The day has arrived!!!

The stress has filled the room. We started to prepare all the brochures that have to be handed out to all the attendees. Then we went to the hall to set up the bursary awards, reception table and the table for the awards. 

My job was to make sure the food is ready and the reception was assigned with a staff to take the attendance of the award recipients. I also needed to assign a person to make sure the flow of the event was monitored. I then went to label all the seats with the attendees names.

I then went to welcome the press and brought them to their assigned seats. I then went to play some light music and instructed the media where to fix their cameras and then I went to check on the attendees.

Once the attendees arrived, I made sure that all of them sat in their seats and I debriefed them of the sequence of the event. My Supervisor then received the Special guest and came up with the rest of the board members. The event started on time and everything went as per plan.

After the event, everyone went down for food. The event was a success and my supervisor commended me on my input and the success of the event. I am so happy!!      

  

"Hello? Is this the MEDIA?"

The day arrived for me to call the media. Our two main media was the Vasantham News Channel and the Tamil Murasu. We wanted them to cover the event as they are the most popular media that reaches out to all Indians in Singapore.

I was terrified to call them as I thought I will mess it up. So, I carefully drafted out my script before calling them. I practised it over a hundred times before making the call. I asked my supervisor to sit next to me when I made the calls, just  in case I made a mistake I will pass the phone to him.

The call went very smoothly, better than I pictured it. My supervisor said that I did a great job. I felt so good and proud of myself.

Then came the floor plan. I had to draw out the floor plan from scratch within less than an hour as they needed it urgently. I used MS power point to create the floor plan. I made it very colourful and life like so that it will be easy to read by anyone. My fellow colleagues loved it. 

Everything is set... Just awaiting the day of the event! Keeping my fingers crossed!  

Work OFFICIALLY Started!

I thought this would be a breeze. However, it is not so!

Work has started to pile up as there is only a week to the event and there is a lot to do. I have been busy assisting my colleague to write press releases and do media monitoring. Sending emails is an ongoing process.

While doing this I have to create an invite list and I have to send the invites to the students to let them know about the event.

To do list:

- Media Invites
- Confirm the location of the event
- Send reminder to the students
- Create a floor plan for the event
- Confirm the catering

PR for the NPO

Day 1 at work:

I was very nervous before starting the day. Once I reached there, I was given a warm welcome by everyone.
Then I was briefed about my job scope for the month. I am involved in the event that is coming up. It is a bursary award presentation for Hindu Students.  Lets see how this journey progresses.








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