Today in Tactics 2 our class had the privilege of listening to guest speaker Amy Paul. Paul is a recent UW-Whitewater graduate who now works in Milwaukee for Milwaukee City Executives Office. Some of her chief responsibilities include: social media management, writing press releases and media advisories, monitoring media coverage, and update information that is put on the counties website. Paul also plans major events that are sponsored through the county. Events of this magnitude include the 10th anniversary remembrance event for Sept. 11th and the tree lighting ceremony around Christmas time. Paul gave a lot of great advice about PR throughout her presentation, however the piece of advice that stuck the most was from the question I asked. As I have previously state I am going to be a firefighter post graduation, so I do not plan to use any of the PR skills acquired in college post graduation. I asked Paul if she had any advice for transitioning from the college life to the real world. Paul's advice consisted of preparing yourself for the real world by being busy your last year of college. Live a "professional" lifestyle instead of sleeping until noon, like you are able to do in college. I thoroughly enjoyed her presentation and would recommend any PR student at Whitewater to outreach to her.
Since my original post earlier this week, I have had the opportunity to read what other classmates of mine felt about Amy Paul. I am confident in saying that most of us took the same core values out of her presentation. The drive and determination that Paul discussed throughout is a quality that inspired most of us. Her work for the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11th was bone chilling. I would again strongly recommend any PR student who wants firm, concrete examples of success and a strong work ethic to contact with Amy Paul!
Do so by following her on Twitter or send her an email at amypaul.webs.com
Even look at her work with the admirals for some inspiration!
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