I am seven days away from my first shift at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. I will be working in Press Operations at the Ontario Place West Channel in CIBC Pan Am Park. I am doubly blessed to be participating in this event. Not only was I selected from a pool of 70,000 applicants to participate in these games, my role will allow me to use my PR and Communication skills and expertise to ensure that these games are a positive experience for the 1700 journalists who will be covering the event. I am part of an 800 person “crew” of Press Operations volunteers.
It has been a lot of fun training and communicating with fellow crew members, some close to home and others further away. I am looking forward to meeting our guest crew members (who are coming from around the globe) over the next couple of weeks. We have a very active Facebook forum and recently someone shared a video that I would also like to share with you, my CPRS colleagues. This brief International Olympic Committee (IOC) video describing their Press Operations processes really resonated with me and has me all fired up to start working next week (even with a 6:30 a.m. venue call time next Saturday!). Did you know that IOC spends three years before each Olympic event preparing their operational strategies?
I would love to know your thoughts on the video or on the games as well. What aspect of the games are you most excited about? How will you be participating?
I am going to try and stay as active as I can on social media during the games and you are welcome to follow my posts on LinkedIn, Twitter (@prdrln) and Instagram (@daniellekellyapr).