Fred - Lecture/Exhibition Response

Lecture/Exhibition Response

King is a Fink Production

For my design exhibition response, I visited guest speakers Jessica King and Julie Keck here at DePaul back in late January. The presentation focused on Social Media and Crowd funding for creative, mainly filmmaking, people and basically “anyone who has anything to sell.” Throughout a majority of their presentation, they really stressed the importance of being consistent and staying motivated when trying to get your work out and noticed through social media. They mentioned how at times they would get carried away with twitter to a point where they would start to go off topic and talk about personal things so they really preached how you have to be focused and you should always remind yourself that this is a business and basically a job. The most important trait I learned was to probably stay positive and to support other people’s work. Doing so will build friendships and many connections, which is actually how Jessica and Julie were first noticed for a big role. They said it started with a friendly message through twitter and a meeting one-day at a coffee shop. And eventually that led Jessica and Julie to become successful enough to become guest speakers at DePaul to explain their journey and process. Overall, I thought the lecture about the use of each social media was a bit basic. That was a majority of their presentation and it seemed basic because I already knew how to use each social media platform. Near the end of their talk, they explained their ideas on how to crowd fund, which I thought should have been most of their presentation. I am glad I went though because I did learn what it is like to be able to become successful all on your own similar to freelancing.