Watching interviews from past UW-Whitewater Public Relations students left me inspired and excited about my future as a PR professional. There were three videos in the UWW PR Alumni video series that stuck out to me.
The first video that stuck out to me was the interview with Jenna Darling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yh2JwEuvn8. Jenna graduated from UW-Whitewater in May of 2010 and is a marketing assistant with MLG Commercial. It was great to hear from a recent UWW graduate. Jenna emphasized internships as being a very important component when building your resume and getting a job. It was great to hear that the job that she received after graduation was mostly because she had an internship working in the similar field. Jenna seems to be extremely busy with working on her companies web site, sending out press releases, maintaining the social media sites, updating media contacts, graphic design work, etc. Jenna also emphasized that putting her work from college online is great because that way you have all of your work and creativity in one spot. That is something that everyone in our PR Tactics class can relate to because we have been creating sites that showcase our work, such as our Weebly site.
The second video that stuck out to me was the interview with Merri Oxley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDUWZEc2Nws . Merri graduated from UW-Whitewater in the late 1960's and is the owner of 'The Communication Team.' It was great to hear an older alumni's perspective on Public Relations. Something that Merri stressed was networking and not just through the internet and social media but through face to face events. As a generation who uses the computer more than anyone, it is also important to personally meet with those who you want to network with outside of the internet. Merri stressed doing many community outreach activities as well as going to business events. Learn how to follow up and do what you say you're going to do.
The third video that stuck out to me was the interview with Cassandra Sura http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rIR3EDxPM. Cassandra graduated from UW-Whitewater in 2006 and is the Public Relations Coordinator for Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare. Something that got Cassandra where she is today is by being a very curious person as a college student. Cassandra emphasized doing possibly more than one internship during your college career as well as going on site tours, and interviewing other PR Practitioners. Cassandra also said to do something that you love and that you're passionate about. You should love having to get up and go to your job!
Courtney,
ReplyDeleteI also felt the same way when watching Jenna Darlings video interview. It's nice to see someone that graduated so recently and how her journey throughout college helped her get there.
Nicole
I also really liked Merri Oxley's interview and the perspective she gave. I agree that it is so important for face to face contact, something we all are losing with the availability of other methods of communication.
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I really enjoyed Oxley's video as well, the fact that we can see how things have changed through out the generations is a great learning tool. Well put together post.
ReplyDeleteThese videos excite me for the future too! They're all so inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your favorites, their advice is all priceless. Networking seemed to be an advice trend, didn't it? Maybe something I should take note of...
-Casey
I also really liked Cassandra Sura’s video. I think she had a lot of great advice about internships, getting a masters degree and being passionate about what you do. I agree that you should love getting up and going to work.
ReplyDeleteHearing from a PR grad from a completely different generation that mine was very cool. Its very interesting to learn the different skills that she was taught as compared to the skills used now.
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