Sending some positive vibes

That’s it, it’s my last day at work and all I can I can say about it is: THANK YOU Veejayen, Vishal and all the PR lecturers of Curtin. I would never have thought that those boring PR tasks you gave us would have been so useful one day but, hey guess what? THEY ACTUALLY ARE!

Without the module PR250 I would never have been able to do those media clippings at work or know how to write a newsletter or a media release without the module PR220. Thanks to my lecturers for pestering us to complete those PR tasks.

We always hear everywhere "once you start working, you'll know that you don't know anything about PR, it is all about experience and nerves," it is right in a certain way and I prepared myself to this ugly truth. But it seems that it was not completely true.

My colleagues (who did not study but have a lot of communication experiences), were quite impressed by the PR skills I already have, for example, I have been able to write a media release without any help, which for me is one the most basic skills for a PR practitioner, but they told me that they didn’t even know how to write one at the start of their career.

I told them that it was all about theory and certain knowledge of case studies we did during tutorials. Then I realized that yes, you do learn a lot with real-life experiences at work but we already know the basic skills for a PR practitioner and this internship is meant to “complete” our PR skills.

This is small message to remind all of us that if we are here today, narrating our real-life experiences at work, it is all because of what we have already learned at college, so be grateful for what you are learning everyday.

The greatest gift I've been given has been the gift of opportunity and learning, and I’m grateful for that.

Anne-Laure Ferry

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