For shooting this video I went on campus at the University of Florida. I was not able to get good sound on my videos since my cameraman was so far away and it was shot on a phone but I did the best that I could do. I approached college students since my business idea targets college students. I went up to the students giving them a dollar saying that it was "women's heart day" (which it was) and saying that I was giving people money so that they could raise awareness to womens heart disease. All five of my unsuspecting "clients" ended up taking the dollar bill. Most of the clients did hesitate though.
#1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-MpS5FAZ5s
#2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwuZXxzxbjg
and again sorry that it is hard to hear what we are saying!
I could not hear much, but I liked how you approached different people. I thought your opening line was very smart. You are the first person that I have peer reviewed who was able to give away all $5 and that is very impressive. I can see why this was such a difficult assignment. I was unfortunately out of town and did not have time to do this one. Great job!
ReplyDeleteDillon,
ReplyDeleteWow I absolutely love your reasoning for handing out the $1 dollar bills. Raising awareness for Women's Heart Day is such a good cause and beneficial to the community. I did not even know that was a day. And it is very impressive you were able to give away all 5 of your dollar bills. I only gave out 3 of mine as people were in a rush or hesitant to receive the free money as well. Great job!
Here's the link to my blog where I offered $1 bills for people to buy a donut for themselves at Krispy Kreme!
http://jbasta.blogspot.com/2016/02/week-7-free-money.html
Dillon,
ReplyDeleteI actually was not able to access your videos because the link to both of the videos says they are private. Other than not being able to access your videos, I think that your reflection was solid and you got your point across in a positive and professional manner. If you can get the videos, I would love to come to your page and take a look at them! Overall, good job though. If you want to take a look at my post, here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwuZXxzxbjg
I couldn't open you links for some reason. Like I have been saying about this experiment, I would have just laughed and not accepted it. You see social experiments all the time, on the internet, and either they go well or end badly so its good that everything turned out okay. It was a good idea to stay on campus because you probably felt more comfortable than if it was somewhere off campus. I would have done the same thing as well.
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It seems most people ended up in the same situation you were in. They were able to give away all the dollars but it was more difficult, or more resistance to the dollar, than was expected. But, good work here, I like your reason for giving away the dollars.
ReplyDeleteYou approach was very smart and I like that you did some research prior so your excuse was better and more solid sounding. I think that is also why they all took your dollar. I also think it's smart that you had someone film from further away, the people in my assignment didn't respond well because of the camera. You can see my blog here: http://collinpd.blogspot.com/2016/02/free-money.html
ReplyDeleteHi Dillon,
ReplyDeleteI wasn't able to view your videos because the videos are set to private. However, based off your post, I'm impressed by the reasoning you gave people and its reception. Did they ask how they were supposed to raise awareness, or did they just agree to it and not ask anything else?