(I did write this after my first 2 days, but I had to get it approved first, so its about a week old... But I'll update it soon!)
I finished the first two days of my placement this week, and so far it has been really good. I am doing it at SIDS and Kids WA, so it is a really interesting place and supportive environment to be in.
Everyone I am working with is so kind, and so supportive, that I feel I can’t help but learn and improve in my time there.
My first couple of days I have completed a few tasks that aren’t mind-blowingly interesting, but I loved doing them. My first day, my supervisor asks me to write a proposal for her. I must have given the “deer-in-headlights” look as I was trying frantically to remember had I ever learnt how to write a proposal, when I was told that I wouldn’t be alone. Getting it checked, with ticks and only a few suggested changes was just about the best confirmation that I have actually learnt stuff at uni ever.
Dusting off my VERY rusty Publisher skills was also a lot of fun! And the outcome looks pretty good, if I do say so myself…
The most time consuming task so far has been creating a list of schools that go with each Community newspaper, in order for SIDS and Kids WA to contact them to get some media interest before Red-nose Day. This feels like the most “PR-ish” activity to me, as everything I’ve learnt really points to media involvement. But I’m starting to realise just how important the combination of all facets of PR really is.
So far, I am really enjoying my 393 placement. It feels like the culmination of everything I have learnt at uni, and it’s always fun to feel like you are using what you have learnt.
2 comments:
What you consider as your first PR activity is in fact quite interesting. Creating or updating a database, basically seems to be the number one boring activity but if you take the time to think about learning it becomes interesting.
While adding information to a database, you get the opportunity to learn more about the environment of the company where you are working. Other stuffs you can learn are the existence of other institutions related to your database, which you were not aware of.
As we have so often heard during our courses, "as PR students, you must be aware of what is happening everywhere"!:)
Exactly!!!
Creating the database wasn't fun, just time consuming and repetitive, but because I know where it fits in the bigger picture, and what it will help to achieve I feel quite excited about doing it. Strange, huh?
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