Pressures on in the gym

Day 15

Dear Bloggers

I have now been at my placement at Gymnastics WA for 5 weeks (3 days a week) working within the role of Media Officer. During this time my role has been to produce a sponsorship document that will attract one $10,000 sponsor and six $5,000 sponsors for a new event run by GWA.

I am finally now only one day away from printing the document with the document folders and papers selected! For most of this time i have been so looking forward to the final print day as i have spent countless hours sitting and staring at this document making edit, after edit, after edit.

What i have learnt from making this document will be invaluable. I've learnt things so simple as paper quality, to my own writing style and how that works for and against me in different context and I've had to conduct myself as a key speaker in meetings, and liaise with the event partner.

What i have found hardest about producing this sponsorship package has been the continual edits and changes to the document that I've had to make as a consequence of my supervisor being away for three weeks at the Olympic Games during which time the Director was busy handling a Club in meltdown. I realise however that it's just part of business that people will come and go and things will come up that are more important so its important to not take the lack of direction personally, more so as an opportunity to show initiative.

During my time at GWA i have also written a stack of media releases in relations to the new event I'm most involved with and other GWA competitions. A story is soon to be written in the Guardian Express for an upcoming event for which i initiated with a media release and then organised a photo session. (Lesson from that being make sure the athletes wear a t-shirt with sponsor logo! Obvious i know, however i managed to forget)

So now the pressures on! The package is finished and i have to sit back and see if it attracts some sponsors.... SO NERVOUS

My next job is getting started on contacting the major media outlets in Perth, to get this new event some good publicity. I've started with a website page for the event which has been daunting as I'm definitely not a creative person with design. I have found some relief through researching and comparing other website event pages, for which I'd like to take the opportunity to thank the Internet.

If anyone has any tips about website design check out http://gymnasticswa.asn.au/?ID=25466 and please give me some feedback!

Thanks

Kim Nettle