Week 4: The One with the Worldwide Marketing Meeting

6/6/16 – 6/10/16

This week began on Monday, June 6^th, with an assignment that my supervisor made entirely my responsibility. I began work on the TrainingIndustry.com Workforce Development award application. Off to an easy start with me filling in basic company and employee information. Soon, I will gather information on more of the company’s inner workings concerning workforce development and training and be able to fill out more on the application. More to come from that project. We also had a meeting today about renaming the available savings programs. Management believes that the names are either out-dated, not very descriptive, or “too Wal-Mart.” My assignment after meeting was to compile a list of competitors’ savings programs and their names for comparison.

Tuesday was a big day! Today, because my supervisor was out, I had to (got to) sit in on the Worldwide Marketing meeting between the VPs of Marketing for the US, Canada, and EMEA. The meeting was fascinating! I learned that one of the biggest goals for the upcoming months is to collaborate more with our organization abroad, create a more cohesive brand, and formalize more processes so that they work smoother within the company as a whole. I also learned that taking six pages of handwritten notes is painful work, but pays off when the Vice Presidents need to reference them later on.

After my big day on Tuesday, the week was pretty quiet. I was trained on Wednesday by Sarah on CDFs (Course Description Forms) and will hopefully start implementing that training and adding these forms to the website soon. I also began planning the TrainingIndustry.com application and requesting information from various financial and product sources. I was also taught how to write an abstract for a white paper and will begin writing those once I return from vacation after next week.

I will return on Monday, June 20^th!