HiJenna,

Justtoinformofyoutheprogressofmylecture-shoutoutcampaign.

Ihave:

SentpermissionemailstoprofessorstoallyearsofEconomics,Math,EngineeringandLaw.

Thepermissionemailisasfollow:

Hi2ndyearLawyers,

MynameisMingandIama4thyearMechanicalEngineeringstudent,andcurrentlyworkterm-DmeasaBrandManagerforTheGatewaynewspaper.

TheGatewaynewspaper:

Isabusinessandcareernewspaper.IsspeciallytailoredforEconomics,Law,Management,FinanceandEngineeringstudents.Isaresourceforstudentskeentoboosttheircommercialawareness.IsamoreassessablealternaDvetotheFinancialTimesorTheEconomist;itisfree.IsavailableinbothhardandsoIcopieseveryfortnight.Theformercanbefoundindesignatedstandsintheprecinct.

ItwillBENEFITyourstudentsinthefollowingway:

Bridgethegapbetweenacademiaandtheindustry.Enhancetheircommercialawareness.DevelopafocusedcareerdirecDonandhencemoreappreciaDontowardstheiracademicstudies(andyourlectures!)OpenuptoworkopportuniDesintheindustry.

Iamwri@nginrequestforyourPERMISSIONto:

Performa4minutes(maximum)lectureshout-outtoyourstudents,pitchingaboutTheGateway.DistributesignupbookletsinrowstostudentsaIerpitching.Distributeauniformnumberofnewspaperontostudentdesk,10minutespriortolecturestarts.

TheAIMofthepitchisto:

EncourageyourstudentstosignupforTheGatewaysoIcopyissues.(Savethetrees!)Raiseyourstudent'sawarenessontheimportanceofdevelopingemployabilityskillsfromthestartoftheirDmehereatuniversity.

IAIMtocatchyourlectureat:

Name:Date:Time:Venue:

IamhappytopostponetothenextavailablelectureiftheaboveselecDonisnotconvenientforyou.

Ihopethepointsaresufficientlyclearforyourunderstanding.

ThankyouforaYenDon,andIlookforwardforyourpermissionreply.

Yourssincerely,

Ming

4thYearMEng

SofarIhaveonlygoYenpermissionfromtheengineeringdepartmenttoperformanindirectlectureshoutout,acompromiseofmyplanneddirectlectureshootoutwhereIwillbepitching.Indirectshoutouts,asopposedtodirectshoutout,willnottakeupanylectureDme.

PerformedanindirectlectureshoutouttotwoYear2engineeringlectures.

Mystrategyoftheindirectshootoutisasfollows,

Iwillnotperformanypitches.Iwillnotdistributeanyliterature,insteadIwillleaveitattheendofeachrows.Iwillpassx10signupbookletstoeachrows,starDngfromtheright,beforethelecture.Iwillcollectthebookletsonly,aJerthelecture.

Thebooklet(comb-binded)willcontain,

Acoversheet

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20xColouredSignupforms

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Thisishowitlookedlike:

Herearesomepicturesfortheindirectshout-outI'dperformedlastFriday,

Signupbookletsareplacedontheright,andinstrucDonsinthecoversheetwilldirectstudentstopassittotheleIoncetheyaredonewithit.

InterestedstudentswilltakecopiesbeforeseaDngdown.

Lectureone.

Lecturetwo.

Ihavedistributedintotal150copiesforthesetwolectures,theremaining100copieswillbeusedfornextweek'splan.

Here'stheexcelfilecontainingallthesignupsI'dcollectedfrommybooklets,

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Ontheothernote,InoDcedthatmostofourgatewaybrandedstandsaroundtheprecinctarefilledwithanothernewspaper,called'TheUniversityNewspaper',arelaDvelyuselessnewspaper.Iamsurethisisillegal.

Ming