Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Exciting Moment . . . Event!

In PR, organizing skills is very important. Planning, time management; scheduling and Meeting Deadlines are compulsory in this domain. Thus, at Toyota Mauritius Ltd, an important task has been allocated to me, it was to organize an event; the Annual Get Together Party which has been held on Thursday, 31 January 2013. It was a really demanding and time consuming. As there is no PR department in the company, I have worked in collaboration with the Managers from the Human Resource and Administrative departments.
 Being involved in the organization of the event was a very interesting. There are a lot of tasks that have been allocated to me, such as:

§  Designing the Invitation card
§  Create an excel sheet of all the employees who would attend the party
§  Look for the venue
§  Look for the menu proposals
§  Send and collect confirmation forms to employees
§  Look for transport
§  Prepare an event plan
§  Create a check list§  Phone company for preparing award
§  Create a budget
§  Go to the venue to meet the event agent
§  See the set-up of the tables
§  Confirm the presence of the media
§  Shopping – buying gifts for lucky draw
§  Preparing games, etc...

 During my internship, it was the most enjoyable task that has been allocated to me. I really enjoyed preparing with my colleague the party.   Moreover, on that special day, we were not only celebrating the Annual Get Together Party of the company, but we were also celebrating the brand itself as Toyota was No. 1 selling Brand 2012. Thus everything have to be done correctly and in a professional way, as on the day the media were present and a member of Toyota from Africa as well.
 
 (From the left to the right) -  The Workshop Manager and the Marketing Manager


Although, it was really demanding, I have been working with a lot of pleasure with the HR and Admin department on this project.  I have never organize such a big event in life before this, thus I can say and confirmed that it was a wonderful experience. So, in accordance to PR theory, I have been exposed to use my organizational skills in this projects which has been successful and I was ready to face the upcoming event.


Sharon Aubeeluck
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Charles Telfair Institute, Mauritius

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