When I was told that the BCM302 cohort were undergoing two consecutive peer reviews I was so excited. It was interesting to see what feedback my peers had on my work but I always wanted to follow up, to know more. Now we get the chance! I have touched base with both Trent and Carla to see how they’re going with the amazing projects they are working on.
At first glance, Trent’s twitter wasn’t showing any progression reports or updates which made discussing and providing feedback a bit of a challenge. In saying this, I decided to dig into what Trent had originally pitched and find out how the building 29 team were coming along with this general ideology. Trent had stated within his pitch that the B29 aim was to educate students on what services were available in the building while also teaching them how to use said services and technology.
I would suggest that Trent uses his personal twitter to provide updates in really get across what his part of the B29 team is. It is evident that Trent has contributed amazing work through the team’s twitter page but it would extremely helpful to see these updates from his perspective. In saying this, B29 have been tweeting updates that align with what Trent was wanting to achieve with his part of the team design. Examples from what I found are below.
Here we can see that the instruction on how to use certain technology is available, aligning exactly with what Trent stated he wanted to achieve in the B29 team.
A large part of Trent’s pitch was surrounding his background in marketing and media. He had pitched differing logos to the BCM302 cohort and had planned to discuss and use this feedback to settle on a simple yet effective design. I have seen through the setting up of B29’s twitter that once of these drafts has been chosen after careful consideration and inclusion from Trent’s classmates. Trent’s mood board has also influenced the media and marketing style that B29 has been putting out and really suits the vibe of the whole project.
Trent states that having a feedback loop was an imperative part of his project so it would be really interesting to see some updated information regarding what his peers are saying about the B29 project and what they need more of to succeed in using the facilities.
Upon searching through Carla’s Twitter for project updates I found an absolute abundance of progression and discussion which was amazing. Carla’s project ‘CafeAmigos’ was one that really stood out to me in my first peer review, mainly due to her originality, design and eagerness to bring her peers together. I originally stated that I was interested to see where the project would go and gave advice regarding TikTok advertising and marketing. What specifically caught my eye was how quickly and efficiently Carla had set up her sign up page.
I was really impressed with this as I found that this was a crucial first step in implementing exactly what CafeAmigos was all about- community. Carla had also been plugging her socials through Twitter, had showed her podcast script progress and had even gone so far as to post her first blog and podcast online.
Another thing that struck me was how easy it was to see Carla’s narrative from starte to finish due to her natural updates that followed a casual timeline. This took the reader (me) on a start to finish journey for CafeAmigos which made providing feedback super easy. I felt caught up in no time. It was interesting to see how Carla had stuck to her original pitch goals.
If I could give any advice, I would love to see updates and sneak peeks about the people Carla instends to interview as I feel like this will be a big drawing card for the upcoming episode. To have teasers will allow students to see people they may know and want to tune in (not that her amazing marketing wouldn’t do that anyway!). One thing that I noticed and took into consideration for my own project was that Carla stuck to her production plan. Within her pitch post she stated that she wanted to create a “prototype” and “ will start off firstly by producing YouTube videos, TikTok and Instagram reels.”. Carla has clearly done this and has utilised this feedback to create her first podcast. This has inspired me to follow along her journey and understand her projects utility as well as the whole purpose of CafeAmigos.
I also noticed that Carla had implemented her original research into her project’s progression. She had originally sourced design prototype ideologies from Richard F. Gerson. This “explores the quantitative and qualitative measurements we need to collect in order to analyse and understand business climates, so that we are able to make appropriate decision making to exceed customer’s expectations of our products and services.” CafeAmigos has clearly done this by testing her audience and using these tests to make improvements and provide her audience with what they want. I’m really excited to see more with this project.
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