What have you learned from your experience working on your group projects?

My group project for Little Kids Rock non-profit organization was the most stressful project I have ever worked on in my whole MSU college career thus far. I am NOT a fan of group projects at all, especially in school. I do not like group projects because you never know the work methods of those involved in the project and if it will mesh with your working methods. Everyone has a different schedule and you need to work around that. It is also difficult and frusterating to have to give detailed directions to people on what exactly it is they need to do, its just more work on me to give that extra breath. With this project I have learned how to think outside of the box and come up with strategies in order to raise money. I created a donation jar that was decorated with the LKR pamphlet. I approached students on campus that I knew personally and those that I did not know to give any amount of donation. There were faculty at MSU that also made simple donations to the jar. I would have never approached people that I did not know but I told myself that its for a good cause and the worst I could get is a "No" or "I don't have any money on me". I also recieved donations from employees at my job at Love Culture. I was able to raise over $120.00 by myself with that donation jar. I also learned how to write a press release (where I had to do my own research on the organization by reading fact sheets, pamphlet, website etc.), how to write an audio news release, and how to write up a measurement report. I also learned that being organized and working in a timely manner is also key to setting up a successful event. The event took place at the Alexus steakhouse and we raised over $254.00. Setting up and being at this event helped me to practice giving information to those who had questions about the organization. Although there was no media that covered the event in person, those who attended the event and had questions for me to answer was also a helpful way to practice for future media coverage that would approach me and ask about what the purpose of an event was. What I also learned from this project is that I needed to adapt to everyone elses work ethic and schedules. It was extremely stressful having to constantly call/text group members because not everyone is available when you try to contact them. I also learned how to put together a portfolio of the work that was done throughout the project. This will helped me in future PR projects on how to organize and make a portfolio that is presentable and professional. Overall, I was satisfied with the outcome of the event and the amount of donations that were made.