This week in lecture we continued on discussing privacy and then went on to dicuss computer hardware.
Knowing the inter workings of a computer would be very important in my business idea. Our IT would be one of the greatest assets to our staff. In order to ensure happy customers and successful wedding planning experiences, we would need to try and avoid as many technologial flaws as possible. My business idea includes many services all running through a computer, from simple things such as email and instant messaging, to more complicated services like virtual tours and video chatting. It would be important to have a strong network for our planners to use in order to provide the best service to our clients.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Week 3: Social Media Privacy and Excel
This week in IST lecture we discussed safety in regards to the use of social media websites and Excel. Proper use of social media websites is very much related to my idea of virtual wedding planning. We would have to have many safety and privacy precautions set up to ensure that our users were using the website for the proper goal, to find a wedding planner. We wouldn't want any problems with stalking, harassment or content of a sexual nature to occur. But, we also would not want our user to drastically limit the amount of information they put on the website. In order to properly match couples with wedding planners, we would need quite a but of information from both parties, but would want the viewers to this information to be very limited. It is important that we find a balance between enough and too much information.
Knowing how to use excel properly would be a very important skill of our wedding planners. Not only would it be a good way to keep an updated database for all of our planners and couples, and their contact information, but it's a very good organizational tool for wedding planners to use. Excel is a great way to create budgets, keep track of figures and spending, lists vendors and their informations and create production plans and schedules for events.
Knowing how to use excel properly would be a very important skill of our wedding planners. Not only would it be a good way to keep an updated database for all of our planners and couples, and their contact information, but it's a very good organizational tool for wedding planners to use. Excel is a great way to create budgets, keep track of figures and spending, lists vendors and their informations and create production plans and schedules for events.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Week 2: Virtual Wedding Planning and Social Media
For my IST class at Syracuse University, I have been challenged to come up with an entrepreurial idea and relate it to the world of computers. Because I don't want to waste a semester doing a project on something I don't care about, I have choosen virtual wedding planning as my topic of interest.
The idea of virtual wedding planning seems like it could become a very successful industry in our faced-paced world. With most couples these days consiting of two working people, it is becoming harder and harder to find the time to plan a wedding. My idea would consist of a main webpage listing profiles of certified wedding and event planners. Couples would have to register to enter the site, creating a profile about themselves and their big day. Then couples would be matched with wedding planners, in an on-line dating fashion. Then, the majority of the wedding planning (with the exception of dress and tux fittings) would happen via email, skype, and instant messenger. Planners would keep in contact with their couples, but all the choices would be made through videos created by the planner (ie. a video of all the reception venues, a video for flowers, etc.) This allows brides to do their planning whenever they are free, not having to base it on the hours of stores and never having to leave their homes. All of the contract signing and grunt work would be done by the planner.
This week, in lecture we talked about the important role social media plays these days. Social media would have a huge impact on my idea of virtual wedding planning. Not only is social media a key way for planners to keep in touch with their brides, but is would be a great way to promote the new addition to the industry. By creating facebook pages, twitter acounts, etc. for our company, we would get a lot more traffic to our site and therefor the possibility of a lot more customers. Also, we could use social media to find vendors in different regions of the country that we could use for the events we are planning.
The idea of virtual wedding planning seems like it could become a very successful industry in our faced-paced world. With most couples these days consiting of two working people, it is becoming harder and harder to find the time to plan a wedding. My idea would consist of a main webpage listing profiles of certified wedding and event planners. Couples would have to register to enter the site, creating a profile about themselves and their big day. Then couples would be matched with wedding planners, in an on-line dating fashion. Then, the majority of the wedding planning (with the exception of dress and tux fittings) would happen via email, skype, and instant messenger. Planners would keep in contact with their couples, but all the choices would be made through videos created by the planner (ie. a video of all the reception venues, a video for flowers, etc.) This allows brides to do their planning whenever they are free, not having to base it on the hours of stores and never having to leave their homes. All of the contract signing and grunt work would be done by the planner.
This week, in lecture we talked about the important role social media plays these days. Social media would have a huge impact on my idea of virtual wedding planning. Not only is social media a key way for planners to keep in touch with their brides, but is would be a great way to promote the new addition to the industry. By creating facebook pages, twitter acounts, etc. for our company, we would get a lot more traffic to our site and therefor the possibility of a lot more customers. Also, we could use social media to find vendors in different regions of the country that we could use for the events we are planning.
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