Now that I am more familiar with the ins and outs of TSSS, today was a lot more enjoyable and less stressful than Monday.  The first half of the morning consisted of making phone calls to U15 girls lacrosse coaches to invite them to the Rainier LAX Cup on July 14th & 15th.  

The Rainier LAX Cup is South Sound Washington’s first-ever girl’s U15 Regional Lacrosse Tournament & U19 VIP Challenge.  The top U15 girl’s lacrosse teams from the Northwest come together for 2 days to compete in a unique tournament with the hopes of winning the coveted Rainier Lax Cup. This tournament is a fun fast-paced competition designed for school/ club programs who desire to continue playing beyond their spring lacrosse season into the summer. 

This is one of the main projects I was assigned on Monday as an intern.  It is my job to get teams to register for this tournament along with finding sponsors and vendors.  Though I was unable to physically get any teams to register today, I had spoken with a lot of interested coaches who I sent personal emails to with more detailed information about the event.     

The second half of the day I updated the social media sites (Twitter, Facebook & Blog) about the PLU's softball team and their national championship.  I also researched and made a list of possible vendors and sponsors for the LAX cup and looked up major events in the region that will be taking place in 2013.

Tim, president of TSSS, had sent out an email to the staff to create a mission statement for the Let's Play event in January.  I took my time trying to come up with something original then wrote it on the white board in the meeting room (as directed in the email).  Not going to lie I am a little nervous for others to read it, though I am confident in my "skills" it is still rather exciting/nerve wrecking to think these business professionals are going to be reviewing my work and critiquing it.  I am now going to be anxiously awaiting for the next board meeting when we vote on whose mission statement is going to be selected for this huge event, =).  

     

   

At 7:00am I was up and at em to get ready for my first day with the Tacoma Sports Commission.  The dress code is business casual, which is a change from my everyday wear of jeans and a t-shirt, but it makes me feel professional and rather excited to be a "grown-up".  I technically don't have to be to work till 8:30am, but because I do not have a parking pass I have to take the train down town then walk to the office, hence the early wake up.  My work days are Monday & Wednesdays from 8:30am-5:00pm and Fridays from 8:30am-1:30pm.  

8:30am-10:00am:
Upon my arrival I was introduced to the staff and who I would be working with.  I was then showed to my desk and where I'd be stationed.  I have my own space  tucked away in the corner of the office with a computer and all the office supplies I could ever need.  Emily, my supervisor, gave me a brief run through of the assignments I would be working on while at TSSS.  Essentially whenever someone asks me to do something I do it.  In other words I will be getting my hands dirty in a lot of different assignments, very exciting =).

10:00am-Noon:
During this time I got to sit in on a meeting about the "Let's Play" event that will be hosted in the Tacoma Dome onJanuary 2013.  This meeting was an introductory to the event.  The staff had went over the objectives, goals, marketing, budget, layout and basically built the foundation for the event before working on it.  As I sat there and listened to everyone collaborate and bring forth their ideas, I couldn't help but flash back to Tiffin and how all my management and marketing courses we did the same exact thing prior to a project.  This was exactly what I learned in school, but for an actual event! 

After the meeting I took a lunch break in the semi decent break room.  We get 30min for lunch, but most people in the office seem to either use less time or eat at their desk and continue to work.

1:00pm-5:00pm: 
I spent the rest of my afternoon researching information on upcoming sporting events within in the NW region,  formatted and created a weekly social media update that i'll turn into the head of marketing every Monday, and looked up the weather on Wednesday for the president (this was a funny office joke).

For the remainder of my internship ill be doing small assignments/research here and there for those that need it along with small tasks like filing, making copies, dropping off flyers ect.  My main "projects" will be to help design and structure the internship program and work on the Rainier Lacrosse Tournament.