Utah's weather has been acting like a girl. It can get very cold one day and the next day it's bright and sunny. However, the unpredictable weather can't stop me from feeling excited for the summer.
When thinking of summer, the first things comes to my mind is no more school. Yay! No school means that I do not have to worry about waking up early in the morning, doing my homework, studying for my exams and many more. Summer also means that I can do things that I am not able to do while I'm busy with school. I can take dance lessons, read more books, and travel. I love traveling and I can't wait to travel with my family this summer.
What does summer mean to you? To me, summer is the time to explore, to do things that I want to do, and to refresh myself before getting back to school and work.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Group Presentation
This week I had a group presentation for my Mcom class. I've learned a lot of things during the preparation for the presentation and after observing other groups.
To me the group presentation was much harder than the individual presentation that we did last time. First, a group presentation requires collaborations with other team members. Second, this time together with my team members I had to present in front of a larger group, which creating more pressure and tension. However, from my group presentation and others, I learned that practice makes perfect. A group with good preparation comes off more confidently and relaxing.
To me, I like group work but sometimes I hate it. However I know that I can never escape from group work. And from working in groups, I make friends and learns from others as well. Therefore I will learn to enjoy group work and get the best out of those experiences.
To me the group presentation was much harder than the individual presentation that we did last time. First, a group presentation requires collaborations with other team members. Second, this time together with my team members I had to present in front of a larger group, which creating more pressure and tension. However, from my group presentation and others, I learned that practice makes perfect. A group with good preparation comes off more confidently and relaxing.
To me, I like group work but sometimes I hate it. However I know that I can never escape from group work. And from working in groups, I make friends and learns from others as well. Therefore I will learn to enjoy group work and get the best out of those experiences.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
PRSSA Networking Event
Last month, I went to a dinner hosted by UVU PRSSA chapter. PRSSA stands for Public Relations Student Society of America and is a unit of PRSA (Public Relations Society of America). While PRSA provides professional development for public relations professionals in general, PRSSA targets students who are pursuing careers in PR. The speaker of the event was John J. Seng, CEO and founder of Spectrum. I always want do non-profit PR; however, getting a decent salary with a non-profit for fresh out of college is not possible. Therefore, I've been looking for another career path before I settle down in non-profits. Seng's talk introduced me to health PR, a field I had never heard of PR, and inspired me to do something with health PR.
Seng started as a journalist with a few different magazines and newspapers before he decided that health PR is something that he wanted to do. Then Seng taught us how health PR has changed the public awareness and how to use story telling to influence publics. Seng then told the story of Sam Berns and what health PR professionals have done to raise awareness about the disease. Sam Berns suffers from progeria, a rare disease that accelerates the aging process. Seng felt like people need to know about this disease and he worked with Sam Berns to come up with an awareness campaign about progeria. I felt touched when Seng show a short clip of a BBC documentary about Sam Berns. At that moment, I realize health PR can have the same impacts as non-profit PR. Moreover, health PR provides me the opportunities to work with different clients and learn from different aspects of PR before working for a non-profit and solely supporting that organization. I also had a chance to talk with Seng after the dinner and so far I have benefited a lot from the connection with him.
Before the dinner, I came to a few PRSSA events but I did not feel like I learned something from those events. The dinner at UVU changed my mind and I regret that I was not active in PRSSA. Now I have a better vision about my future. Therefore, I will often come to PRSSA events, network with PR professionals, and expand my knowledge about health PR.
Seng started as a journalist with a few different magazines and newspapers before he decided that health PR is something that he wanted to do. Then Seng taught us how health PR has changed the public awareness and how to use story telling to influence publics. Seng then told the story of Sam Berns and what health PR professionals have done to raise awareness about the disease. Sam Berns suffers from progeria, a rare disease that accelerates the aging process. Seng felt like people need to know about this disease and he worked with Sam Berns to come up with an awareness campaign about progeria. I felt touched when Seng show a short clip of a BBC documentary about Sam Berns. At that moment, I realize health PR can have the same impacts as non-profit PR. Moreover, health PR provides me the opportunities to work with different clients and learn from different aspects of PR before working for a non-profit and solely supporting that organization. I also had a chance to talk with Seng after the dinner and so far I have benefited a lot from the connection with him.
Before the dinner, I came to a few PRSSA events but I did not feel like I learned something from those events. The dinner at UVU changed my mind and I regret that I was not active in PRSSA. Now I have a better vision about my future. Therefore, I will often come to PRSSA events, network with PR professionals, and expand my knowledge about health PR.
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