Hi guys,
So Its getting very close to the event we have been working all year to make happen. The process has been enormous and quite a challenge. I was unaware there was this much involved with creating an event that only takes place over one night. I have recently been promoted to the role of Event Manager! This has been an extremely challenging task of which I was not sure I was capable of. The founders trusted my abilities and I felt as though they threw me into the deep end a little. Suddenly I was principally responsible for ensuring tasks were all completed each week, following up on the Dine for Life team and a lot of communication between the enourmity of sponsors involved.
At first I was completely overwhelmed. I had a huge amount of responsibility and large amount of tasks that needed to be completed each week, however I only had one day to do it in. Unfortunately this was the problem I felt. Although the event was only annual, one day a week was very difficult to coordinate or sometimes get anything done. However, I am pushing through and I hope I don't disappoint.
The experience of event manager has been quite practical. Creating several event run sheets, liaising with sponsors, allocating roles and tasks for others. Another thing that has been a shock to me was the amount of emails i now receive and send each day. My inbox is full to the brim with Dine for Life coordination, which can be very stressful and daunting at times. However, little celebrations need to be made when things go well or else you loose sight of why you are doing everything in the first place. Working in non-for-profit is, what I imagine, quite different to a paid position, but at the end of the day the outcome can be immensely rewarding.
Through the all the scramble and stress that is non-for-profit, I am still contributing to fighting human trafficking. A cause that is what is pushing me through this final month at my industry placement.
Hope everyone else is learning and loving!
Siobhan Herne xx
1 comment:
Hi Siobhan,
The work you are doing at your internship sounds amazing and for such a great cause! I completely understand the stress and craziness of organising an event.
Since I started my internship I have been involved in planning a launch event at Bunbury Port and a Sundowner for Bunge Australia. It was a daunting process, but to see everyone’s hard work pay off at the crisis free, smooth running event made the whole process so worthwhile.
I hope that you get to see all of your hard work pay off on the day of your event too. Good luck for the rest of your internship.
Sophie xx
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