This week at the Academy, we made final preparations for Mega-Bad Movie Night! Having worked through several MBMN before, I was well aware of what needed to get done during the few days prior to the event. In order to properly prepare for the event, all of the logistic's need to be checked and set up prior to the doors opening. Some of these requirements consist of looking over floor plans and where things like bars, trash cans, employee tables, etc., we will be set-up, as well making sure visitor services is aware of any specific issues that they should be aware of. Some of my personal tasks leading up to MBMN, are placing things throughout the museum according to the floor plan, and getting evaluations ready for people to fill out during the event.
Outside of MBMN, I have started to work with another member of the education department in regards to the live animal shows that are featured at the Academy. A major part of the live animal shows, are the presentations given along with showing animals to the attending school groups. These presentations usually consist of pictures or some sort of visual aid, and the idea is to enhance the program visually through the use of powerpoint. This week, I sat in on a meeting to discuss the potential plan for incorporating and building a new powerpoint to go along with the program. While the Academy's designer sat in on the meeting to understand how to build a template for the powerpoint, I was assigned the role of finding images that could be used.
My final project for the week consisted of me giving a presentation on an online survey program called Qualtrics. A few months ago, I was introduced by Jill to the program, and was assigned with the task of learning how to use the program so in the future, I could show the rest of the education dept. how to use it. Similar to survey monkey, another online survey option, Qualtrics allows you to easily build and distribute surveys. Having built a number of surveys for people within the education dept. to use, it was my job to give a presentation to the other members of the dept. so they could then build and distribute their own surveys. The presentation consisted of me building a survey online from scratch over a projector, allowing everyone to visually see the in's and out's of the program. Although the Academy currently uses paper surveys, the transition of switching to electronically distributed surveys has begun.
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