Yesterday I had my most busy day yet. For weeks now I've been setting up a briefing with the Illinois Farm Bureau, who was interested in visiting the State Department and learning about climate change and food security. I spent my preparation time creating speaker memos, doing background research, and searching for speakers. After all of my work it was nice to finally host a briefing, which marks the first "official" large project that I completed.
Shortly after my briefing (which lasted over two hours) I attended a foreign policy classroom that was extremely informative. My department sets up events designed to educate students about various State Department functions, so it was really cool to see that in action. In the coming weeks I hope to help set up a foreign policy classroom of my own.
The last thing I did this week was coordinate a Skype session with the University of Iowa, which was great. I enlisted a speaker to talk about U.S. efforts to promote democracy for a class of six U of I students who each had great questions, questions I definitely wouldn't have been able to think of.
Overall it has been a busy week in my office, but as I'm going along I'm getting even more satisfaction out of my work. Getting to work in an environment that's mission is to help others is very rewarding work. Next week I will be hosting another Skype session, and I will definitely discuss that in one of my posts.
It definitely sounds like you have been busy. Congratulations on finishing your first large project. I am sure you were very proud of yourself when you were done. It's good to hear you are getting a lot out of your internship!
ReplyDeleteTwo hours sounds like it would have taken a lot of preparation and it sounds like you have been busy. That said, it sounds like you have been enjoying it and getting a lot out of it, which is definitely a positive.
ReplyDeleteGood work! It looks like you are the master of hard work and I hope you can find permanent employment this this opportunity if this is what you desire. Go get em!
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