Advertising. Design. Journalism. Pamela Campani

Pamela Campani Cell: (305) 484. 4913

E-mail: campanipamela@gmail.com

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Objective Interested in a career in print, especially fashion magazines that are published internationally or publishing houses like Taschen or Assouline.

Education Florida International University Miami, FL Degree Expected - Bachelor of Science in Advertising Expected graduation date: August 2015 Area of Concentration - Fine Arts Kappa Tau Alpha (Journalism and Mass Communication Honor Society) Florida Bright Futures Scholarship GPA 3.8/4.0

University of Toulouse III: Paul Sabatier Toulouse, France French Study Abroad May 2012 to Jun 2012 Attended daily classes and completed assignments focused on improving my abilities in speaking, reading and writing the French language.

Relevant Courses ‧Digital photography and Social Media ‧Visual Design for Globalized Media ‧Writing Strategies ‧Print Concepts

Internship ArtNexus Magazine Miami, FL Production Assistant Oct 2013 to Dec 2013

‧Collected information needed to create Art Nexus Map Guide for Art Basel 2013 ‧Assisted the guided tours coordinator at Art Basel 2013 ‧Assisted Liaisons (ArtNexus sister company) at ArtNexus Party 2013

International Experience Parsons the New School for Design Paris, France Fashion Industry: Now Jul 2012 A two week intensive Fashion course in Paris, France focusing on fashion merchandising and the importance of social media and blogs in today's fashion industry.

Skills ‧Multilingual: English, Spanish, Italian and intermediate French ‧Computer: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint ‧Wordpress ‧Wix ‧Organized ‧Decisive

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Writing Strategies

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Overcoming a common fear with the Doral Toastmasters

Standing frozen under a bright spot light. Looking out into the crowd but everything is a

blur. Palms sweaty and stomach upset. Going over the last key points of your speech in your

head. Taking a last breath and then you're on your own.

Juan Herrera, a self-proclaimed 21 year old entrepreneur is taking steps to eliminate this

common fear. He has joined a local Doral, Fla. club of Toastmasters International. A multi-

chapter organization whose goal is to improve its 290,000 members's public speaking and

leadership skills.

"I googled public speaking groups,” Herrera said. “I had a natural talent that I wanted to

better.”

This non-profit educational organization was founded in 1942 in a YMCA basement in Santa

Ana, Calif. Prospective members must visit their local club to obtain a membership

application from the vice president of membership. New members must pay $20 in dues

plus $36 every six months in international dues.

In high school Herrera was part of the school's news program. The prerecorded sketches

were shown during the morning announcements. He felt comfortable in front of the camera,

but he did not have an interest in public speaking until he was older.

"I was afraid of public speaking until my guru told me that if something scared me it was

probably good,” he said.

Over a Skype call Herrera explained that he had joined his current club chapter only a

month ago. He had joined a chapter five months before, but felt like it was not a good fit.

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"The first club was too corporate, career oriented and relaxed,” he said.

Herrera's current chapter in Doral, Fla. is made up of many entrepreneurs and professional

public speakers who dress in suits and ties.

The preparations for the weekly meetings start days before. Members are offered, through

email, roles they are to play in the upcoming meeting. They may decline a role should they

not feel prepared. If a member accepts they must read the organization's manual to prepare

for the meeting.

"One lady prepared her speech for nine months before speaking,” Herrera said.

The club meetings have many roles: president, vice president of education, vice president of

membership, vice president of public relations, toastmaster (master of ceremonies),

speakers, table topics master, timers, vote counter, evaluators, a grammarian and "uh and

um" counters. The latter keeps count of how many "uhs" and "ums" a speaker says during

their speech.

The President of Doral's Toastmasters chapter is Geydis Espinosa. She is responsible for

developing club goals for improvement, translating the organization's values to members,

building teamwork skills and facilitating individual and club success.

Espinosa says she has experienced great success and improvement first hand through the

Toastmaster organization.

"The educational program of Toastmasters has changed my life!” she writes on her member

profile on the Doral Toastmasters website. “It took me from being a shy and nervous

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waitress to becoming an account manager of Xerox Corp.”

She is also happy with her role as club president. She sees the club as more than just a space

to learn and practice public speaking skills.

"[The club] has given me the opportunity to help others and give back to my community,”

she said. “In this club we have created a safe and welcoming environment for all of our

members to learn and grow.”

Every Thursday morning the meetings begin with the singing of “The Star Spangled

Banner.” Then detailed outlines of the day's events are given to each member. The club

president introduces the toastmaster of the day. The toastmaster is responsible for

introducing members and their assigned roles. He also explains the theme of the day and the

word of the day.

"The theme of the day is education and growth, which as a club is what we are all about,”

said Rick Regueira, club vice president of education and that day's toastmaster. “Here

mistakes are okay.”

Next, speakers present their prepared speeches. The timer raises green, yellow or red colored

folders to let the presenters know how much time to speak they have left.

"Speeches are unrestricted in topic, but must stick to the structures of the manual,” Juan

Herrera said.

Following the speeches are the table topics during which random members are put on the

spot to speak about random topics. “Go for the green ! Go for the green,” other members

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cheer; the green folder indicates the minimum required speaking time.

