This document summarizes an PRSSA meeting that covered announcements, current events, and an intern panel. It announced the dues deadline of October 14th and included panels from 5 interns discussing their public relations internships over the summer and what they learned. The interns represented organizations like Edelman PR, MooYah Burgers, and the Tom Joyner Foundation. They emphasized skills like networking, social media marketing, and maintaining professionalism.

1. WELCOME TO UNT
PRSSA!
Sept. 16, 2013

2. CURRENT EVENTS
 What’s happening in the world today?
 Putin
 Miss America
 Navy Yard Shooting

3. ANNOUNCEMENTS
• DUES DEADLINE: Oct. 14
• Submit dues to Kenneth Martin, VP of Finances
• Only $80 per calendar year- Great investment for aspiring
PR pros (cash or check accepted)
• Awesome T-Shirt!
• Access to internship and contact database
• Opportunities for events and helpful conferences.
• Scholarship and award opportunities!
• Leadership opportunities

4. INTERN PANEL
Sept. 16, 2013
Jeremy Eackles Regina Fischer Lauren Frock
Jenna Ooley Marilyn Perkins

5. JEREMY EACKLES
 UNT PRSSA second-year member
 Social media director for NAHJ
 Follow him on Twitter: @JEackles09

6. TOM JOYNER FOUNDATION
 Public Relations/ Nonprofit
Internship
 Mission: Help historically black
colleges and universities with
funding and preservation
 Irving, TX
 Summer Internship

7. HOW’D I GET THE JOB?
 Networking!
 Sent my resume in, got called in for an interview and
then later received the called they I got the internship 

8. WHAT’D I DO THIS SUMMER?
 Social media and marketing tasks
 Represent Tom Joyner Foundation at events for alumni
organizations and scheduled other events
 Marketing for the Tom Joyner Morning Show, which is
one of the top syndicated radio shows in the country

9. WHAT DID I LEARN?
 Proper business etiquette
 The importance of marketing/PR
 The importance of networking and keeping your
contacts once you leave your internship

10. SO YOU WANT TO DO THIS
INTERNSHIP?
 Be confident
 Show respect
 Show that you're willing to learn
 Work hard and ask questions
 Watch what you put on your personal social media
sites (Employers actually look at that when deciding
what employees to hire. My boss told me that.)

11. REGINA FISCHER
 VP of Records for UNT PRSSA
 Senior Public Relations major at UNT
 Follow her on Twitter: @ReginaPolska

12. INVERSA/ BECK VENTURES
 Marketing/SEO Internship
 Addison, Texas
 Summer 2013

13. HOW’D I GET THE JOB?
 UNT Job Bank

14. WHAT’D I DO ALL SUMMER?
 I increased Search Engine Optimization for companies
using Google Analytics
 Strengthened my writing skills.

15. WHAT DID I LEARN?
 Marketing online through being no. 1 for search engine
results is a growing and competitive field.

16. SO YOU WANT TO DO THIS
INTERNSHIP?
 It is very fun.
 Increasing SEOs is like trying to put the pieces of a
puzzle together.
 You will need to research a company's market in order
to write blog posts for them as well.

17. LAUREN FROCK
 President of UNT PRSSA
 Senior Public Relations major at UNT
 Follow her on Twitter: @frockl

18. EDELMAN PUBLIC RELATIONS
 Public Relations/ Digital/
Social Media Internship
 Agency environment
 Global- 67 offices
internationally
 12-week Summer Internship

19. HOW’D I GET THE JOB?
 PRSSA Pro-Am Day
 Journalism Internship Fair
 Thank You Notes

20. WHAT’D I DO ALL SUMMER?
 Wrote social media content
for many different clients:
 Tech
 Gaming
 Nonprofit
 Business/Corporate
 Analyze social media data
and compile reports
 Intern research project

21. WHAT DID I LEARN?
 Radian6 and bit.ly analytics, among others.
 How to create compelling content
 Ex: Instead of tweeting a title of an article, make it
conversational.
 Time management- agency life is hectic!
 How to conduct client meetings
 NEVER say “I don’t know”

22. SO YOU WANT TO DO THIS
INTERNSHIP?
 Be able to meet simultaneous deadlines
 Be confident
 Regularly update and maintain your portfolio.
 For social media, take screenshots of your tweets and
keep track of how many new followers/likes you earn.
 Be versatile: learn how to write content for clients in
different industries.

