A Late beginning with angelhands Inc

Hi Fellow PR393 Students!

I’m finally writing my first blog post since this is basically only my second week into my placement. It has been difficult for me to find an internship as I started out late and most of the organizations that I called already have a student intern with them. Though I have yet to regret my decisions as I am fairly please with my placement with angelhands.

There were quite a few obstacles I had to pass before I found my placement with angelhands. Some of which was as mentioned above as many organization have already taken in a student placement and then I came across Water Polo WA and got in contact with the person in charged. Because they have just got a student that would be interning with them this semester, they have referred me to the Melville Water Polo WA with my main focus being The 2012 Tom Hoad Cup which takes place at the end of the year. I was so excited to start with them but it was most likely impossible as the final report is due in mid November and if I decided to go on, I would not have gotten very much experience as they only need me most in the months of November and December. Plus I would not have been able to finish my report in time by the due date. So I continued looking and got referred to angelhands by another not-for-profit organization and that is how I got to this point.

I know there are only 5 weeks of classes left so it is going to be a challenge with how much I will be able to accomplish when working in the public relations sector at angelhands. But I am willing to put in the time and effort to learn as much as I can from them and experience first hand in a real life job in PR. So I have decided to come in 3 days a week, every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to get as much time in as I can manage.

 Angelhands is basically a not-for-profit organization that helps traumatized victim of crimes. This could include individuals or families who have been affected either by homicide or by serious personal violence. In addition, there is only one paid staff within the organization while the rest are either volunteers or student interns just like me. This is definitely not like a usual PR internship one would look for and that it why I am so excited to learn about how their organization operates and everything else that comes with it.

Because of my short placement with the organization, my supervisor has got me to get straight to work; though my first day was quite breezy. I went to the National Health Awareness Day where there were many other not-for-profit organizations just like angelhands. My job for the day was to check out all the different organizations at their stalls and look at the type of marketing and promoting strategies that they have incorporated. The point of this was to gather information on how angelhands can improve to become more creative in the future. I also listened to how my supervisor and volunteers of angel hands spoke to the people and I tried speaking to them myself but I definitely was not ready for such a huge leap though talking to other not-for-profit organization’s staff members was quite interesting as they not only share their promoting tricks but what the organization means to them and why they chose stick by it. The experience that I have acquired on that day totally intrigued me. I just could not believe the stories I was hearing, as I never knew how one’s life could be so terrifying.

Overall the first day on my internship was very much a chilled out day as I ended at 2.30pm. But I must say, it got me thinking and wondering what I would be assigned to do for the PR side of things. I’m glad that I have chosen this organization as my placement for PR Professional Practice 393.

Till the next post then (:

<3 Deanna C.