Category: NASN Internship
Today was my last day at the NASN London office. I started work this morning doing my usual routine of returning e-mails and sorting out what is left to do on the Super Bowl and NHL competitions we are running. I completed two of the prize packs for the Super Bowl out of ten and got them posted. I then typed up a summary of what was left to do for the competitions so that another person can finish them later this week.
I was then taken out to lunch by Heidi and was joined by Alan and Graham at the Sports Cafe in London. Food was so so but, it was fun and enjoyable none the less. As an extra thank you, I recieved a NASN fleece, t-shirt, and NASCAR Game Cube game. More than I expected and I was more than greatful for them.
This has been a great experience and I would love to work for NASN again. Thank you.
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Today was my last full day here at NASN. I wrapped up the work I was doing on the super bowl parties and the NHL all-star competition. I have really enjoyed working here although at times the tasks have been boring and repetitive. I will be in for a half day tomorrow before heading home to pack and then flying back to Minneapolis for a few days prior to the return to lifeguarding and school in Florida. It’s been fun while it lasted. Bye for now.
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Today I worked on an award certificate for the Super Bowl XXX VIII competition drawings we are running. I also made more calls to find some more merchandise for the prize draws. After that, I called the Betfair number and retrieved the daily list of entries via the phone for another competition that is running. My afternoon has since been occupied with the final part of the NHL All Star competition and drafting the winner letter for that. 1 and a half days left. Scary thought.
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Ok today has been a marathon. I have packaged up the Super Bowl flyers and taken them to the post office. Only a mere �85 to send them. I also hand delivered more of them to places near by. I have also been busy today making copy for the prize cards and finalizing some more contacts. I am ready to crash and I still have a full night ahead with friends. Mamma mia is this a long day.
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Today has been nothing other than Super Bowl XXX VIII for me. I have contacted more venues about parties and have finalized copy and material for the prize draw competitions for Super Bowl parties at the venues. On top of that, I have been working yet again on the weekly newsletter for the customer services team in Scotland. Talk about a busy day. Now that we finally have enough IP addresses, we all can be online with no interruptions. Makes my job a lot easier as I do a lot of e-mailing and online research for my internship. Stress time begins as we hit the Road to the Super Bowl.
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Today marks the one week count down of my time left in London. At NASN we have been busy with the board meeting today here in the London office. I have been the gopher of the office getting drinks and food for the meeting as well as working more on my Super Bowl XXX VIII contacts project. I hope to finish most of it up tomorrow so I can get information sent out to the pubs/bars. Weather is getting colder and it’s beginning to make me wish I was back in FL. Nothing like burning your hand on the heater when your trying to reach the phone. Catch you later.
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I spent most of today making more calls about Super Bowl parties and sponsorship options. Calling existing customers is great for me it is calling the non-customers and pushing our service that I don’t like. One week left which is hard to believe. Not much else to report today. Tomorrow is the NASN board meeting in our office so that should be interesting.
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Today was one that made me live up to my name as the tech guy. This morning BT Openworld was supposed to upgrade our internet service and reprogram the router. Well during the automatic upgrade, it crapped out and we were left with out internet until 16.00 today. I had to constantly call and pester them to get it done today otherwise, they were quoting that it would be done in the next 48 hours. Not acceptable if you ask me. I took the down time as a chance to switch over the computers and printers to the new addresses so they were ready when we came back online. We all shared the fax line in the meantime for dial access until then.
While I wasn’t on the phone with BT Openworld, I worked on more data entry of contest entries. The network issues are what really consumed my day though. Tomorrow should be quieter I hope.
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Friday continues to be a busy day for me here at NASN. I worked more on the Super Bowl XXXVIII party plans by calling down the list of sports bars and pubs that we have. The goal is to find out which ones are offering a party and arrange to get some of our information at the parties by asking them to display flyers or allow us to offer prizes for a drawing. Got a hold of a few but most were either leave a message or call them back next week. This has been the bulk of my work today. I also joined Graham in attempting to fix the television reception in the conference room but a new cable might be the best bet.
Also, today should be the last day of the internet address shortage. BT should be here early Monday to set us up with more addresses to use. We shall see if such a thing happens judging from the delays they have left NASN in the past. Now, it’s the weekend and I’m out of the office soon. Peace.
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My morning started off on a long note. First, I had to wait as two busses showed up at the bus stop but were full to the max causing those of us waiting in the windy cold to wait for another bus. 20 minutes later, I finally made it on a bus and off to Canning Town Underground station. I was not out of the woods yet! I arrived to the platform but the first train was full to the brim just like the bus! Argh this was starting to get annoying. I made it on the second train and had to stand hunched over right next to the door. For those that have never seen the London Underground during rush hour, picture a sardine can where you can’t move until the doors open and some gets off. Really it is interesting. I survived the commute thanks to iPod (the best investment EVER). Finally got to work around 09.15, an hour and twenty minutes AFTER I left my house.
Once at work, I had to unlock everything as I was the first person here. I got settled in and proceeded to finish up the newsletter I was working on for the customer service center before working more on contest entry data. Next, Heidi gave me my next project for the Super Bowl coverage which I will be working on more tomorrow and next week. Other than those, not much else today. Our internet issue should be fixed on Monday so no more sharing addresses and what not. YAY!
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