Today was our much-anticipated presentations. Vida, Juliet and myself did quite well I think and I’m glad to see they came up with the goods on the slides I’d produced. It was very nerve-wracking, but I said all the stuff I wanted to say about how Marketers use Cultural Variables in their advertising.

We had our Christmas do this evening at Nottingham’s Live Bistro. It was a fun night, nice food. Towards the end it was just me and my core peers (who, as ever, seemed somewhat distant from me and indifferent towards me) as all the others had split off to various clubs, leaving with our tutor, so we went to a local bar and chatted.
A good dining experience was had – the first time Iv’e seen a venue where dancing on furniture is encourged…

Despite the fun, my assignment group and I still managed to talk business and arranged our first of two tutor meetings for Thursday afternoon.

This is in aid of our LEC Electrical consultancy project. We have to write a report assesing the opportunities for this real-life East Midlands company. As well as that, I need to start work on my ‘Second Life’ report, where we have to explore how real-world marketing concepts translate to the virtual economy of ‘Second Life’. It’s a tricky one with multiple approaches, but it’s something I should feel at home with as it combines my two favourite things – Marketing, and the New Internet.

The term ends on 19th Dec and I have much to do it would seem over this Christmas ‘break’.