How have you advocated for yourself during your internship, or seen advocacy demonstrated in other situations?
Throughout my time at the Republican Party, I think I have advocated for myself in multiple ways. Whenever I'm confused about the task I am doing, whether that be CRM work, calling people around the county, or even registering people to vote, I always ask my mentor or my peers for help. I am not afraid to ask for help, and I think that is a very important skill to have. I want to build my peers up and hopefully they can do the same for me. It's what makes us a team, and propels us to get stuff done. Even if my question may seem "dumb" at the time, it's better to clarify and make sure what I'm are doing is correct, then mess something up and have to take even more time to correct my mistake. I will continue to move forward with this mindset, because I've learned a lot more than I would have without it. Are you following the advice in "How to be an intern everyone remembers"? If so, how is it working out? If not, what are you going to start doing? I think I am being "an intern that everyone remembers" by making an impact in different areas of the organization. I have worked in outreach, voter registration, CRM database transfer work, writing articles for newspapers about current political issues, and working to prepare for the biggest fundraising event for the party. I also have made connection with many of my peers, including many of the other interns, and the directors of the office. Each is extremely nice and helpful, and are always looking out for one another. Even though I've only been there for a week and a half, I feel more comfortable. I want to continue working hard and bringing my best effort every day.
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Colin Vail
5/23/2019 11:03:59 pm
Sounds like your having a good time this week with your internship. I get what you mean by "a question seeming dumb at the time" but like you said its always worth get that clarification and gettting the most detailed description of your talk as possible. I think as long as you try to deliver to highest quality work to your internship you'll definetly be an intern to remember.
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