Design Edge

Today was quite the busy day. I packed my things to head back to Kitchener for the week ( I live in my hometown Woodstock on the weekends and work at Conestoga in the week), went to my boss's wedding shower then headed to Toronto. Once I got to Toronto I wandered around with my Mom until we found the Eaton Center to pass the time before the big event. What event you ask, the award gala for the Design Edge Regional Awards.

I entered my chicken project from class at the start of second semester. A few months later I found out I was a finalist and today I was announced as the winner in the student category for South-Western Ontario. It was very exciting, and I'm glad I was able to go to the awards ceremony (Thanks Mom and Dad).

While I was very nervous to market myself I did manage to talk to a couple people. I met two interns, one from LG and one from FujiFilm who introduced themselves to me and a marketing manager who I met through them. The marketing manager was very nice and encouraged me to introduce myself to the publisher of Design Edge, while I was very nervous, I eventually did it and it wasn't so bad. Later on I saw Jen, a Conestoga grad, and met her colleague and boss from Hagon Design. I also met the Editor in Chief of Design Edge, it was exciting to hear about all the things they have to offer for designers.

Overall my first networking experience was a success. I'm glad I was able to go and can now say I'm glad people pushed me to introduce myself.