How is everyone? I
think most of you have finished with your placement? This week I have been
putting a lot of effort on poster designing as The Global Good Foundation are
going to celebrate its 5th Birthday on the 3rd November!
We went to see the
venue and now it's my job to get the poster done so we can send it out as an
invitation!
We have decided
that there will be a separate party for the kids, so visitors can bring their
children along. This is the poster that I made for the kids party!
On a different
subject, I had the opportunity to go to Parliament house with Tanya Dapagne,
CEO of Global Good Foundation, to do a Minute of Noise with
Members of Parliament on the steps of Parliament House. It aimed to let people
know that it is ok to speak out about situations of domestic violence!
This was really a great opportunity for me to
widen my horizons by seeing all the members of Parliament in action!
Tanya brought me to meet up with one of our providers
who sponsored us with T-shirts at a really cheap price. Tanya said it is
crucial for public relations to bargain, as well as keep a good network with
our sponsors; it is really important to an organization, especially for a non-profit
one.
Therefore, Tanya assigned me and another event
management intern, to go and ask for sponsorship from local business as we are
looking for vouchers or gifts for a raffle and auction. I found this task
really difficult since shopkeepers were quick to refuse us on account of
numerous people asking for the same thing every week.
We had been practicing a lot on how to approach
and persuade them to donate some prizes for us. However, we didn't even have
the chance to speak. This was quite demotivating.
I hope I will experience some success next week!
Good luck everyone!
1 comment:
Hi Wylie!
Sad to hear about not being heard during your sponsourship outings. I think being in Public Relations builds character and patience (haha) for sure. As Public Relations practitioners we need to build perserverence in our industries. Due to the fact that I'm in a not-for-profit organisation too I understand the importance of sponsorships and monetary assistance from the public.
At my placement Relationships Australia (WA) we were granted a large assistance from Lotteries West and it really benefitted us greatly. It was a competitive pool though at the start with other not-for-profit organisations trying to promote their cause and why they should get the assistance.
I hope that in the end the Global Good Foundation was able to get its needed sponsorship.
Good luck with the final report!
Angela
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