Day 7 at the WAEC, my task
was to contact universities' Vice Chancellor, assistant.
The first thing before
calling them was to write up a script. This is very important as I need to know
what I am going to say. Also I have to prepare what kind of things I might get
asked.
The first uni I called was
Curtin. Making phone calls for the first time in the office where I'm
representing a organisation was SUPER nerve-racking. I was so scared to press
the numbers, so I got my intern friend, Isabella to help me dial the numbers!
Sounds silly right?
Hopefully the call to
Curtin's Vice Chancellor's assistant wasn't too bad! The lady, Allison picked
up the call and she was super nice. I followed my script and asked her whether
the university was interested in our project or not. Allison sounded interested
in the project and told me to send a proposal to her so she can discuss it with
the Vice Chancellor.
After making more phone
calls to other universities, I worked on the proposal which helped me to answer
questions from other universities.
When the proposal was put
together. I went to the supervisor that was in charge of this project to check
the proposal before sending and getting it finalise. We discussed what we
needed to consider and what the universities would think, (i.e would they go
for it?).
The outcome of this day is
that calling people isn't that scary! Today I heard the best suggestion about
how to overcome my nerves, think that the person on the other end of the phone
is just as nervous that the phone is ringing and they are the one who has to
answer it.
Another outcome or
experience I gained from Day 7 is that I now know how to write an official
proposal, that needs to be sent to official people and what kind of things I
should consider.
I love working in WAEC as it
helps me gain more and more experience and knowledge in all different areas,
not only PR!
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| Script |
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| Ready to call! |
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| Proposal for the project |
