THE END!
So that's its! Really?
My last day at my internship was on Tuesday and my last day at Curtin forever was today. For me this is a change of an era, in two-three weeks time I am moving away back to cold Scandinavia after being here in Perth for more than three years now! It will surely be a big change!...
I had a great end of my internship, my lovely supervisor had bought me a present and we all went out for Melbourne Cup Lunch and drinks. I think this reflects to me what has been my best experience with my internship; the people and their amazing way of taking care of me and leading me in the right directions.
The staff at the Foundation has been so lovely and I have learnt so much from them every day I have been there. Not only about Public Relations, but also about things in general ranging from poisonous snakes, military camps in Northam to bogans in Perth ;) Last week we actually went to an event in Northam to create and take care of important stakeholder relationships!
Picture Proof...
To sum up my internship, I have done a little bit of everything. I have sent media releases, created fact sheets, participated in event management, written annual report, letters, created a social media strategy and so on. I have been so lucky that I have practiced my skills in all fields that I am interested in perusing in the future. And I know this has already benefited me!
I believe the major lesson learnt from my experiences at the Foundation is the importance of communication, and more importantly the importance of knowing and understanding your audience. Whereas this has been stressed and highlighted in all years at university, it takes experiences to truly understand the meaning of it. You can have a perfect product and idea, but what are most important are those you are trying to target…Does anyone share the same opinon?
My last day (Tuesday) I wrote future media releases to send out as well as I created templates for them to use in the future. To be asked to do this meant something to me as it means they appreciate the work I have done and wish to continue using it!
Oh well, I am signing off now, and I must admit I am overly excited about publishing my final blog post, handing in my final report, and if everything goes well I am actually all done!
2 comments:
Hi Nina
I can relate to those strange feelings of "the end" and "what's next"...
It sounds like your internship was a great expirience and you worked with an amazing bunch of people, which makes all the difference.
You listed an extesive range of public relations taks you were given the opportunity to be involved in which must make you feel alittle more prepared for what the real world will have in store for you.
Goodluck
Hi Nina,
Based on what you have written, it looks like you really had fun for your internship and your supervisor actually bought you a present and went out for Melbourne Cup lunch and drinks, how cool is that. You're lucky that you got to work with bunch of lovely people and learned a lot from them to prepare for your future working life.
Wishing you all the best.
Jessica
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