FREE Grades 7-12: Careers in Advertising

(Melamed Riley Advertising Agency)

Careers in advertising involve variety, compensation based on performance, creativity, travel, satisfaction from seeing ones' personal accomplishments, and contact with others. Advertising jobs are found in advertising agencies, media organizations, advertising departments in business firms, non­profit organizations, and marketing research firms. The four major career paths in advertising are account management, creative, media and research.

Melamed Riley Advertising is an independent, award-winning agency located in Cleveland's Historic Warehouse District. Melamed Riley is more than an ad agency, because most clients need more than ads. Full service is the industry term that attempts to describe the breath of services. That means branding, from initial market research to analysis to naming to identity to packaging. It’s interactive, from website design to mobile applications to online promotions. And, it means advertising, which can include any and every medium you see out in the world with a logo on it.

Join us as our guests discuss their background in advertising, the education, skills and training necessary and the realities to succeed in the field of advertising. Students will have the opportunity to interact with our guests.

Presenters: Sarah Melamed President

Rick Riley Executive Creative Director

Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Time: Session #1 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. Session #2 1:30 – 2:15 p.m.

Schools interested in participating in this educational opportunity should contact John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or john.ramicone@ideastream.org by April 26th.

A program fee of $75.00 will be charged to schools not in the NOTA or NORTH2 member districts. Please process a purchase order to WIVZ/PBS Distance Learning, c/o John Ramicone, 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44115 and fax a copy or the p.o. number to 216-916-6361.

Grades 7-12: Careers in Pharmacy

Thursday, April 28 - 1:00 to 1:50

Prepare to be engaged by a doctor of pharmacology and a pharmacy tech. They will share with you the education and training necessary to enter the world of pharmacology, as well as some of the fascinating stories and cases they seen through their various positions. They will also discuss job requirements, benefits, and the different avenues available to a pharmacist and a pharmacy assistant. Students from participating middle schools and high schools will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss issues with these professionals.

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Cost? $50 per session for SOITA Comprehensive member schools; $75 for all others.

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Grades 7-12: Careers in Engineering

Presenter: Chris Rowe, Vanderbilt University College of Engineering professor

LESSON PLAN: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/programs/careers/engineering.htm

TARGET AUDIENCE: Students in grades 7 – 12

ENGINEERS are responsible for almost everything that makes life worth living - from leisure activities to medical treatment, mobile communications to modern transport systems. Becoming an engineer enables you to solve problems that make the world around you better. You may choose to make the environment cleaner, a workplace safer, a computer program faster, a bridge stronger, a fuel cell car less expensive, or a machine more efficient.

Within the wide boundaries of the engineering profession, there are thousands of challenging activities, in areas such as research, development, design, manufacture and operation of products and services. Activities which provide stimulating intellectual challenges with diverse and varied tasks, inevitably involving deadlines, and all added to the satisfaction of real output or delivery.

Demand for good engineers is high, in practically every country in the world. In the IT and electronics sectors in particular, there are world shortages of Chartered and Incorporated Engineers, and unemployment among professional engineers is lower than for almost any other profession.

Engineering degrees can lead to a vast number of career opportunities, with graduates in demand in almost every sector of the economy. The word used most often when referring to a career in engineering is variety; and electrical, civil, marine, chemical, software, systems, information and manufacturing engineering offer a host of alternative job opportunities for new graduates. Specializations range from Automation to Power Generation and from Communications to Manufacturing. Within each of these fields, there are opportunities in research, design, development and tests, as well as management, production, marketing and sales. A degree can also provide a passport into the world of education.

Professional engineers also stand a better chance of becoming a chief executive than any other professional, outnumbering accountants by three to one!

The environment in which engineering professionals work has never been more dynamic. New materials, technologies and processes are being developed all the time. Increasing globalization, new markets, and changing employment patterns also mean that an engineering career is now a truly international one.

REGISTER online for all videoconferences: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

Join us NEXT week for this fascinating videoconference!

Patsy

Patsy Partin, M.Ed

Director, Virtual School

Vanderbilt University

2007 Terrace Place

Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 322-6384

www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool