Ethics is one of those things that changes from person to person. It does not mean that one is necessarily wrong, it just means different. Within societies there are many different codes of ethics used. Everyone has their own personal ethics as well as professional ethics. Sometimes personal ethics influence professional ethics and vice versa, it really just depends on the person. Personally my upbringing has a huge impact on the job I want to have.
My mother and father have greatly influenced how I view society as well as the role I would like to take in society. I would like to join the Peace Core after I graduate college, I would like to do PR for an NGO or a company that cares about environmental issues and social issues, not just how much money they can make in a year. I am not willing to work for a company that ignores these issues.
As the vice president of Bobcat PRSSA it is my responsibility to organize fundraisers. This semester I have decided to do a joint fundraiser with a friend of mine to help organize a s a series of events that will benefit the women who were involved in the Indian Independence Movement. The money raised will go toward an event that will be held in one year in India, the event is called "A Time for Peace." These women marched and worked closely with Gandhi to peacefully gain their independence from Great Britain. PRSSA chose to do this event because this is a message that needs to be "heard".
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Strengths v. Weaknesses
I feel like this question will haunt me as I start to interview for jobs in the coming years or when I sit across from my boss during a performance evaluation; and you know what I will probably dread having to answer it then as much as I do now. No one wants to admit their weaknesses, yet in order to improve oneself it becomes necessary just as it is necessary to know what your good at.
So here it goes this is what I think I need to learn/improve upon:
1)Writing: I feel like this is something that I can always improve upon. This is not to say that I think I'm a bad writer it just means that there is always room for improvement.
2)Media Relations: More specifically, pitches. I hate, HATE, speaking in public. It is hard for me to sell my ideas to a room full of people when all I really want to do is run away. Because I get so nervous speaking in front of people I tend to rush through my presentation, which causes me leave out key points and sometimes fail to get out some of the most important information.
3)Blogging: I won't lie, I do not blog very much. I should... but I don't. I don't read other peoples blogs very often either. I understand that bloggers have a growing voice and enable PR professionals to have a better understanding of how the public views a certain issue. This being said I still don't read blogs very often.
Now that I have revealed my faults as a PR student I will tell you what I think I'm good at.
1)Small 'c' communications: Face to face, day to day, I am a strong communicator (not in front of a large audience though).
2)Work ethic: I am throwing this one in because it is 10 pm on Tuesday night and I have been at the library working on homework for about 2 hours even though I have been very sick for the past 3 days...but I'm still getting all my work done.
3)Social Networking: Coming to college at the time I did really helped me with this. It was at the height of myspace and the beginning of facebook. Through those two social networking sites I gained understanding and knowledge of how to properly use social networking to my advantage.
So here it goes this is what I think I need to learn/improve upon:
1)Writing: I feel like this is something that I can always improve upon. This is not to say that I think I'm a bad writer it just means that there is always room for improvement.
2)Media Relations: More specifically, pitches. I hate, HATE, speaking in public. It is hard for me to sell my ideas to a room full of people when all I really want to do is run away. Because I get so nervous speaking in front of people I tend to rush through my presentation, which causes me leave out key points and sometimes fail to get out some of the most important information.
3)Blogging: I won't lie, I do not blog very much. I should... but I don't. I don't read other peoples blogs very often either. I understand that bloggers have a growing voice and enable PR professionals to have a better understanding of how the public views a certain issue. This being said I still don't read blogs very often.
Now that I have revealed my faults as a PR student I will tell you what I think I'm good at.
1)Small 'c' communications: Face to face, day to day, I am a strong communicator (not in front of a large audience though).
2)Work ethic: I am throwing this one in because it is 10 pm on Tuesday night and I have been at the library working on homework for about 2 hours even though I have been very sick for the past 3 days...but I'm still getting all my work done.
3)Social Networking: Coming to college at the time I did really helped me with this. It was at the height of myspace and the beginning of facebook. Through those two social networking sites I gained understanding and knowledge of how to properly use social networking to my advantage.
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