The End of the Beginning
By Alaine Bailey-Bentley Campus
Today was
supposed to be my last day at Momentum Forum but unfortunately I was not able
to complete it (although I had already completed by 20 required days
previously). I had been up vomiting all night and had a fever. I had to call up
Barbara regretfully and tell her I could not come to work as I still had a
fever and abdominal pain. After going to the doctors he told me it was food
poisoning. I wish I could have made up my last day but I begin work at my new
internship next week so am unable to do it but I did thank Barbara sincerely
for such a great opportunity-both on the phone and in email.
Working for
Momentum Forum Events I learnt many things about how to form and maintain
relationships with clients, advertise yourself to the public and companies, how
to research and contact companies as well as other handy tools such as using Mail Chimp, designing a newspaper advert
and writing media releases. It was definitely a worth while experience and I
wish Barbara all the best for her next event, the Men in Black Ball which I
know will be fabulous if the International Women’s Day Luncheon was anything to
go by.
As for me
and my future, I have gained another internship with a food blogger. After
meeting with her, she promised to help me improve my written skills as well
giving me the opportunity to manage her social media accounts (something I am
very interested in as a Mass Communication student). She also mentioned that I
will be involved in helping her created EDMs, a marketing calendar for her
Crust pizza shop that she owns, as well as creating emails and contacting local
sponsors for both her blog and her shop. I will always fondly remember Momentum
Forum Events as a place that introduced me to the working environment and
professional environment and for that I am eternally grateful. This internship
has definitely been a worthwhile experience and my advice to future student of
the unit is to choose somewhere that is in your desired field as you never
know, but it may lead to a job opportunity after your internship completion!
