Comm Event 5/7/2012 (Trade show)

After attending the trade show today 5/7/2012, I thought it was great experience for people like me to create and learn how to present an idea to complete strangers.  The purpose of the trade show was to create an educational application for your smart phone.  It was interesting to see how people pitch their ideas by looking at the different tables that were set up.  Events like this one gives communications studies majors great experience with presenting an idea to potential investors.  It shows students what it could potentially be like after college and how you need to be articulate when trying to sell an idea to somebody. This trade show showed a lot about what it means to be in the communications department at San Jose State. The department clearly wants to help its students become contributing professionals, and has come up with creative ways to help them get there. Each table presented an educational application for a smart phone, and had to come up with a market analysis, a marketing plan, a budget, and an advertising plan. This shows that communications is a field of study that incorporates all facets of business, and really focuses those different factors on the most important part: how to communicate what you want to communicate to the right people. The communications program at SJSU is an excellent program, I have learned a lot in my time here.  The classes that I have taken thus far have given me perspective on what it takes to be successful in the real world, where communication skills are a necessity.  The communication events that this department puts on for its students are a great way to welcome other students that are interested in the major.  These activities and assignments that professor Lim is doing in the business and professional speaking course are very useful and helpful.  I have learned a lot this semester about how to work well in team settings.