Tuesday, February 3, 2015

What I've learned in Public Relations (PR)

I’m representing! That’s right, I am.


What am I representing? I see this answer as a staircase response as there are so many involved. As a Public Relations Communication Specialist, I represent my peers, professors, college, city, internship organization and my job. As scary as that may sound, it’s actually a breeze to pull off.

The days of going to Walmart in your pajamas are over. On those blistery winter days, you think it’s just milk in and out of Walmart. No, don’t do it. My professor commented about not wearing those warm fuzzy pajamas anymore, she was right. I have had countless interactions with organizations right in the middle of the check-out line and in the milk isle. Thankfully, I took those words of wisdom even though I questioned if it would really happen to me.

The day I crossed paths with an executive director had been the day, I immediately became coherent that whether I was meeting a director or an organizing, answering the phone, or a client, I must conduct myself in a professional way because it reflects me and sometimes the first impression is your only impression.

Even though I am a behind the scene individual, I still need to represent in a clean, orderly fashion. My days of pajamas are long over as each day shopping brings new interactions with organizations I have either dealt with in the past, present or just recognize me through news articles.


Public Relations have ignited a passion which has developed into a career path that I am working hard on with extreme genuine enthusiasm. “I” represent the past graduates and future of the Public Relations Program. Whether I represent a client, organization or myself, I will incorporate everything I have been taught and put my best foot forward. 


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