Greetings everyone.
I welcome you all fellow interns to the beginning of my long awaited journey as this is my first post. My name is Neo and i am very excited to say i did my internship at Ministry of State President in Botswana in Office of The President (OP).
I can tell you though that being an intern was quite scary at the beginning for me, i felt a little under pressure as i was working mostly with elders of the country. As a Public Relations intern, at times i did not know what to do or say and if it was right or wrong but nevertheless, i can assure u it turned out to be the greatest experience of my life.
First of all, finding a placement was not easy, i had to run up and down but that gave me an insight of how stressful job hunting can be. I was lucky in the end my CV impressed not only one but two organizations; the second largest newspaper in Botswana, Mmegi Monitor and Office of the President. I had to make a choice and it was rather not a difficult one because i figured i should go for something different and OP was just that.
Office of the President is not just any organization, it is not just government owned but i prefer to say it is the government of Botswana because that is were final decisions of the country are made before being passed out to the people. Public Relations is a department amongst many in this organization. When i started, everything was still slow since it was the beginning of the year and mostly time to make plans of the year. There was not heavy loads of work but there was always something. As u can figure, we were serving the nation so everyday was a day to look forward to.
PR is still growing in Botswana hence not much of it is found and often times it is misunderstood but as we all know there is a beginning to everything, i still think we shall live to see the day that PR will be taken for what it really is.
It was amazing how much i was made to feel comfortable and welcome in OP. It made me feel like an employee who was there to stay and with that support, i did my job just fine. For sometime there i was a PR officer (PRO) and it felt great.
To find out more about the Botswana Office of the President, you can visit:
http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/State-President/Office-of-the-President/
Until next time, please feel free to read through and leave a comment.
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
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