THE BIG THING!!!!!
I remember the first time I was introduced
to my boss when he mentioned about me joining the team is the right timing as
there will be a big event coming. I was excited as it could lead me to a better
exposure and learn a lot from it.
The event I was a part of was the Mahathir
Global Peace Award. Mahathir is a big name in Malaysia. He is an icon to many
Malaysians for serving as Malaysia’s Prime Minister a few years back. He was
the father of development. To top the exciting part, Jacob Zuma, South Africa
President was also invited for the event. This may sound cliché, but it was
definitely a once in a lifetime project.
The process of sending media invites prior
to the event was hassle I must say. I had to make calls to hundreds of important
people to confirm their attendance. Being those important people, they would
have the personal assistant or people closely working with them to represent. I
was transferred to so many calls and only managed to get a few yesses but many
turned downs.
The office was chaotic and everyone was
just so busy handling his or her own parts. The media team has to make sure the
invites are sent out, the press kit is in order, the boss likes what he sees,
approvals from the top management and that is just to name a few. It was a lot
of stress for the media team as the event was approaching and there was just so
little time.
I remember the day before the event where
me and the other intern had to bring the press kit to the hall, which is a
15min drive from our campus. We finished work at around 9pm and rushed to the
respective place. It was again, chaotic, as the big boss was around to make a
last check regarding the preparation.
I had to stay until 12am to make sure that
everything was in order and that the press kit is ready for tomorrow’s big
event.
1 comment:
I love events like this, it must have been such a learning experience for you to assist with this event.
I understand what you were saying about struggling with the leg work of the project; calling hundreds of people and not having hundreds of positive responses in return can be incredibly frustrating.But I also found that having to do tasks like that helps you make connections and network. Usually if you are well acquainted with the "little" people, you get shown a ladder to the "big people".
Having another President in attendance must have done wonders for the publicity for the event! International News must have covered it! Having the right guests in attendance can change everything!
Quite jealous I have to say!
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