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1/22 | First Meeting of the Semester
Winter break gave us a time to recharge and relax from our fall semesters but Meagan reminded us that this is the semester that we need to focus on developing our professional profiles.
She headed off our meeting with discussing some upcoming opportunities. We have several agency tours in the works for the spring, so keep an eye out for those. Com Day, which is an opportunity to mingle with current PR experts in a professional setting, is going to be April 5th in the commons of Lawson. The times are yet to be solidified so also keep a look out for updates on that as well. Skip-a-meals are a wonderful opportunity to give back to our organization in an easy way by eating at a given restaurant at a specified time. If you show the organization’s flyer for the event there is a certain percentage of the money that you spent buying your food that goes back to your organization. There is the GoPro conference at DePaul that runs on March 2-3 and focuses on sports PR.
Meagan then announced that this semester, those on exec have to be thinking about potential candidates for this coming year. If you are interested, get in touch with someone on exec and get involved!
Following this segment, we turned our focus to networking. This can be a really scary and awkward part about solidifying a job but as future PR rock stars, we need to become comfortable with the idea of talking to people we don’t know and sharing that we care. Listen before you speak. Show them why you are interested in something and why you do what you do. This creates genuine interest. Find the shared value. Find what makes you and the company you want to be working for similar and how your goals align. Lastly, follow up and follow through. Send thank you notes. Believe it or not, these can be the difference between you getting a job or not. If you practice selling yourself by creating an elevator pitch and doing your research you can really stand out.
We closed the meeting by introducing Golin, Ketchum, and Borshoff to the chapter and discussing the difference in each agency.
We hope these notes helped you catch up and we can’t wait to see you at the next meeting on the 5th.
She headed off our meeting with discussing some upcoming opportunities. We have several agency tours in the works for the spring, so keep an eye out for those. Com Day, which is an opportunity to mingle with current PR experts in a professional setting, is going to be April 5th in the commons of Lawson. The times are yet to be solidified so also keep a look out for updates on that as well. Skip-a-meals are a wonderful opportunity to give back to our organization in an easy way by eating at a given restaurant at a specified time. If you show the organization’s flyer for the event there is a certain percentage of the money that you spent buying your food that goes back to your organization. There is the GoPro conference at DePaul that runs on March 2-3 and focuses on sports PR.
Meagan then announced that this semester, those on exec have to be thinking about potential candidates for this coming year. If you are interested, get in touch with someone on exec and get involved!
Following this segment, we turned our focus to networking. This can be a really scary and awkward part about solidifying a job but as future PR rock stars, we need to become comfortable with the idea of talking to people we don’t know and sharing that we care. Listen before you speak. Show them why you are interested in something and why you do what you do. This creates genuine interest. Find the shared value. Find what makes you and the company you want to be working for similar and how your goals align. Lastly, follow up and follow through. Send thank you notes. Believe it or not, these can be the difference between you getting a job or not. If you practice selling yourself by creating an elevator pitch and doing your research you can really stand out.
We closed the meeting by introducing Golin, Ketchum, and Borshoff to the chapter and discussing the difference in each agency.
We hope these notes helped you catch up and we can’t wait to see you at the next meeting on the 5th.