"People are very encouraging,” said Alex, a newer club member.

The meetings end with the evaluators sharing feedback. And the vote counter tallies up all

the votes submitted by each member for best speaker, best table topics and best evaluator.

The winners are given a ribbon and photographed for the club's website.

Juan Herrera is happy with the club that helped him get his first paid public speaking job at

the Broward Community Center. He spoke for an hour to a room of 70 people about the

importance of perseverance to athletes. He wishes to make this his permanent profession.

"My goal is to make money of motivational and public speaking,” he said.

Other members also spoke positively about the club. And said that it was more than just

working on public speaking skills.

"The club is challenging and exposes you to new experiences,” said Connie Marianacci

president of the Carnival Cruise chapter of Toastmasters International. “While surrounding

yourself with positive people.”

An upcoming event for the club is the Speakathon. Once a month five members prepare

topic specific speeches. The speeches are all presented the same day. After, they are

evaluated verbally and in written form. Speakers can gain credits towards awards by

presenting strong speeches during the Speakathon. Also during one of the club meetings

the club president invited all members to go to the Toastmasters Leadership Institute on July

12.

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Officers are trained and members can better their leadership skills through the Toastmaster's

educational program.

As a whole the Toastmaster organization is about creating a friendly environment where

people are enthusiastic about bettering their public speaking and leadership skills. The

organization wants to provide this service to as many people as possible as they continue to

expand worldwide.

As it says on the Toastmasters International website “With 292,000 memberships in more

than 14,350 clubs in 122 countries the simple idea that started in a basement continues to

thrive in the 21st century.”

Writing Strategies

Saturday, May 24, 2014

The Empire of Death

"So are you coming?" asked my father as he started to slowly descend the spiral stairs

into the dark hidden area below the Pisa cathedral. I hesitated for a moment as the curiosity

of what was below collided with the fear caused by my imagination.

“They're just inside large-decorated marble and stone boxes," my father explained

trying to convince me. “No way,” I replied.

While I waited for my father to resurface I walked around relived that I had escaped

the experience of being chased by resurrected decomposing priest and rich monarchs

buried in those roman sarcophagi below. I walked around the large cathedral staring up at

the large frescos and vaulted ceiling. Then, I reached a black marble alter and froze in awe.

There it was: the very thing I had just said no to. A tall glass-paned sarcophagus with a

spotlight on a skeleton of an important priest.

“Is that real?” I asked one of the workers. They politely smiled and replied in

Italian, “Si, guarda i piedi.” "Look at the feet?" I thought puzzled.

There they were the white long skinny bones of a human foot peaking out from the

decorative sheet covering the rest of the body. I was so distracted by the ornate golden mask

placed over the skeleton’s face that I had missed the truth. Now I was staring intensely at

this body inside a display case waiting for it to animate. I walked away intrigued at the fact

that this skeleton was displayed like some kind of show, while all the others were hidden

underground. If death was so prominently displayed out here than something much darker

must be in the crypt kept out of sight.

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Several years later I stood at a large dark green entrance at the top of a spiral stair

case. “So are you coming?” asked my friends excited by the thought of heading down

below the streets of Paris. “Of course!” I said. This was my chance to finally see what I had

missed in Pisa and stare 200 year old death in the face. Surely by now I was old enough to

not be terrified by dead bodies in old boxes, besides these bodies had been dead for so long

that all that should be left was bone.

The tour began in small white rooms whose walls were covered entirely with

information and photographs of the catacombs. This served as a last point of calm. As you

stepped out of the last room into the low ceiling path of the catacombs there was a feeling

of having less oxygen in a cramped space and nothing but darkness ahead. Our feet

crunched on the gravel-covered floor. We passed two large columns painted black and white

and reached a marble doorway with the inscription “Arrètte! C'est ici l'empire de la mort.”

I pointed up and told my friends, “Well, I guess we are entering The Empire of

Death.” "That is terrifying,” replied one of the girls as she walked slowly through the

doorway. “No way!” a friend ahead of us in the path exclaimed, “Come look at the

skulls.”

As promised past that doorway were innumerable bones perfectly staked against

both sides of the path. Some stacks were taller then most of us and seemed to be perfectly

organized in layers arraigned by bone type. Farther down the path we reached slightly

bigger sections of the catacombs, which were still covered in bone stacks, but this time there

were designs: crosses, hearts and arches all made up of precisely placed remains.

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“The poor workers who had to move all these bones from the cemeteries must have been

pretty bored down here,” I said to my friends who were inspecting the designs more

closely. “I guess,” one of them replied seeming a little disgusted. “What if they did this on

purpose? Maybe this place was meant to be visited,” replied my other friend who was

trying to get a good picture of one of the designs.

We continued on the path which got smaller again and surprised you every so often

with a pitch black opening beside you were anything could be waiting to grab you. We were

nearing the end now, but there was one last surprise. Carved into the left portion of this

limestone path was a large scale and very detailed model of what looked like a very

expensive French chateau. This perfectly lit museum quality display reminded me of that

glass paned black marble sarcophagus in Pisa. Death was on display above and below here

too without any reservations.

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Paris Fashion Blog from Parsons Summer Program

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