Well we made it! We're into the final week of class! I am sad because this is the last PR class I will take, possibly for the rest of my life as I am nearing graduation. I really have become quite fond of PR. I feel even though I've taken several PR classes that I've barely scraped the surface of the subject. I really wish that I could do a job shadow with a working PR professional for a couple weeks and see the day to day work that they get involved in. I would love to see real life played out in the field.
I know that the career I am in now is in no way fulfilling or satisfying to me. I don't think my attributes and/or strengths are being used to their full potential. I'm hoping one day this economy will pick up and there will be more opportunities in PR or any other field that I'm interested in. I think this field is extremely relevant and will be forever, we will always need PR.
This class has really taught me the nitty gritty behind the research and writing aspects of PR. This course I think is vital to being able to execute proper PR writings in real life. I could write a news release today and feel pretty comfortable that the format and content are proper.
I'd like to say thank you to professor Hamlin for being so flexible and informative with us and I'd like to thank Riva and Geno for being wonderful and easy to work with classmates as well!!
Good luck in the future everyone!!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Onward with more thoughts...
Here I go.. Onward with more thoughts...
Week two and week three were when the real challenges began. The assignments got vaguer in their descriptions of the action items, just on some of the assignments. The real time is spent researching your subject/issue and deciphering the action items, and then executing the assignment. I had a lot of fun actually doing the assignments and didn't feel too burdened or stressed by them. Professor Hamlin again continued to impress me. She treats her students as adults, doesn't hammer us with emails degrading our work like some professors at Franklin tend to do. She does a great job of teaching us and supporting our learning. She is reasonable, not arrogant or boastful. I guess you can tell from my tone that I've had some experiences in the past with some "interesting" professors. Anywho I wasn't able to attend my community meeting until later so I got a little stressed by that because I had to push that assignment back when the rest of the other big assignment were due in week 4, 5 and 6.
Week two and week three were when the real challenges began. The assignments got vaguer in their descriptions of the action items, just on some of the assignments. The real time is spent researching your subject/issue and deciphering the action items, and then executing the assignment. I had a lot of fun actually doing the assignments and didn't feel too burdened or stressed by them. Professor Hamlin again continued to impress me. She treats her students as adults, doesn't hammer us with emails degrading our work like some professors at Franklin tend to do. She does a great job of teaching us and supporting our learning. She is reasonable, not arrogant or boastful. I guess you can tell from my tone that I've had some experiences in the past with some "interesting" professors. Anywho I wasn't able to attend my community meeting until later so I got a little stressed by that because I had to push that assignment back when the rest of the other big assignment were due in week 4, 5 and 6.
PBRL350-E1WW Some thoughts from the beginning of the class
Public relations is a career field that I feel is exclusive and very challenging to get into. Our professor Jessica Hamlin, I was happy to find, has been working in the field for years and has experience with how to be prepared to get into such a career path. She gave us tips on how to interview and what to bring to an interview for a PR position. These are things that were not required of the professor but she cares enough about the field and her students to assist with our questions and help us further tweak ourselves and prepare for our careers after graduation.
When I signed up for this course I had all prepared to be putting a lot of hours into the assignments. Especially with it being a research and writing course. I knew I had my work cut out for me. Turns out where I work is extremely behind and they have been working me like crazy. Mandatory overtime, school and then life on top of that has been just a little bit stressful right from the beginning.
The assignments at first were pretty straight forward. Created an issue statement which I find to be something that needs to be completed with every other deliverable in the PR field. It helps you to list out the issue, the strengths and weaknesses of the issue, parties affected and/or audience. I was correct in my assumptions of needing to put a lot of hours in. The readings in the book are not that bad. I actually like the writing style of the author Thomas H. Bivins.
When I signed up for this course I had all prepared to be putting a lot of hours into the assignments. Especially with it being a research and writing course. I knew I had my work cut out for me. Turns out where I work is extremely behind and they have been working me like crazy. Mandatory overtime, school and then life on top of that has been just a little bit stressful right from the beginning.
The assignments at first were pretty straight forward. Created an issue statement which I find to be something that needs to be completed with every other deliverable in the PR field. It helps you to list out the issue, the strengths and weaknesses of the issue, parties affected and/or audience. I was correct in my assumptions of needing to put a lot of hours in. The readings in the book are not that bad. I actually like the writing style of the author Thomas H. Bivins.
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