Monday, February 27, 2012

Where do I Fit In?

The last couple of weeks I have been really working to stay focused on the tasks assigned to me for the upcoming Women and Careers Conference.  I have not connected with the Women's Resource Center before this service learning project and I am still unclear exactly what the WRC is all about.  I am working on the Conference which is an annual event of the WRC but I feel like the mission is not being presented clearly.  I am working on donations, yet I feel that this is all being done WAY TOO LATE!  I am not sure why it has fallen to the last few weeks to get cracking on this, but I just have to see if I can get donations of door prizes in this extremely short amount of time ( two weeks).  I just got the flyers on Friday and the go ahead to speak/connect with 5 different organizations to solicit for donations.  The event is on March 16 and does  promise to be a great way for women to discover/learn from the successes of the key speakers.  We are not meeting as a group again until March 9 which is only one week before the event.  Hope I can meet with on-campus groups and get the message out.  This is the 14th Annual Women and Careers Conference and it is the first time as a student I have heard of it.  I hope that the publicity gets out there.  I want this to be a successful event and feel that I contributed to that effort.  Leadership could be tweaked a bit to make this all run smoother for the student volunteers.  I'm hoping it all comes together.  

2 comments:

  1. That sounds very stressful. Fundraising stuff needs to be done months ahead of time. It might be a problem with an office staff in transition.

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  2. I agree with Dr. Dabel. That does sound stressful. You know, if you need help with not-for-profit management issues, I may be of assistance for future events. This was my area for about fifteen years & I'd be happy to lend a hand.

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