It
is the end of semester and I recently submitted a draft of the PR report to my
supervisor. When I attended the report writing workshop with Ali a few weeks
ago, I was taken aback by the thick reports from past semesters. I felt
terrible that the work I undertook will not amount to a thick report like the
ones I saw. However, reflecting back to the public relations efforts I put into
this internship, research played an integral role. Conducting research took a
lot of time but enabled me to produce, in my opinion, a high quality media
release and information to my supervisor for his meeting with the Premier.
Since
I work from home or university, I did not spend much time in the company.
Rather, communication was mostly done via email and weekly or fortnightly
meetings with my supervisor. I must say my supervisor did invite me to work at
the office whenever I wanted to. However I thought I could do more at
university or home so decided against that. Besides, most staff work from home
and I felt awkward to be there without anyone else. Fun fact: staff work from
home to cut back on energy consumption at the office!
I
think I have managed to apply the public relations theory I have learned over
the course of two years into practice. It is wonderful that I worked for a
company who has similar ideals as I do. Being energy-wise s something everyone
should think about at least once because taking care of our natural surrounding
is, I think, one of the main reasons we were put on Earth. Moreover, having
experienced it first-hand, energy building designs makes for comfortable living
that is also responsible towards the environment.
This
blogs concludes my log of the Internship Adventures as I like to call it. I hope
all of you enjoyed your placements and got a lot out of it. Most importantly,
good luck and best wishes for a successful public relations profession! Also,
enjoy that road to your individual successes. And remember, Winston Churchill
was right in saying, “kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. So
keep at it and success is inevitable!
