Class Post 10

Today’s class we learned about the types of communities we associate with. Some of us with clubs, friends and family, hobbies, etc. There are an endless amount of communities as you can tell. We also briefly discussed how hard it is to break a habit and how we can search for a resolution. Examples from class: stop consumption of junk food, drinking soda, sleeping late.

We also momentarily talked about the book Bikesnobnyc, written by Eben Weiss. The gist of what he wrote about was the different types types of bike communities and their relations with each other. Was quite a humorous, a book I’d recommend.

We also spent an amount of time practicing interviews with each other; my interviewee QiQi, describes how she has adapted to her move to the U.S. She compares how both worlds cultures and communities are different in so many ways, and how she as a person has to assimilate to this new community.

Communities are practically essential in our lives, as it gives us an opportunity to connect with another person and feel a sense of belongingness.

Just the other week was USF parents weekend. I got to stay with them for a night and enjoy the great SF city view. (video above) Whist hangout with them around the busy market street, I just so happened to encounter another bike share company like our guest speaker Mark. Even though the niche is small for this type of business, looks like our friend Mark has some competitors. I also couldn’t help but think that this model looked a lot similar to Mark’s version having the built in lock attached to the rear end of the bike, and was cooler in my opinion. SoBi-Social Bicycles, has a ring to it in a way.

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JUMP Bike Share

This Tuesday was hotter than any of the previous days, though that didn’t stop our class from proceeding. At the beginning of class, we meet with Mark the CEO of the JUMP bike share company. He thoroughly talked about how he started this non profit job into a hobby and later on a company. He gave several examples of how to build up strong relationships from a company business perspective. He also opened up the topic about attire and how to present amongst other company representatives. During his presentation with us, he made sure to make himself approachable and a likable person based on his personality. He also took into account his type of audience and made the most of it. This type of talk seemed very business casual and was both an enjoyable experience for Mark and ourselves. Additionally, some of use got to test ride the electric JUMP bicycle. It was much faster than I anticipated, and was a breeze to ride with the pedal assistance.

Don’t judge a book by its cover, in this case don’t judge a class until you take it. My first thoughts about taking a Public Speaking course was that I would have to do an enormous amount of writing, and presentations. It would suck, and be time staking, thought this quite was the typical public speaking class that I would of thought. We did exercises that I’ve never done before, and thought were quite interesting and much more enjoyable way of getting jitters out of speaking in front of someone. We did some light ice breakers too, and that got the class settled. Another sidewinder about this course that I didn’t expect was that we had to post blogs, it was a peculiar way of interacting with the class. Eventually I got used to weekly posting.