Project Proposal
Reuben Barnes
My name is Reuben Barnes and for my internship I decided to go to DATO which stands for Durango Area Tourism Office. This site is a company that is dedicated to making Durango presentable when it has visitors or anyone who comes to tour Durango. They have a office that is in the center of downtown Durango that is full with different brochures and people who are extremely familiar with Durango and are able to give newcomers and tourists the information that they need to enjoy their stay. This company has created a website as well to help those that find things better online, this website has all the information that is necessary for a person to get around Durango and enjoy it.
My mentors name is Paul and he is in charge of the online parts of the company, for example he is a big part for the project that I am going to be working on for the next three weeks. He can help me as a person because he is going to help get through some struggles that I have in life. For example I am very shy and it is hard for me to communicate to others and not nervously talk to the person and stutter. He is going to help me get through this by having me call companies and ask them questions for the project that I will be working on.
My goals in life are to finish high school strong, definitely go to a college with all of my friends and then getting a major in the subject that I like. This subject would be writing or story writing, once I had this I would want to go to a gaming company where I can write stories for them and work there. This internship will help me to socialize and get more comfortable with talking to complete strangers. This is going to be required no matter what job I do in life, and it will most definitely be a large part when I need to talk to people about the stories that I am writing about. The intern that I have is also preparing me for my future plans because I am required to give interesting descriptions of some of the places downtown. This helps me with the writing skill I will need when the time comes and I want to write stories for a game company.
This project which is creating an app for the company will help me with these future goals and prepare me for the plans that I have because it requires certain skills that I would need for a gaming company. This project requires creativity in the writing so that when people look at the app they will be interested and want to go to places around Durango. I hope that after this project I am much more stable with being able to talking with strangers and I hope that I am much more creative with my writing. This project is extremely important for the Welcome Center because it will allow people to have an easier access to their website so that when summer comes and tourist are in town the Welcome Center will be on top of it.
Some skills that I will need to learn while working on this project will be Microsoft Excel and getting used to the program. Another skill that I will need to learn is being able to talk to complete strangers and asking them for favors so that they can contribute towards the app project. Some other knowledge that will be necessary is getting to know certain areas around Durango so that I am able to write about them and give a good description of them. Then the final part that I will have to get accustomed with is certain locations that do not have very large landmarks and will have to find them using other resources.
I will complete this project to the best I can by working well each day and working in an area that does not have the distractions. Each day I will persevere to make sure that the goal for each day is completed and if it does not then I will find a way to make up for it so that in the end all is in place and the Welcome Center has their app ready to go.
Some of the obstacles that I had in setting up this internship was meeting with my mentor and talking to him so that when the day came to start I was ready and had a project to work on. I overcame this by meeting with him as soon as I could and then having a conversation that allowed the both of us to fully understand what my schedule would look like and what each work day would be like. So far I am extremely to start working at Durango Area Tourism Office because the project that I have is awesome and the people that I am working with are some of the most supportive people.
Reuben Barnes
My name is Reuben Barnes and for my internship I decided to go to DATO which stands for Durango Area Tourism Office. This site is a company that is dedicated to making Durango presentable when it has visitors or anyone who comes to tour Durango. They have a office that is in the center of downtown Durango that is full with different brochures and people who are extremely familiar with Durango and are able to give newcomers and tourists the information that they need to enjoy their stay. This company has created a website as well to help those that find things better online, this website has all the information that is necessary for a person to get around Durango and enjoy it.
My mentors name is Paul and he is in charge of the online parts of the company, for example he is a big part for the project that I am going to be working on for the next three weeks. He can help me as a person because he is going to help get through some struggles that I have in life. For example I am very shy and it is hard for me to communicate to others and not nervously talk to the person and stutter. He is going to help me get through this by having me call companies and ask them questions for the project that I will be working on.
My goals in life are to finish high school strong, definitely go to a college with all of my friends and then getting a major in the subject that I like. This subject would be writing or story writing, once I had this I would want to go to a gaming company where I can write stories for them and work there. This internship will help me to socialize and get more comfortable with talking to complete strangers. This is going to be required no matter what job I do in life, and it will most definitely be a large part when I need to talk to people about the stories that I am writing about. The intern that I have is also preparing me for my future plans because I am required to give interesting descriptions of some of the places downtown. This helps me with the writing skill I will need when the time comes and I want to write stories for a game company.
This project which is creating an app for the company will help me with these future goals and prepare me for the plans that I have because it requires certain skills that I would need for a gaming company. This project requires creativity in the writing so that when people look at the app they will be interested and want to go to places around Durango. I hope that after this project I am much more stable with being able to talking with strangers and I hope that I am much more creative with my writing. This project is extremely important for the Welcome Center because it will allow people to have an easier access to their website so that when summer comes and tourist are in town the Welcome Center will be on top of it.
Some skills that I will need to learn while working on this project will be Microsoft Excel and getting used to the program. Another skill that I will need to learn is being able to talk to complete strangers and asking them for favors so that they can contribute towards the app project. Some other knowledge that will be necessary is getting to know certain areas around Durango so that I am able to write about them and give a good description of them. Then the final part that I will have to get accustomed with is certain locations that do not have very large landmarks and will have to find them using other resources.
I will complete this project to the best I can by working well each day and working in an area that does not have the distractions. Each day I will persevere to make sure that the goal for each day is completed and if it does not then I will find a way to make up for it so that in the end all is in place and the Welcome Center has their app ready to go.
Some of the obstacles that I had in setting up this internship was meeting with my mentor and talking to him so that when the day came to start I was ready and had a project to work on. I overcame this by meeting with him as soon as I could and then having a conversation that allowed the both of us to fully understand what my schedule would look like and what each work day would be like. So far I am extremely to start working at Durango Area Tourism Office because the project that I have is awesome and the people that I am working with are some of the most supportive people.