Following a survey about favourite seasonal communication design (set as homework by his school), Dylan has now adapted his initial card/flyer design, had feedback on the initial work-in-progress from the Cranfield Speakers taste testing focus group and an offer of help from his old nursery carer – thank you guys, we’re into development mode at the weekend!
It’s all about the research
December 11, 2014
Slippers and toys
June 1, 2013
Son: I can see my gorilla feet slippers on top of the wardrobe waiting to go in the loft! Will you give them to someone else?
Mum: I don’t know yet – maybe.
Son: We could sell them? We could take them to a shop and offer a pack for sale with the other toys that are in there and someone could buy it – isn’t that a great idea? We could take them to Tesco’s.
Mum: It’s a very good idea. Tesco’s wouldn’t be the right shop to take them to though, because it doesn’t sell second-hand things, only new things.
Son: I know, I’ve got a better idea! We could take the slippers to a slipper shop and the toys to Toys ‘R’ Us!
Mum: Good thinking, but those shops would still only sell new things. We could take them to a charity shop in Stony Stratford.
Son: What’s a charity shop?
Mum: They sell used things, and the money they get for selling them goes to different causes; there’s one for animals, –
Son: So animals get the money?
Mum: Well, the money pays for animals without a home to have food and a home. But there are other charity shops too, where the money gets used for other good reasons. Or we could post a message about them in an online shop called eBay, where we would get most of the money.
Son: Let’s do that, so I can have the money for my money box.
Mum: So YOU can have the money?!
Son: Yes… I’ll give you half if you like?
Related articles
- Urban Renewal vs. Charity Shop Chic (journalismfeatures.wordpress.com)
- Charity Shops: Curse or Crux of the High Street? (ihurerblog.org)
- Charity Shops- not always the cheapest option ( but I still love them!) (madmumof7.com)
Are you sure?
December 19, 2012
D: [singing]
Hey, I just met you
And this is crazy
But here’s my number
So call me maybe?
And all the other boys
Try to chase me – not ‘cake’ me, not splat some cake in her face!
Me: We can play that song in the car if you like – I downloaded it.
D: What’s ‘downloaded’?
Me: On the Internet. You click on a file that you want, like this song, and then it sends that file to your computer or phone – after you’ve paid for it.
D: How can you pay for it on your phone? Is there a little hole where you can put your money in?
Me: No. You know what banks are – where people keep their money?
D: Yes.
Me: Well, after you’ve clicked on the things you want to buy, the website says “We’re going to take this much money out of your bank account – is that OK?” And then you say “yes” and you’ve bought it.
D: How can they know that you’ve said “yes” – can they hear you?
Me: No – it’s a button that you click on – “yes” or “no”.
D: I’ve got that on my iPad [innotab]!!! Sometimes, when I ask for a new page it says “Are you sure? If you have a new page you will lose your art.” And I press on “yes”, because I think it’s really rubbish. Not all the time though. Same sort of message though, isn’t it? Lots of things use it.
Me: Yes – it’s an “are you sure?” question.
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