Many Thanks to Stacey and Tara for Carving the 2012 DCTC AMA Club Pumpkin Carving Entry!
Here are the thoughts of Stacy on the creation:
“We decided on “collaboration” as being our main idea with the AMA organization. I did a bit of research and noted the Huddle software system available for business professionals to support collaboration and link people globally. This was our jumping off point. To avoid group thinking, we decided it takes listening and talking to represent the main idea. Collaborating requires a shared vision. “Bridging the gap between business to consumer as well as business to business via social media” is kind of our main idea.”
Stacey added, “we carved a large smiley face so that you can see inside of the pumpkin. We drew on cardboard covered with tinfoil (these will go on kabob skewers sticking out of the inside small squash as small ideas that together make up the main idea): a bridge, iPad, cellphone, computer, and a sky line to represent businesses. We drew 2 lil people stating “i talk” n “i listen” with social media symbols between them (twitter, Facebook, Skype, YouTube, and Pinterest) to represent bridging the gap between people.”
“We filled the pumpkin with several small squash to represent that in order to collaborate and market to the majority of people, social media bridges the gap between business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) globally. The squash are different colors to represent the different ethnicities globally that are connected by marketing via twitter, Facebook, etc.”
DCTC AMA Club’s 2012 Student Life Pumpkin Carving Contest Entry
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Carie Statz is a marketing and sales instructor. She began teaching at DCTC in 1998.
Carie is pursuing her doctorate in business administration (DBA), has a master's degree in mass communications from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has a bachelor's degree in from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where she minored in Spanish and majored in mass communications with an emphasis on advertising and public relations.
At the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico, she pursued general studies in Spanish and anthropology. She also attended the Grantsmanship Training Program at Marquette University.
Carie continues her education through software upgrades and Web applications. She also attends seminars, courses, and conferences covering new trends in marketing and graphic design.
Her nonprofit marketing experience includes supervisory positions at DCTC, UWM, and the Community Action Program of Janesville, Wisconsin. Her for-profit experience includes work for Walt Disney World, Oscar Mayer Foods, and TCF Bank of Wisconsin.
Carie published "How the News Media Affects the Public's Perception of Crime" as her thesis.
In 2003 and 2007, Carie was nominated as "DCTC Instructor of the Year." As DCTC's marketing director, she won several awards for marketing materials, including radio and television commercials as well as viewbooks and catalogs. In 2003, she won the Silver IABC Award for designing the college's 2002-2003 viewbook.
Regarding her teaching philosophy, Carie strives to "bring the real world into the classroom as much as possible so students are prepared for work upon graduation."
The best part of her job as a DCTC instructor is hearing from internship supervisors about how they would rather hire a prepared student from DCTC than another student from a four-year college.
Carie is a member of the American Marketing Association and does volunteer work for Treasurers of the Heart and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.
