Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Week XI
Now that my internship is over, I can sit back and relax until it's time to walk on stage and recieve that precious little piece of paper I have been working towards for the past two years!! But, I still have work to do. I have to find a job since I decided not to stay at my internship. So wish me Good Luck!
Week X
My Final Week YAY!!!!
This week was the PA Preferred Best Chef of Pennsylvania competition held at Ag Progress on August 19 & 20. The event was exciting! I was able to meet the chefs that I have been in contact with as well as meet our client, Maria, who was in charge of the competition. It was a big hit because the 30 chairs provided were filled with excited bystanders as well as people standing outside of the tent trying to see what all the buzz was about inside the tent. Reporters were there from the CDT, Lancaster Farming, and the Farm and Dairy. We also had the Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Wolff present the $ 500 check to the winner Bill Sell from the Altoona Hotel. On Thursday the 21st to my surprise the Best Chef competition made the front page of the CDT. Gail Franklin did an excellent job writing about the Best Chef for the CDT. It was a real accomplishment to see all my event media coverage make the front page of the CDT. I really feel like I did a good job and all my efforts paid off!
This week was the PA Preferred Best Chef of Pennsylvania competition held at Ag Progress on August 19 & 20. The event was exciting! I was able to meet the chefs that I have been in contact with as well as meet our client, Maria, who was in charge of the competition. It was a big hit because the 30 chairs provided were filled with excited bystanders as well as people standing outside of the tent trying to see what all the buzz was about inside the tent. Reporters were there from the CDT, Lancaster Farming, and the Farm and Dairy. We also had the Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Wolff present the $ 500 check to the winner Bill Sell from the Altoona Hotel. On Thursday the 21st to my surprise the Best Chef competition made the front page of the CDT. Gail Franklin did an excellent job writing about the Best Chef for the CDT. It was a real accomplishment to see all my event media coverage make the front page of the CDT. I really feel like I did a good job and all my efforts paid off!
Week IX
Since we are rounding down to the best chef competition, I needed to create cue cards for the DJ’s, thank you cards for the chefs, finalize times for both the interviews and the food pick-up/drop-off times, and start working on the post press release in anticipation for after the contest. It’s really exciting to be able to work on a huge project like this from beginning to end and watch its growth in anticipation for the event. So far I have created attention in four different newspapers (CDT, Altoona Mirror, Lewistown-Sentinel, Lancaster Farming), one magazine (Town & Gown) two websites (Pheonixvillenews.com, NittanyLiving.net), two radio stations (WRSC, 95.3 3wz), and one TV station (WJAC). And I have been saving copies not only for our client but also for me to put in a portfolio.
Now that the bridal workshop is over, it was my job this week to keep in touch with the contacts that were made on Thursday. Between Michelle and myself, six out of the ten companies that came to the workshop had expressed interest in learning more about preparing for this trade show through the networking session part of the workshop. I was able to make contact with all of them after the show and four of the six went further into depth of wanting quotes on items. It was my job to create proposals for those four companies with quotes of the items requested and explanation of those items. Creating proposals is fun because I have to contact printers to find out prices, add our markup to the printing costs, place other quotes in there for design and such, then email it to client once I get Michelle's approval.
Now that the bridal workshop is over, it was my job this week to keep in touch with the contacts that were made on Thursday. Between Michelle and myself, six out of the ten companies that came to the workshop had expressed interest in learning more about preparing for this trade show through the networking session part of the workshop. I was able to make contact with all of them after the show and four of the six went further into depth of wanting quotes on items. It was my job to create proposals for those four companies with quotes of the items requested and explanation of those items. Creating proposals is fun because I have to contact printers to find out prices, add our markup to the printing costs, place other quotes in there for design and such, then email it to client once I get Michelle's approval.
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