Week 4

I am thankful for the self-taught opportunities that Big Brothers Big Sisters allows me to experience. Week four of my internship was filled with these types of opportunities.Through these opportunities, I learned patience and  persistence while working with programs that I have never used before. These opportunities allowed me time to critically think instead of being told what to do step by step. In addition, it helped me feel a sense of independence as I learned how to accomplish tasks with very little guidance. My major accomplishments for this week was creating a marketing powerpoint, editing the monthly newsletter, and designing the 2012-2013 annual report.

The first project that I was in charge of for this week was creating a powerpoint to be presented to Pensacola's local TV station, Wear-TV 3. The purpose of the powerpoint was to create an outline of a potential video that Big Brothers Big Sisters hopes to get donated by the TV station. While creating this powerpoint, I had to purposely include a varitety of ethnicities and ages. I learned that it is important in marketing to make sure everyone feels included when reaching out to the general public. In addition, it was important to ensure that the powerpoint had a nice layout that appealed to the corporate setting.

Editing the monthly newsletter was another task that I accomplished this week. I used an editing program called Constant Contact to complete this assignment. I have never used this program or edited a newsletter before this week. The experience made me see how newsletters add a personal touch for the marketing department. When people who help support the company receive a newsletter, they are reminded of the positive moments that occur through Big Brothers Big Sisters. The newsletters remind supporters of the reasons why they decided to volunteer for the organization.

I received my long term project for the semester this week. This project is designing the 2012-2013 annual report. I am using Microsoft Publisher to complete this task. This program is also very new to me and is not the easiest program to navigate. Thankfully, there were some helpful YouTube tutorials to get me started!  However, I am excited about the opportunity to learn a new program that will be beneficial in my career journey. Creating the annual report provides me with the responsibility of learning how to design a eight page booklet with appealing layouts obtaining information and photos about the company.