For my practicum this semester I am working on the 1st Annual Middle Georgia Student Diversity Conference. This has given me a new side of Public Relations. I have worked on event planning before, but not this scale of event planning.
One valuable skill I have learned is learning how to write a letter addressing a business. One of my responsibilities as a practicum student is to be the Publisher Liaison. I am in the process of contacting publishers to attend the event. I have created a professional letter inviting them to attend and also to sponsor the event.
Also I have learned how to work with a lot of people on one project. There are many people involved in the conference. I am learning how to take initiative and see what needs to be done, before someone has to ask me to do it. They all are wearing different hats in the event and it is my responsibility to make sure that the publicity side is taken care of.
In working with this event and events/projects I have learned to adapt a new kind of time management. One that is laid out very well in this article from Bizmore by Eric Reyes . On of the biggest things I have learned is not to check my email constantly, but rather to schedule when I check my email, because otherwise I will spend time responding to emails when there are more timely things to be done.
The conference is not until April and I am looking forward to more opportunities I will have grow as a public relations professional.
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