When I'm not thinking of ways to earn the best LSAT score possible or when I'm not at school, I volunteer as a public relations officer at Dare to Dream Young Girls Network, Inc. Dare to Dream is a nonprofit organization based in Tallahassee, and its mission is to empower girls in the Tallahassee community.
The other day, the president and CEO, Kimolyn Ferrell, and I were discussing different ways to help spread the word about our upcoming event, "It's Girls Talk." She explained to me that she felt it was a waste of money to buy ads in different publications because she knew that there was free publicity she could get for the organization as well as the event. I instantly thought about how I help spread the word about different events at school and how I can apply the same techniques to the nonprofit.
I explained to her the effectiveness of social media nowadays. Not to say that traditional ways to get messages out to the public are ineffective, but for the audiences we're trying to target, we realized many of them spend countless hours on the Internet. Although she does not own many social media accounts herself, Kimolyn is ready to delve into the social media realm and see how far it can take her organization.
Kimolyn mentioned something very interesting about the power of social media and the advantage people my age have over older people in the workforce who are not familiar with social media. She said that older people should be scared because the younger generation who know how to use social media could come and take their jobs. She also mentioned that social media was a very important skill to have nowadays and that she's eager to see what magic I could make for Dare to Dream by using social media.
I hope I do well!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Balancing Act
Since mid-June, I have been intensely studying for the LSAT without help from commercial study programs like Princeton and Kaplan. Because I knew I would not be able to pay the $1500+ for a program like Princeton Review and Kaplan, I searched for effective ways to study on my own and I found this website http://lsatblog.blogspot.com and followed the suggestions and study schedules religiously. I was on a roll this summer. I would take my prep books EVERYWHERE! On car trips, mall and shopping events, work, barbecues...you get the idea.
But when I came back to school in mid-August, my study habits began to decline. I started having a hard time balancing my senior year classes, organizational and volunteer duties, and LSAT study... and now, I feel like I have been slacking on my studying and the test is less than 3 weeks away! I hope I can get back in the habit of studying and be able to manage my time better, so that I can do well on the test and get into the schools I have considered applying to. PRAY FOR ME!
But when I came back to school in mid-August, my study habits began to decline. I started having a hard time balancing my senior year classes, organizational and volunteer duties, and LSAT study... and now, I feel like I have been slacking on my studying and the test is less than 3 weeks away! I hope I can get back in the habit of studying and be able to manage my time better, so that I can do well on the test and get into the schools I have considered applying to. PRAY FOR ME!
Intro to Law Interest
In 2009, I was asked "where do I see myself in five years?" The first things that popped into my mind and out of my mouth was, "In five years, I see myself in law school." Honestly, I did not know why I kept saying it because my interests at the time was being a public relations practitioner or the head of corporate communications at a Fortune 500 company.
As I wondered why I kept saying I wanted to be in law school, I started to do some research about different careers in law. I have never really had an interest in criminal law, so shows like "Law and Order" never inspired me to say I was going to law school. While researching, I stumbled upon http://www.discoverlaw.com. On this website, I learned about different fields of law and did a quiz about which type of law I should consider based on my interests. The results of my test were intellectual property and entertainment law. After getting my results, I began to research what intellectual property was (the type of law dealt with the protecting of creative works, whether it be copyrighted works, trademarks, or patents), and knew in an instant this is the type of law I wanted to practice (and of course, I have more reasons that sparked my interests).
Since July 2009, pursuing law has become one of my obsessions and interests. And since, the summer of 2010, I began studying for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), and researching schools that had courses in the intellectual property and entertainment law. My test is Saturday, Oct. 9, and I plan to have all my applications sent the week before Thanksgiving.
As I wondered why I kept saying I wanted to be in law school, I started to do some research about different careers in law. I have never really had an interest in criminal law, so shows like "Law and Order" never inspired me to say I was going to law school. While researching, I stumbled upon http://www.discoverlaw.com. On this website, I learned about different fields of law and did a quiz about which type of law I should consider based on my interests. The results of my test were intellectual property and entertainment law. After getting my results, I began to research what intellectual property was (the type of law dealt with the protecting of creative works, whether it be copyrighted works, trademarks, or patents), and knew in an instant this is the type of law I wanted to practice (and of course, I have more reasons that sparked my interests).
Since July 2009, pursuing law has become one of my obsessions and interests. And since, the summer of 2010, I began studying for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), and researching schools that had courses in the intellectual property and entertainment law. My test is Saturday, Oct. 9, and I plan to have all my applications sent the week before Thanksgiving.
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