Questionaire

Anybody out there who wants to fill in one of ReEvolve's careers questionaires? Feel free to contact me to get hold of one. They don't take very long to fill out and you get to be part of ReEvolves project. Since we mention your name you could think of it as free advertising!

Forum3

I went to Forum3 this weekend, which is sort of like a careers fair for charities looking to find people to volunteer or work for them. Actually it was much nicer than most of the careers fairs I've been to in the past because there were far more companies exhibiting and everyone there was really keen to talk to the visitors. At careers fairs I often get the feeling that the people running the stalls are there under duress (or maybe I just felt alienated by the fact that all of the careers fairs at my university seemed to focus on careers in law and finance).

Anyway Forum3 was a nice experience and I met a lot of charities which sounded like they would like people with my skills to volunteer. Given the huge variety of charities exhibiting there if you were interested in volunteering anywhere it would be a great place to go, and from the large crowds there was obviously a lot of that interest present. If nothing else it was a great way for the charities to raise awareness about their work.

Some thoughts on the British Museum

Talk about your grand marketing schemes! There's nothing like a poster as tall as your already considerably large museum to draw attention.

Actually I'm not really very keen on what the British Museum had done here. Sure it's impressive and you definitely notice that they have an exhibition on Hadrian on. But blocking out part of the facade of your beautiful historic building with what is primarily an expanse of black? Can't say I think that was a particularly great decision.

Then again it does fit with all the other marketing materials the British Museum produced for the exhibit, so at least the expanse is consistent. I have to admit that it does fit rather nicely with the museum's theme of presenting important and significant artifacts. I don't have any arguments as far as the appropriateness to the brand is concerned! By making the advertisement the size of the museum itself it does give the exhibition a sense of importance. The sombre colours also reinforce the significance of the exhibition. It would be hard to take any billboard that size covered in rainbow hues particularly seriously. It would look even worse next to the classic British Museum facade too...