It was during during my interview with the director that it was made cleat to me that the ECCEA has no PR department but they are looking forward to see new development in their internal system.
I did not start my first day in the main office but I was invited to go to a forum which was going to regroup coordinators and assistant coordinators all over Mauritius. I was in charge of taking photos of the event that would be published in a forthcoming newsletter.
It was very difficult I have to admit because I did not know anyone from the field of pre-primary education. I was even mistaken to be one of the coordinators and when i clarified the misunderstanding stressing that I study PR and I am a trainee, most of the people did not know what it really meant. I then realised how restrained the PR field is among the government sector. And at the precise moment when I held my camera to take photos I realised that I lacked a lot of self-confidence and I was fearing that this might be a reason for me to produce an unsatisfactory work. As expected, when I showed the photos to my supervisor, she told me that I should not shield myself into timidity and be more bold to get things done. This internship taught me that in real-life, there won't be anyone on whom you can rely; it is only the fittest that survives.
Thankfully, some of the photos came out worthy of being published in the newsletter.
It was very difficult I have to admit because I did not know anyone from the field of pre-primary education. I was even mistaken to be one of the coordinators and when i clarified the misunderstanding stressing that I study PR and I am a trainee, most of the people did not know what it really meant. I then realised how restrained the PR field is among the government sector. And at the precise moment when I held my camera to take photos I realised that I lacked a lot of self-confidence and I was fearing that this might be a reason for me to produce an unsatisfactory work. As expected, when I showed the photos to my supervisor, she told me that I should not shield myself into timidity and be more bold to get things done. This internship taught me that in real-life, there won't be anyone on whom you can rely; it is only the fittest that survives.
Thankfully, some of the photos came out worthy of being published in the newsletter.
The forum was an excellent opportunity to meet the key people of the industry and to identify ECCEA's role within the ministry. One important thing I learnt as a PR person is to create contacts that is to liaise with key members because it later proved to be very useful to get access to information.
2 comments:
I completely understand how that feels! Because it's a placement program, sometimes it's difficult to get out of the I-am-only-a-student mentality. And more often than not, that mindset is what prohibits our true potential from emerging!
But I'm grateful that the placement program presents an opportunity to seamlessly move from student to professionals :)
I can completely relate. It was so overwhelming doing projects and tasks when you're unsure of whether your work is actually good enough. My supervisors have basically said the same thing to me, and I guess the whole idea of being an intern is to push you out of your comfort zone and prove to yourself that yes, you CAN do it! Something that was really cool that happened to me was at one of the events I worked at, RoboCup, the media release I wrote and the [professional] photos we chose got front page of one of the local newspapers just recently :) it can be a great feeling to prove yourself wrong!
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