Week of 7/7/08-7/11/08

Monday: 9:30-4
Tuesday: 10-4
Wednesday: 10-3:00
Thursday: 10-12
Friday: 9:30-4:30
Total: 25.5

Monday
I came in early this morning and had a meeting with compliance to plan out a schedule for me to start working there next week. I decided that next week would be best considering that the director and assistant director will be out of a town at a conference at the end of this week. My supervisor at the compliance office's name is Heather Lee. I will still be spending some time in sales and marketing since I will be doing my project in that department. I made a couple of phone calls to follow up with some companies that had not yet signed their contract or had not yet decided whether or not to work with us. The automotive company I had been contacting finally decided that they were not going to work with us because of a price increase after I had been talking with them for a month...I was a little frustrated. Another company I had contacted told me they would get me the contract in the mail in the next couple of weeks. I was given the opportunity to attend a sales meeting with our new marketing assistant to another automotive company. that meeting was very quick because we have done something with this company for the past several years. In the afternoon I printed off camp orders and took them to the business manager. I feel as though there was a lot of time today that there was not a lot for me to do because we hired a new assistant and he does a lot of what I used to do. It can be a problem because we only have one computer and one telephone, so there is only so much that both of us can do at once. Next week I plan to bring my laptop on the days I work in sales so I will hopefully be able to work on some stuff by myself.

Tuesday
Today was another day when I felt like I didn't have a lot to do. Next week will be better hopefully when I start in the compliance department. I left for lunch a little early today because I had a family commitment for a couple of hours at that time, but I came back at the same time I usually do. In the afternoon Drew and I did some sales stuff and made some calls, but again, with us sharing an office, there is really only so much two people can do. As per usual, I printed off the camp orders and took them to the business office in the afternoon

Wednesday
This morning Drew and I walked to the campus bookstore to take care of some stuff with the mascot costume. Namely, we walked to the bookstore to pick up the biggest football jersey they had for the Camel to wear. In the afternoon, we followed up with a couple of companies about some sales meetings we were trying to set up. After lunch printed off the camp orders and took
them to the business manager. I left work a little early today because I had a dentist appointment this afternoon.

Thursday
This morning I went with Drew to a sales meeting at a local tanning salon. We arrived, and apparently the person we were meeting with was not there, and they were about to head to vacation. We are going to have to try to finish this sale up before she leaves for vacation. When we got back from the meeting, we worked on the shells of promotions schedules for each of the fall sports. This pertained largely to my internship project, so I was excited to have the opportunity to really be involved in something again. In the afternoon there was a major three-hour meeting with one of our big sponsors for football and basketball, that my supervisor told me I didn't need to be a part of, so I got the rest of the afternoon off.

Friday
Friday was a crazy day, being the second round of freshman orientation. In the morning we went to the street fair for all of the freshmen and their parents. We were basically there to answer any questions people might have about the athletic department, etc. We had two presentations later in the afternoon. At the previous orientation I had to dress up as Gaylord for these presentations, but at this particular time I was asked to deliver a couple of contracts to be signed before the weekend. One was to the tanning salon and the other was to the automotive company I mentioned earlier. Both of them were signed, and squared away before the weekend. When I got back from delivering the contracts, I went back to the presenters fair, where we signed people up for camel crazies, the student support group. In the afternoon we printed off camp orders and took them to the business manager.

A lot of the time this week I felt as though there was not a lot for me to do, simply because Drew now does a lot of what I used to do. Anyway, I will be starting in compliance next week, with at least 2 days in sales and marketing so I can work on my project.