As I write this blog I can’t help
but be with mixed emotions. I am happy as this is the last time I will have to
do an assignment well until my masters that is, nervous as I do not know what
is ahead for me and sad because I have to leave the people at my internship who
I have built relationships with.
This week in my Public Relations
Planning and Evaluation class we had a debrief session. Veronica explained that
everyone must go through a debriefing session after a set of goals have been
achieved.
My goal for this internship unit
was to do the best of my ability and of course to produce work that will get me
a High Distinction.
To go through a debrief session one
must answer the following questions:
1.
What was
done well?
The communication between staff and
students was excellent. I learnt so much on the importance of having effective
communication in an organisation. The feedback from my target audience (in this
case being international students) was satisfying. It is an excellent feeling
when you get positive or even constructive feedback about your work. It helped
me as a person know my strengths in which I should implement in my everyday
life and also my weaknesses in which I have learned from and can make
improvements.
2.
What was
done badly?
Once again my time management
skills. Getting closer to the semester it was hard to manage my internship,
work, assignments and our PR internship report. I am a person who procrastinating
is my middle name. I always left my assignment to the last minute which was
hard because all of the assignments were all due at the same time. I am so
thankful that I did not need to ask for an extension in any of my assignments, however
I still need to improve on my time management skills before entering the
workforce.
3.
What took
more time than expected?
Creation of posters and language
barriers. I am not the most creative person, actually my creativity skills are
really low and therefore I would always avoid work that made me tap into my
creative side. This internship has made me realize that with creativity it
takes time; if you want perfect creative work you should start early as it
takes time. When I took my time with I found that the end result was perfect and
there was no need to make any more changes.
Having to deal with students who English
is not their first language was rather hard. In the beginning I used complex English
words when communicating with them, but as I got to understand my target
audience I started using simpler English. It is important to know how to
communicate with target audience, failure to do so could result in miss-communication.
4.
What was
the riskiest thing I’ve done?
PROCRASTINATION. Like I told you
before my procrastination skills are on point, if medals were to be given to
the best procrastinator I would receive a gold medal. I experienced my worst procrastination
yet this semester. I had to take some time off my internship so that I may get
some work done. I really wish I didn’t have to do that but if I didn’t I would
not have gotten any work done. During the time off I missed out on a lot of
learning opportunities and a chance to enhance my skills even further.
5.
If I had
unlimited resources what would I have done better?
I would practice more on my creative
skills as well as find ways to help me improve my time management skills.
I am so happy that PR students have
to take an internship unit before graduating. This unit has enhanced my creativity
skills as well as my other PR skills besides Events Management.
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