This past week was a busy one. Not only did my PR class at Loyalist College have assignments due, we also had to help put on the second annual Media Mash-Up! It was an exhausting day, but it was also a lot of fun.
Media Mash-Up is an event exclusively for the students in a media program at the college. Loyalist's school of media studies has over 500 students in it and the college pub, where the event was held, only holds about 300 students. So it was first come, first serve for ticket sales. Students are invited to preform a musical act or simply attend.
We even made up a game called the "name pair" game, where we had a bunch of different pairs written out on stickers and there were two people at each entrance handing them out as the students arrived. If they found the matching name at the event, they were to take their partner to the prize table and collect one prize each. An example of a matching pair would be "Barney Rubble" and "Betty Rubble" (Barney had to find their Betty). Even though some people didn't quite grasp the idea, they still had a blast trying to find their pair and loved the prizes they got to choose even more. This game also helped to simulate "networking" and got students from all different media programs to interact.
There was a large range in musical talent as well, from a guy who played Lady Gaga's "Poker face" on his harmonica to a girl who sang and played the keyboard and even acts from my very own PR class.
The event, which ran from 6 p.m. -- 9:30 p.m., was a sold-out event and a big success I believe.
It was a lot of fun helping to sell the tickets and helping to set up the pub. Everyone did a great job at pitching in, from selling tickets to classrooms, setting up or collecting prizes (which included 100 iTunes gift cards, Loyalist College clothing, Cd's and DVDs and a computer speaker set from Future Shop.)
I wish that this wasn't my last year because I can't wait to see what is done next year!
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