The Beginning and End of an Era

Hi Everyone!

So here we are! The last week of semester...it has flown by. I finished my placement at Kings Park last Sunday when i had one last day left of event management during the festival left. It was really great to do some event management throughout the festival and see what all our hard work in the lead up had gone towards.

I have learnt so much during my placement and my time at Kings Park has been nothing but a positive one. I have been involved in so many services such as promotion, advertising, community relations, government relations, stakeholder management and event management. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to experience a new working environment and make many new contacts along the way.

I now know that having good time management is a must in the PR industry. I know that it is crucial to make positive relationships with everyone you deal with. I know that what we learnt at uni did actually help when working in the "real world". I know that it is important to do better than what others and yourself expect of you. And i know that you should do all of this with a friendly, professional, honest, credible and approachable manner.

I think the PR 393 Placement unit is one of the best units because it gives all student to kick off their experience or to add to their professional experience. I still believe that hands on experience is where we learn our best lessons, and from the experiences i have had this year i will keep believing this until proven otherwise.

Hope you all had as positive experiences as i did and good luck with those placement reports!

Kelly

Promotion, Promotion, Promotion!

Hi all!

Now that we are half way through August the Kings Park Festival is approaching very fast! I have been very busy distributing all our promotional material packages to hotels, libraries, residential areas, and many organisations for elderly people and disabled people. We are also in the process of organising advertising in the West Australian and really pushing the promo in the last few weeks up until the festival which starts on September 1. We have been organising content and photos for social media updates throughout the festival. Once the festival starts I will be out in the park doing some event management and making sure everyone is organised and everything is running smoothly. I am really looking forward to it! Below are some examples of the promotional photos I have chosen to use for the website and face book.

My internship at PLC has been very busy lately as well. We have had one big event last week which was a 50 year reunion. Everything ran really smoothly and it was great to see where all my hard work had gone to and to see it was a success. Next week we have our biggest event which is the schools' Founders Day. I have been working on this a lot so it will be great to see how it all goes.

I hope everyone is still enjoying their placements!

Kelly

The Juggling Act

Hi There!

Wow...What a hectic last couple of months! I started a placement as Events Assistant at Kings Park in June – doing the PR in the lead up to the Kings Park Festival in September – and then also started my Internship at Presbyterian Ladies College Public Affairs Department. So on top of two placements and uni and tying to have a social life – its been crazy!

Working at Kings Park has been really interesting. I am part of a small communications team and we are doing everything in preparation for the Kings Park Festival. The festival runs every day in September with events and activities on every day. Also, every weekend there are Live Music Sundays. So, there is a lot to organise! I have been doing a whole range of things so far – from design work for promotional material to organising distribution lists and booking musicians and artists and writing up contracts for everyone involved in the festival. It has been really interesting having meetings with external PR professionals that help work on the festival and seeing what their lives are like.

My internship at PLC is a little less hectic. It is community relations based and I have been working on a range of events that the school hold to retain involvement of past students. It has been really good working on events from the very beginning until the end. We are at the point now where all the preparation is done and the events are about to start happening. It should be a good end to my internship to attend and run the events that all my hard work has gone into.

I guess this is all just a small taste of what working full time is going to be like!

I am looking forward to seeing what else I get to experience over the next few months, and hearing about everyone else’s placements!

Kelly