#nycinterns

I signed up for my first networking event here in NY. NYC Creative Interns will be hosting the Find and Follow Your Passion event at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. It will be an all-day event filled with networking, career and internship fair, as well as, workshops.

As a challenge, I will be going alone. By nature, I am an introvert (with a tiny amount of extrovert), so it will be interesting to see how I can make myself meet people.

The PRWeek Student of the Year competition is an annual competition that is run in conjunction with the PRWeek Awards. Students will be competing for a chance to win $5000, a paid internship at Hill & Knowlton, and the opportunity to attend the PRWeek Awards in NYC in March 2012. Five finalists will also be brought to New York City where they will present their ideas in front of an expert panel.

This year, students will be designing a PR campaign for Ford Motor Company, a Hill & Knowlton client. PRWeek editors will select a shortlist of students based on their written entries. For information about the assignment, please download a copy of the entry kit or visit our website.

The deadline for entries will be on Friday, December 9. There is no cost to enter the competition.

Originally posted on M Booth Blog:

Last week I attended NYC Interns Hash It Up, The Finale at Meetup HQ, sponsored by Hashable and Zaarly, in partnership with NY Creative Interns. As the last Hashable meetup of the summer, they invited a few special speakers:

Dina Kaplan, the co-founder of Blip.tv, shared some of the lessons she learned from working at places like MTV and WNBC. A few things that stuck with me were to:

Trust your instincts

Value and keep track of interesting people you meet

Focus on your product but make time to attend meetups

Help people and don’t be afraid to ask for help

Take chances

Jaime Hoerbelt, Managing Editor at NY Creative Interns, also provided some helpful advice. She suggested getting involved early, even if you don’t feel ready. Taking the first leap is a crucial part of one’s growth.

Christina Cacioppo, an analyst at Union Square Ventures, emphasized two things:

Make decisions

Figure out what you want to do, and do it.

After the meetups that I have attended this summer and my experience interning at a PR agency thus far, I’m happy to say that I followed through with many of the statements above. In a PR agency particularly, I learned that making decisions, taking calculated risks and most importantly maintaining solid relationships, are key to success. In Public Relations, every client, every co-worker, blogger, journalist, should be a relationship that we take care of and take the time to develop. Every relationship leads to another completely different one, which is why each should be maintained. These meetups introduced me to a lot of wonderful, talented people, and while the summer events are ending, I think it’s safe to say that the relationships have only just begun.

Last week, I attended NYC Interns Hash It Up, The Finale at Meetup HQ, sponsored by Hashable and Zaarly, in partnership with NY Creative Interns. As the last Hashable meetup of the summer, they invited a few special speakers:

Dina Kaplan, co-founder of Blip.tv, shared some of the lessons she learned from working at places like MTV and WNBC. A few things that stuck with me were to:

Trust your instincts

Value and keep track of interesting people you meet

Focus on your product but make time to attend meetups

Help people and don’t be afraid to ask for help

Take chances  

Jaime Hoerbelt, Managing Editor at NY Creative Interns, also provided some helpful advice. She suggested getting involved early, even if you don’t feel ready. Taking the first leap is a crucial part of one’s growth.  

Christina Cacioppo, an analyst at Union Square Ventures, emphasized two things:

Make decisions

Figure out what you want to do, and do it

After the meetups that I have attended this summer and my experience interning at a PR agency thus far, I’m happy to say that I followed through with many of the statements above. In a PR agency particularly, I learned that making decisions, taking calculated risks and, most importantly, maintaining solid relationships are the keys to success.

In public relations, every client, coworker, blogger or journalist should be a relationship that we take care of and take the time to develop, as every relationship leads to another, completely different one. These meetups introduced me to a lot of wonderful, talented people, and while the summer events are ending, I think it’s safe to say that the relationships have only just begun.