1.       Working in confidentiality.
The firm, Flash Communications, is a PR Firm and a Modelling Agency. It is launching a new pageant style competition known and appreciated worldwide to Mauritius. This project, considering the fierce competition in this industry, had to be kept confidential.

This clause scared me as it was the first time that I was getting involved in something so serious.

The clause precisely mentioned that I was not supposed to let any information about this project go out of the firm and that in case of treason I was subject to be sanctioned under the law.
I trembled as I signed the agreement as this was a monster of a deal. The stress of keeping this a secret was terrifying as they were not kidding about it. The manager let me in, as they needed help on this project.

 It was more of a stress than a pleasure to work on that as my laptop could be easily hacked or information may get lost or misplaced which may be considered as treason. Working at the university made me vulnerable.
However, with time. I learnt to live with it and keeping it confidential became more of my cup of tea.

I started using code words and hidden language to process my information and communicate with the firm when I was surrounded by people.
This aspect of hiding things became fun and I was feeling part of a secret mission like in movies. This rose my interest level and I was happy to be part of it.
This confidentiality agreement which scared me made me fall in love with the very same project. This shows to what extent something challenging may enhance one’s performance, due to its uniqueness.
At the end of the day, this policy made my journey more interesting and worth while.

It's time to say Goodbye!!

Hello bloggers,

Today was my last day at Imagine communication. Even if it was the last day, I've had lots of things to do as to complete and end satisfied of my placement there.

This internship has given me the opportunity to accomplish several PR tasks in the real life and to put into practice what I've learnt during my 3 years of study at Charles Telfair Institute.

The main thing with which I will conclude my blog posts will be that there is definitely a big difference between PR in theory and PR in practice. We have been taught as to have a basic idea of the meaning and the role of PR in a company, but after completing my placement I can say that there were aspects we have'nt focused on and which were important.

But this is why the last module is an internship, so as to show students the difference between what can be taught in class and what can be completed in a company. In my opinion, this was the greatest part of my internship at Imagine, the combination of both theory and practice which gives an unique mix.

I'm sad it's already finished, but excited to submit my final report with all my tasks and activities.

I hope you all have had a great experience. I wish you luck in your future carrier.

Elodie Charoux

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Charles Telfair Institute