Communication
I typically struggle with trying to express my ideas for a design into words. It usually comes out as gibberish and nobody understands what I'm trying to convey. I had a bunch of ideas floating around my head that I thought would make a great addition to a page that I was working on, but I couldn't explain what I was thinking. And whenever I tried, it wouldn't get the point across. That, or it would sound like a horrible idea, and I would still not get my point across. Towards the middle of the year, and at the end, I feel as though I've been able to explain myself in a more understandable manner. I can say what I'm thinking and get across what I'm trying too, without looking like I don't know what I'm talking about. Which is a very good feeling.
Problem Solving
Prime Honda is the hardest place to get an advertisement from, however, I was determined to get it. I went in repeatedly to talk the manager (when the workers told me he was going to be there) and he wasn't. I was told to go to Prime Toyota, because the person in charge of all of the Prime advertising would be there, but when I went there they told me that was false. It was a very annoying moment in trying to get an ad. Finally I decided I wasn't going to go out and try to seek him out, so I tracked down the guy I needed to contact for an ad (not in a creepy way, I just looked under the staff section on their website), and e-mailed him. He replied the same day and got an ad, I guess I should've e-mailed him in the first place.
Conflict Resolution
I was working on the Student Council/Class Officer page, and getting the Student Council Officer's to get together to take their picture was the most difficult task I have done all year this year. And I've done some pretty difficult things, in my opinion. That was the last photo I needed to complete the spread, so I texted the President, thinking they'd be able to be able to get everybody together. We set up a time during fourth block and I made sure that that worked for her, and she texted the other Officer's (or so she said), notifying them of the situation. Fourth block comes, and nobody shows up. It turns out, the President left and nobody else seemed to be notified about the picture. So, I went to the office, called down the Officer's that were available, and took the picture with only three out of the five officer's.
Leadership Skills
On a deadline night I remember all of the editors were working on the things that they needed to get done, and a student needed help on their headline design because they couldn't figure out how to make something look good. One of the editors asked me to go over and help them with their problem and I did so. It was an extremely small thing, but it was one of the first times that I felt as if I was in a "leadership role" in Yearbook. Which I thought was extremely cool, and I was excited about it as well.
Collaboration
I really like working by myself. Particularly because I hate having to rely on other people to get things done, I just feel better doing it myself. However, I had to collaborate with a fellow Yearbook-er on the modular page for the Faculty section of the Yearbook. They had the right page, and I had the left. It wasn't too bad, because I was only responsible for my side, however, we still had to decide on how we were distributing the color scheme throughout the page. Whether we would put the purple with the text or the headline. Or the green with the quote or the attributions. That part of the task was really...fun.