A NEW Perspective

Summer has arrived and with its arrival there are changes in the weather as well as to the Humber Marketing blog. With that said, let me introduce myself. My name is Rachel Kennedy and I have the pleasure of taking over from Tim Hendry and continuing to manage and write the official blog for the Humber Marketing Diploma Program. I was excited when I was asked to continue where Tim left off because social media and communication with students and colleagues is so important in the marketing field and I love to tell people about the great and innovative things that are happening! Throughout the summer the blog will be filled with personal anecdotes, events news and reviews and insights on interesting articles, posts from other blogs or newsworthy marketing stories that I hope you will find informative and entertaining. Share, comment, subscribe and tell your friends!

With the arrival of the summer, I have finally started to think about graduation in December and I have realized that there are a lot of things I like but only really three that I could think of as offering me a fulfilling career in marketing: music, traveling and the arts. To be honest, three is not that many so I started talking to friends about their interests; comic books, Star Wars, Star Trek, urban planning and medicine, so I decided to do some research. I read some comics, watched Star Wars and Star Trek, went on some Jane Walks and read A LOT.

With new found likes and my true areas of interest (somewhat) confirmed I looked into events and activities that would allow me to meet people in marketing, travel, the arts and music. The following are just a few of the things I am really excited about:

1) I was accepted to the Humber OCMC team for 2012.
2) I am volunteering for NXNE one of the best summer art and music festivals that Canada has to offer. (www.nxne.com)
3) I am hoping to volunteer for orientation at Humber in the fall.
4) I am attending STORE 2012 June 4-5, one of Canada's largest retailing conferences. (http://www.storeconference.ca/)
5) I am attending the AdBuzz event "What You Weren't Taught in School." Check out the event details here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3323824649?ebtv=C

What I realized from all of this is that I still haven't figured everything out but I am excited to be moving in the right direction. I guess overall, the two concrete results that came out of this mini experiment were that I am excited, and nervous for graduation but that through it all I am going to have a great time and meet some amazing new people.

-Rachel