whether or not they feel the same about each other. They playfully argue back and forth as they stair into each others dark brown eyes glimmering from the sunlight. They stand up and slowly walk back to the mans house as their sun-kissed hands intertwine. They slowly make their way back home. They sit down and discuss their deeper thoughts about life. They begin to kiss and slowly make their way to the bed. As they wake up the brazilian sun is shining through their window warming their skin as the light creeps across the room. The man tells the girl that he needs to go on a business trip for 3 weeks and starts to pack his bag. The woman begs him to come back to bed and to skip the trip. He insists that he needs to go, kisses her one last time and is off towards the airport. She watches as he walks away still starry eyed from the night with her man. 4 weeks pass but no sign of her lover returning. She starts to have morning sickness and the thoughts of being pregnant plagues her mind. Soon 4 weeks turns into 2 months and 2 turns to 4. The lump in her belly begins to become bigger and she can no longer hide it. She starts to become fearful for this child. She already has a younger child and cant support two on what she gets paid. The thoughts of adoption enter her mind. She cant give up now. As much as it pains her she needs to give up this child. August comes around sooner than she thinks. She starts to have 1 minute contractions and knows that its time for this child to enter into the world. For 21 days she raised this child. For 21 days she held tight to her small child. A family agreed to take the child under their wing. They were from america. They were white. The adoption battle was long and hard but 4 months later the families new son arrived in america. The child's brothers asked what his name was. As my father held me with tears in his eyes he whispered: Luke…Luke Pamer. While the details of how my birth mother and father came to know each other may be fictional, my adoption story is not. Growing up i have always had a passion for creative art. Whether that is through writing, drawing, videos, or photos i have always had a special place in my heart for creativity. The other thing i have always had a passion for is self-image among boys and men. According to popular beliefs in psychology, it is said that fathers are a boys first heros and boys gain their own self image through their father. Based upon how a child is raised can directly affect how a boy or man views himself later in life. I have heard heart breaking stories about how boys and men are now in drug addictions because they thought thats what a real man was. I have walked with friends through sexual addictions while they believed that having sex and living a lustful lifestyle is what makes a man. I have seen friends go to the brink of despair so that they may be considered a man. My passion is to rewrite the social norms of what it means to be a man. Through teaching and conversing about what it means to be a man my ultimate goal is to preach the gospel. I believe that Christ has given all mean a perfect example of what it means to be a man. I believe that if we are to grasp what it means to be like christ, we will ultimately grasp true masculinity. My purpose is to preach the gospel. I am hoping i am able to do the through my creative talents.