Written Content

• TED Talk OutlineDecember 12, 2017
  Introduction Temple Attendance Wishlist to Lifestyle The Problem Goals Money, graduating, health, spiritual Set goals—nothing happens How to we get things done? Priorities Missionary planner Caused productivity, motivation, felt successful Not successful AFTER mission! Priorities changed Can’t just change priorities because you think you should Priorities went from baptize converts to be entertained How do…
• Debate OutlineNovember 7, 2017
  2 Minutes Opening- Pro-Transgender student 2 Minute Opening—ME! STATISTICS Power statement Be very confident to bring their attention and make them feel good about your presentation People of all ages are becoming more and more aware of the rising transgender trend. I am arguing for the school and the principal in saying that this transgender…
• The Superlative Adventures of Bruce the Paraplegic Ghost Rocket Ninja: A SummaryOctober 31, 2017
  I presented this comic strip video in a professional presentations class at BYU-Idaho. The story is based off of a childhood story my friend, Michaela Bennion, wrote while she was in high school. The video follows the origin story of how Bruce, a typical 14 year old boy, becomes a superhero. The story is told…
• Familiar As StrangeOctober 12, 2017
  As college students, we participate in a very frequent activity that is just plain weird! Let me describe it to you. To start off, we plan this task only sometimes. A lot of the time, we just kind of start doing it, without even realizing. Every once and a while, when we have had a…
• Black and White Ad CampaignJuly 8, 2017
  Great things come in black and white. Especially when it’s made by Nabisco, and they’re Oreo’s. Nabisco made a really great ad campaign for Oreo, and I created another ad as part of the same campaign for my wonderful design class. I also created and designed a slide presentation to point out the various elements…
• Swept AwayJune 17, 2017
  We all see creative ads on a daily basis. We find them everywhere—HBO, Google, Netflix, Walmart, Vogue, and so many other mediums. We take them for granted and don’t really recognize the fact that it’s NOT a literal image. I did’t realize how often I skimmed over a figurative, creative ad until I made one…
• An Iconic Night at the Opera HouseMay 26, 2017
  Phantom of the Opera is a classic musical that has mystery, deception, operas, and danger. With the Phantom lurking, anybody is within reach with his “magical lassoo,” as cast members put it. The target audience is fans like myself who love Phantom of the Opera- whether they are closet fans or public fans. These icons…
• Will it Matter in 1,000 Years?- A Magazine SpreadMay 12, 2017
  Lds.org has many great articles. One of my favorite articles found on that website is called “One Question that Puts Life in Perspective”, by Stephen Jones. I created a magazine spread for his article as part of a class assignment at BYU-I, and would like to present it to you in this blogpost. I know, you’re super…
• The Benefits of JournalismMay 11, 2017
  Brother Lane Williams, a Communications Professor at BYU-I, gave an inspiring presentation about the power of news, the reliance the world has on news, and the strongest medium for receiving news—journalism. Brother Williams issued some “challenges”, as he called them, to the Communications Students. There were a few that really stuck out to me. The…
• Make Photography Look Like Magic!April 29, 2017
  That’s right. Those instagram pictures that your friends post always seem beyond your ability, but if you follow these three, simple steps, your Instagram pictures will become visual masterpieces that even your frenemies will admire. Rule of Thirds When the image is sectioned into these nine, equidistant rectangles, the symmetry is clearly identified. The building is…
• Experience—Scroll and SoapboxApril 27, 2017
  Communications is a very exciting topic. On campus at Brigham Young University-Idaho, there are many opportunities to gain experience that is preparatory for future careers. Today in Comm 100, we had visitors from various campus groups–Soapbox and Scroll. Soapbox is the advertising agency on campus, and Scroll is the newspaper. Scroll really interested me because…
• Typography is Good for the SoulApril 26, 2017
  Especially when it is an uplifting statement, like the following: This is a picture quote from an Instagram user, @lift.inspire.share. I chose this item to analyze for a reverse engineer post because it is a great example of how to use typography to your advantage. There are multiple elements and a strong sense of contrast,…
• The Reverse Engineering of Iron ManApril 21, 2017
  Sorry, Iron Man, but it’s my turn to engineer something. You can take a seat for this one. This is an official Avengers Age of Ultron poster, directly from the Marvel’s website, http://marvel.com/avengers. This is an incredible poster. It is very visually appealing, simple, and simply AWESOME because it is Marvel. The Marvel designers created it,…
• You have the Power to Become!June 25, 2015
  So the Power To Become conference was more amazing than I remembered it last year. It was fun! It was inspiring! It was educational! But most importantly, it was empowering. The June 2015 Power to Become conference reminded me of the potential I have to follow my passions and succeed. The first thing that I…
• How to Write Irresistible ContentJune 23, 2015
  My very first memory of wanting to be a writer was when I was around ten. My mom and I were cleaning out old boxes, and I found a box full of mini stories that she had written when she was a kid. I enjoyed myself immensely, reading all about the McGhosters and their adventures.…
• Connected, But Alone: A SummaryMay 16, 2015
  Sherry Turkle, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses the dangers of our society’s current dependence on technology in her article “Connected, But Alone?” to reach the conclusion that our focus on technology is robbing us of our skills in communication. She deliberates the different ways that people lose communication skills, such as…