A fourth-year PR student’s reflection on building career connections and the SURGE Conference As a new PR professional, I’ve reached the point in my career where relationships are key. With my sights on graduation in the upcoming fall, I am beginning to explore many different avenues. I have curiously been discovering what kind of position I…
“If you could be anyone, who would you be?” The recent International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Maritime Canada‘s “Pitching & Personal Branding” workshop started with this broad question. As expected, the prompt led to a variety of answers. Some of these answers were serious, such as people describing the honourable traits of their…
Tammy Alamrieh Recently, I was presented with the opportunity to volunteer at the Atlantic Film Festival (AFF) as part of the social media engagement team. Volunteering at a long-standing event was a great – and unexpected – learning opportunity. As a self-proclaimed social media addict, I felt fairly confident running the AFF Twitter and Facebook…
