New Exhibit

This week, I was given many small projects to work on. An editor at Ferguson Publishing Company is currently working on a book, which describes animal-related careers and features interviews with professionals working in the field. The editor wanted to interview a curator, aquarist and an aquarium director for his book, so I was in charge of arranging these interviews. I also researched other large aquariums and compared their ticket prices to the Georgia Aquariums. I also worked on our Web site. We have decided add a celebrity page to our Web site, which will showcase different celebrities who have been to the Aquarium. I had to find places on the Web site where we could link the celebrity page. Here is the link to the celebrity page, which includes Jordin Sparks, Usher, Martha Stewart and many more: http://test.georgiaaquarium.org/celebrities/.

We also opened a new exhibit last week. We partnered with GEICO and now have six Geckos located in the atrium. We announced the new exhibit to media on Tuesday. We also pitched to media in the Atlanta area an event we hosted Tuesday evening where Mayor Franklin presented a Phoenix award to GEICO. On Wednesday, a reporter from the AJC came to shoot some photos of the new Geckos. I took the lead on showing him around the new exhibit.

"Get Married", a television show on Lifetime Network, also came to film a segment about weddings at the Aquarium. The Georgia Aquarium has an event facility that is perfect for weddings. "Get Married" filmed the facility as well as an interview with Will Ramsey, the director of group sales.