Primera, Segundo, Vamos!

With one project down I quickly saw myself jumping into another one . . . literally.

While doing tasks yesterday I was giving another PR assignment which included covering and doing a press release over a ribbon-cutting ceremony for one of Buckner's programs, Primera Iglesia in Irving, Texas. Definitely felt this was yet another chance to display my talents as this would show off for the first time my writing skills as journalist. So once I was given the task, contacting the primary people was done right away.

Through numerous emails, phone calls, and personal visits, I was able to get the information I needed to be able to prepare for the task ahead. What was unique about this assignment was not only that it was a opening of a new faciility, but for me, it was an event that occured during the weekend. Mapquest has definitely been my friend over the years, and with a combination of mapquest, blackberry map application, and my GPS my mom got before I left home, I feel that it will be an easy place to get to . . . well, minus the traffic.

Now that I was able to get in contact with the key players for this ribbon-cutting ceremony, I was able to get some pre-work done on other projects. I got a good sense about the Wynnewood Center but with given the assignment of writing a story about it, I wanted to get the side of Wynnewood and of the staff, exactly how it is.

Overall if there is anything I learned today is that email is one heck of a tool :) To be able to get prepared for two projects all behind a keyboard, mouse and monitor was very efficient. It just shows us how far we have come as far as corporate communications. To be able to set up meetings, appointments, interview times, and get a response in within minutes, it just simply amazing to me. Who knows what things this weekend will amaze me . . . until then, stay tuned.

-The Intern