Million pieces of information
That’s what DEVCOM students will be going to deal with
So, we are tasked to gather some of those
And the WAR begins
As part of Development Communication students, we are expected to develop our competence in gathering data. When we are tasked to gather information in Municipal Hall, our group “MunisiPioneers” was challenged, owing to that information under government are undeniably confidential.
Gathering data is our mission
Various obstacles are the enemies
Bullets of time struggle, traffic and lack of source
Shot us consecutively
We encountered several struggles. First is that we in the group are not yet acquainted. We probably feel ashamed of each other. Second, time struggling. We have a different schedule and so, it’s difficult to make our visible free time to work on this task. Third, the endless traffic in junctions. It’s, unfortunately, time-consuming. As we commute from UPLB campus to Municipal Hall of Los Banos, we are running out of time. Fourth, the confidentiality of Municipal Hall’s general information. We are not allowed to route and get information around the second floor and third-floor offices unless the Mayor’s office permitted us. Fifth, the lack of sources. We tried to get information on the bulletin boards and municipal website but some information is only provided. Lastly, the different cultures and moods of the staff in each office. Some are accommodating, some are not which is understandable knowing that we disturbed their certain works on some point.
But we soldiers remain standing with a flag in our hand
The Flag of Development Communication
Observation, search and interviews are our weapons
A formal letter is our shield
Effective Communication is our nuclear bomb
And used all of it in combat
Working systematically is a must in gathering data under the government sector. We inquire and gave a request letter to the Mayor’s office for us to have permission to route and gather data in each of the offices. Next, we inquire to the Public Information Office which gave us an extra task to gather information on the first floor offices which is an advantage to us, for us to accommodate by other offices. We administered a personal interview in the staff through performing effective communication which gave us more credible and reliable information. We need to set our minds that not everyone will accommodate us the way we want to. We need to work professionally. We should respect all the people we encountered and adjust to their personalities. While the rest of the data, we try to be resourceful and search for other sources.
Attack! Loud explosion are unveil
Silence for a moment and enemies raise their white flags
And so, Mission is accomplished
War ends with a flag in our hands.
Gathering data a vital part of our lives. Challenges are always present but what matters are we have no room for surrendering. We tried all practical ways and used it as our weapons to overcome those. We need to be efficient because not all primary sources are always available. We should resourceful and always prepare a letter for formality. So, for the next CDC freshman, all of you should learn from our experiences. We recommend that you should always be pleasant, good-nature and professional especially if you’re going to choose an interview as a method of gathering data. Thus, in the end of the day, we will have the same outcome. We will shout: “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!”
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