By Natalie Beasley
I was lucky enough to land an internship for the Spring semester, at a great organization in Oklahoma City. Although, nervous about the experience I put myself out there to get the most of the internship. Through the experience I met Megan McGuire, which is why I chose to interview her.
Megan currently works for the Oklahoma City All Sports Association in Oklahoma City. I think what impresses me the most about Megan is how she is not much more than a few months older than me, but I actually look up to her. She has become successful at a young age, and landed a job that many people would dream of. Megan is the Public Relations and Event Specialist for All Sports.
Megan graduated from Oklahoma State University in May 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a minor in Speech Communication. She accredits being very involved with campus activities and her sorority Gamma Phi Beta for her success.
“Being involved keeps you up to date with everything going on, and leads you to greater opportunities through the people you meet,” Megan said. “Experiences through planning all the different events that OSU holds prepared me to coordinate events on a larger scale.”
All Sports is a nonprofit organization that creates, pursues, promotes, hosts, executes and secures quality athletic competitions in the state of Oklahoma. Some events that are occurring during the Spring that Megan will play a large role in are the Men’s and Women’s Big 12 Basketball Championship, NCAA Women’s Regional, Big 12 Softball and Baseball Championship, as well as the NCAA Women’s College World Series.
“It’s a lot of work to coordinate all the events we put on. It takes a lot of time and dedication to pull of a successful event of that magnitude,” Megan said.
Megan’s advice to being successful in the Public Relations field, and the sports industry is to work hard, and be prepared for everything. The trick to being successful is to be flexible and willing to work with anyone or anything that is thrown your way.
