Meeting the US Ambassador

Hi Guys!

On Tuesday the organisation Via Appia Networking WA where I am completing my placement held the event where United States Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey L. Bleich spoke about visionary leadership and overcoming today’s challenges.

The event was a great success with over 100 people attending the event at the Parmelia Hilton.

Leading up to the event was getting pretty stressful, with all of us working hard in the office to make sure the Ambassador enjoyed himself at the event, and the people attending were going to think the event was worth while, a lot of time and effort went into the planning and marketing of the function as well as many aspects of PR and of course a lot of Social Media.

On the day we were there early to set up and decorate the function room with American decorations as well as set out name badges and get the place organised. Mr Bleich wanted the event to be very interactive so we had a twitter wall, where people could ask questions and make comments or opinions on for the Ambassador to answer. This was very effective and successful as it gave individuals who could not attend the event a chance to be involved.

Mr Bleich himself was very interesting and down to earth, bringing his family into topics talking about looking forward to heading down to Margret River this weekend to relax with his family, as well as discussing the major points in today’s society including interesting aspects of political issues and the economy.

The attendees of the event were very impressed with Mr Bleich’s words of wisdom and they all believed they got something out of attending the event, which from an organisations view was very pleasing to hear. I was very fortunate to be able to sit on the same table as the Ambassador, which gave me the chance to meet him, which was very exciting (and a little nerve racking)

So now that, that big event has finished we have already started working on our next big function, I am very excited because we are partnering with Perth Fashion Festival in a Fashion Icon High Tea.

I have already stated contacting companies for opportunities for them to have their products in our gift bags that attendees will receive, or give vouchers or products as door prizes and raffles. It’s great to see so many companies interested and wanting to get involved with the event. I’ll be sure to keep you all up to date with what happening with the event.

I hope everyone’s enjoying their placements as much as I am!

Tess

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