Getting Revved Up for the Chicago Auto Show
From Melody Legge ‘08…
I remember the first time I heard about the Chicago Auto Show internship. It was in a Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) meeting, and I knew then I had to make it a goal of mine to attend. I was fortunate enough to go to the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA) this past May with Dr. Koperski on the Chicago Corporate and Agency seminar. After meeting everyone and hearing about the organization and the show, I fell even more in love with the idea of becoming an intern for the Chicago Auto Show.
It seems like time flies, and now, here I am getting ready to go to Chicago and be an intern at the nation’s largest auto show. The past week I have been preparing and getting ready for the show by checking out http://www.chicagoautoshow.com, reading the blog, and keeping an eye on the Facebook group. We had a conference call on Tuesday, and that got me revved up for this opportunity. I was just looking at some great video at chicagoautoshow.com, and after hearing Paul Brian’s radio voice, I am even more pumped. I hope I can sleep tonight!
I am very excited for this opportunity, and I know I will learn and experience many new and exciting things. It will be challenging and demanding, but that is the real world, and I am ready to take it on. I am looking forward to see how such a large, successful, and well-known event is implemented and carried out. What really interests me about the Chicago Auto Show for this year is the fact that it is incorporating many different aspects of social media. Because social media is the new form of connecting with your target audience, it will be interesting to see how it will be used and the response it will get from Chicago Auto Show followers and news media.
It will be a busy week full of hard work, and I am sure a lot of fun too. We have an exceptional group of interns and a strong organization to work with. I want to send a big thank you to Dr. Koperski for arranging this internship and to CATA for allowing Bradley University public relations students to be interns for the Chicago Auto Show.
Here’s to a week of work, fun, and cars!