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Monnie Romney graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in communications. She married young and had 4 kids, not leaving much time for a long career path. She spent the majority of her time carting children to ballet, soccer practice and other school activities, not focusing on work at all. When her children were all old enough, she began looking into the Public Relations field, something she always found interesting during her college career. A family friend of hers worked at Louridge, an events and retreats organization, and encouraged her to pursue a job there in event coordination.
COMMUNICATION IS KEY
11 years later, and Monnie is the head Event Coordinator at the organization, and she’s loving every minute of it. She deals with clients wanting to host banquets, brides planning their big day, employers wanting an event for their staff, and many other organizations wishing to promote their business through events. Although this organization has the largest amount of weddings, Monnie still deals with clients on a daily basis. She stresses that calmness and communication are key. One must be able to effectively communicate with clients, and then be able to relay that information to the correct people.
CHALLENGES OF EVENTS
Not all events are just fun and games, however. “It gets extremely stressful at times,” Monnie said. “Some clients have a lot of unrealistic expectations, or they don’t have a clear message they want to get across through their event. It’s sometimes a challenge coming up with that information and figuring out what exactly they want to accomplish for their organization.” With experience, you learn to ask for those things up front.
ADVICE FOR NEW PROFESSIONALS
When asked what advice she would offer to new professionals, Monnie said the list could be endless. “There are so many things I wish a professional already in the field would have told me.” The biggest one? Network whenever you have the opportunity. “Getting your name out there before graduation is so beneficial,” Monnie said. “Even if you already have a job, network. You never know when you are going to need a favor from someone and it’s a lot easier to ask for things when you know a lot of people in the field. You become much more credible to your clients as well when you have a lot of contacts.”
ADDITIONAL LINKS VISITED
http://buddingpublicrelations.blogspot.com
http://www.brillianteventplanning.com/blog.html
http://prblog.typepad.com
http://online-pr.blogspot.com/
http://www.prnewsonline.com/prnewsblog/
Monnie Romney graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in communications. She married young and had 4 kids, not leaving much time for a long career path. She spent the majority of her time carting children to ballet, soccer practice and other school activities, not focusing on work at all. When her children were all old enough, she began looking into the Public Relations field, something she always found interesting during her college career. A family friend of hers worked at Louridge, an events and retreats organization, and encouraged her to pursue a job there in event coordination.
COMMUNICATION IS KEY
11 years later, and Monnie is the head Event Coordinator at the organization, and she’s loving every minute of it. She deals with clients wanting to host banquets, brides planning their big day, employers wanting an event for their staff, and many other organizations wishing to promote their business through events. Although this organization has the largest amount of weddings, Monnie still deals with clients on a daily basis. She stresses that calmness and communication are key. One must be able to effectively communicate with clients, and then be able to relay that information to the correct people.
CHALLENGES OF EVENTS
Not all events are just fun and games, however. “It gets extremely stressful at times,” Monnie said. “Some clients have a lot of unrealistic expectations, or they don’t have a clear message they want to get across through their event. It’s sometimes a challenge coming up with that information and figuring out what exactly they want to accomplish for their organization.” With experience, you learn to ask for those things up front.
ADVICE FOR NEW PROFESSIONALS
When asked what advice she would offer to new professionals, Monnie said the list could be endless. “There are so many things I wish a professional already in the field would have told me.” The biggest one? Network whenever you have the opportunity. “Getting your name out there before graduation is so beneficial,” Monnie said. “Even if you already have a job, network. You never know when you are going to need a favor from someone and it’s a lot easier to ask for things when you know a lot of people in the field. You become much more credible to your clients as well when you have a lot of contacts.”
ADDITIONAL LINKS VISITED
http://buddingpublicrelations.blogspot.com
http://www.brillianteventplanning.com/blog.html
http://prblog.typepad.com
http://online-pr.blogspot.com/
http://www.prnewsonline.com/prnewsblog/
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