Just hppy to be here ft. Josh Kennedy

At this stage I’m definitely feeling a lot more confident through learning new pieces of valuable information and insights, and I'm seriously loving my experience here. I feel like I am becoming a valued member of the team, and that my inputs and my opinions do count towards the work that we are doing. The girls in the office recognise that I do have a bit of knowledge in the field and I think for that reason I am taken a bit more seriously and my input into their operations are definitely more appreciated.  In a small office that could be quite intimidating (and is for others), I’m definitely feeling as comfortable as I could potentially be.

At this stage of my internship I’m being involved with a lot of their events as event season is starting to come to an end. So far I’ve been involved with events for Cognilab an assisted learning company, the City of Perth in the Perth Tourism Industry Exchange (one of the larger events) and Event & Conference Co.’s event’s being the Creativity Workshop and The Winning Mindset featuring Josh Kennedy.  

Throughout experiencing all of these different types of events the one thing that they all have in common is the level of required communication and organisation. They have taught me that an effective level of organisation and communication is key. There are so many aspects prior to an event that need to be concise and effectively organised. In the planning and lead up to these various range of events there’s the marketing, public relations and planning elements that all need to be organised in a timely and effective way if these events are to go off without a hitch. There’s so many different elements involved that I have now seen wouldn’t be possible unless there was a serious amount of communication and understanding throughout the team. Whatever workplace it is and whatever field you’re working in, this is one of the biggest factors that I have seen are able to make or break these events.

Even for the event the ‘Winning Mindset’ there were so many elements that had the ability to make or break the event just through the lack of communication. In contacting Josh’s manager and several of his representatives it was determined that he did not want media at the event, which was disappointing as there were so many media outlets calling to be involved at this event due to his recent high profile nature. Through miscommunications with his representatives it was later determined after the event had concluded that he actually would not have minded if there was media present at this the event. This definitely was extremely frustrating and quite a letdown as media would have been a great advantage in publicising the event and the organisation through well-known sources to the public. Small components like this are examples of how communication and effective organisation can have both positive and negative effects on the success of your event- or any type of work you’re involved in for that matter.

My experience with this event is a small screenshot of what I believe is valuable to an organisation and what I feel needs to be executed effectively in order to experience your desired outcome.  To me this is how you can achieve the 'mindset of a winner'.