2. Start up
• Clemson traffic situation
– 80,000+ fans on game days
– 1 main hwy leading into campus
• Navigation can be a gauntlet
– Road blocks
– One way traffic
• Clemson distributes the most parking placards
than any school in the ACC
3. Real game= communication through
email (tech. writing)
• Truth
– Not much effort needed to create and distribute
map
– Most of effort comes from finding who to write
and waiting for responses
• Many times most effective method to cut
through the wait is to make a visit in person
– E-mails horrible in time efficiency
– E-mails impersonal
4. Pros and Cons of e-mail
• Pros-
– Easy to find someone
– Simple to write and send
– Fast process
• Cons-
– E-mails that are easy to find are usually slow to
respond
– Procrastination is the name of the game
5. Process
• Step 1
– Idea
• 1st idea
– Book exchange
» Fizzled out after lack of support
• 2nd idea
– Tigerstripe at Wal-mart
» Went sour after Iptay proved impossible to reach
• Final idea
– Clemson traffic map
» Successful because we went “the extra mile” to get to the
right people and gain their attention quickly
(due process joke)
6. Decided- Game day Plan
• During game weeks those in charge of Game-
day traffic are extremely busy
– Needed a week where CUPD and SC highway
patrol were not extremely busy planning for the
weekend
• Away game
• Wake Forest
(2 wins+ 1 loss came of this)
Save Clemson swimming!
7. Personal Project-
• It was up to me to get our map put on the
Clemson University athletic web site and on
the City of Clemson website
– 1 success
• Connections through athletics = quick response
– 1 Failure
• Easy- to- find emails take their time responding
– (if at all)
8. “easy to use” and “highly effective”
“If you’re looking for a
conversation with a
representative, you should
talk to that drop box in the
corner” -30 Rock
9. Better use of time
• Contact Chris Ip;
– Head coach of swimming and diving
• Conversation noted on “Needed to Get Foot in Door”
File
“Head Coach Christopher Ip has put his
fingerprints all over the Clemson Swimming and
Diving programs during his first six seasons.
Since joining Clemson in 2002-03, Ip has led
both the men's and women's programs among
the most well-rounded in the country. Ip's
programs routinely score highly in the pool and
the classroom. “
10. Link to Libby Kehn
• In control of Clemson
U. Website swimming
page
– Not Quick to respond
• Needed 2nd email
– Connected to Jason
Wilson
• Recap on “to get in
front door” File Dawww- She made it up to me
11. Link to Jason Wilson
• In Control of website
– “reviews and
provides most of the
information for the
page”
• Supported our cause
– Final step?
• Recap on “to get foot
in door” File
12. Meeting with SC Highway patrol and
CUPD (Joe)
• SC highway patrol in charge of changes in
traffic flow
– Helped create most of map
• CUPD mostly in charge of personal safety
– Road blocks
• Terrorists
• Cover for SC Highway Patrol
13. Helpful Map
**can’t insert pic from
PDF without snip tool. So
I’ll be shameless and just
do a manual transition
and let Braden take over