23. JENNA OOLEY
 VP of Public Relations for UNT PRSSA
 Senior Public Relations Major
 Follow her on Twitter: @jenooley

24. MOOYAH
 Marketing/Corporate Internship
 MOOYAH is a fast casual, better burger concept
geared towards families – especially moms and kids.
 There are 54 stores open, 1 in Dubai with more to
come in Latin America, Canada as well as here in the
states.

25. HOW’D I GET THE JOB?
 Aaron White
 MOOYAH’s first franchisee and
owner of three high-performing
MOOYAH franchises in the
DFW area.
 UNT Career Fair
 By working hard and building
relationships, I scored an
awesome internship.

26. HOW’D I GET THE JOB?
 Being in good academic standing and active in student organizations
made my resume shine. Confidence is key – know your value!
 I’ve been able to attend conferences which are spectacular networking
opportunities.
 I’ve learned the structure of a franchise system inside and out, and
continue to learn everyday.
 Client side vs. agency side is kinda cool because you’re the one telling
them what to do instead of being told!

27. WHAT’D I DO ALL SUMMER?
 Planned events with one of our
partners, Foundation 56.
 Created presentations for the CEO,
Development Agents and other
corporate staff.
 Sat in on focus groups, mined data
 Given presentations about competitive research I conducted
 Continue to track competitive social media
 Office decoration project!

28. WHAT DID I LEARN?
 E-mail etiquette (how to be professional, polite, concise and
effective); you’ll be writing a LOT of e-mails, and chances
are you could be doing it better.
 Managing up is important too!
 Taking work seriously, not myself – presentation skills (it
used to be scary for me to get up and speak, now I can
more easily relax and do much better!)
 Organization and TIME MANAGEMENT (two things I
thought I had a pretty good handle on until this internship!)

29. SO YOU WANT TO DO THIS
INTERNSHIP?
 Corporate life has a bad rep for being
mundane – make it fun, make it
interesting
 A small brand like MOOYAH is a family
– not without it’s issues and chaos, but
so rewarding and worth it
 You can get away with a lot more in an
internship – don’t be afraid to mess up!
You will, and you’ll learn
 If you can learn some badass Excel
shortcuts, people will love you

30. MARILYN PERKINS
 Vice President for UNT PRSSA
 Junior Public Relations Major
 Follow her on Twitter: @marilynmarie93

31. UNIVERSITY DIRECTORIES
 Marketing/Advertising Internship
 Nationwide
 13-week Summer Internship

32. HOW’D I GET THE JOB?
 EAGLENETWORK!
 UNT’s student job/internship online resource

33. WHAT’D I DO ALL SUMMER?
 Collected ad space for UNT’s student planner
 Met with local Denton businesses and sold them on the
idea that they NEEDED to be in our planner

34. WHAT DID I LEARN?
 How to sell yourself
 Persistence
 Don’t take no for an answer

35. SO YOU WANT TO DO THIS
INTERNSHIP?
 It’s SUPER hard, but worth it
 Takes a lot of time and energy, but you gain A LOT of
real world experience
 Don’t do it unless you’re REALLY passionate about
Marketing/Advertising

36. QUESTIONS?

37. THANK YOU!
 Here at UNT PRSSA we strive to help you accomplish
your goals. Fee free to email us at
untprssa@gmail.com if you need help with your:
 Resume
 Portfolio
 Interview tips
 Internship/ job search