Faces Of PAWS: Story Of An Intern..

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Dear Team PAWS,

 

As you were aware MBA student Nisha Mathew from Symbiosis Institute of

Media & Communication (SIMC) was with us as an Intern for 2 months.

Being efficient in designing, copywriting, networking with contacts,

building effective communication, she has made a big contribution

towards setting-up entire merchandising section of PAWS.

 

Merchandise work includes:

 

** Drafting & Designing Merchandise Colour Catalogue

** Co-ordination between printers, acquiring quotations, sending

requests.

** Finding Sponsorship from Tata Group.

** Arranging Photo Shoot from professional photographer of all products

** Arranging local printer for printing on mugs @ cheaper rate

** Designing of Merchandise Order Form & draft of 'Request Letter for

Corporate Companies'

 

Apart from her expertise, she helped PAWS in many other projects like:

 

Brochure work includes:

** Copywriting, Designing Artwork of 'Tree Protection Act Brochure'

** Finding Sponsors for printing of Brochures which include ICICI

Lombard General Insurance Ltd. & Mr. Ajay Marathe

** Co-ordination between printers, acquiring quotations, sending

requests.

 

Fundraising Event organizing including:

** Designing Raffle Tickets & Email Advertisement (emailer) / Poster

** Coordinating with printers for printing of tickets

** Finding Sponsors for Prizes like DVD Players from Mitashi / DVDs from

Cinemax / Coffee Vouchers from Barista

** Making MOUs with Sponsoring organizations.

 

Other work

** Making PowerPoint Presentation on Media

** Drafting general documents like MOU & Invoices

** Acquiring Donation of all unwanted bathrobes by following-up with

Welspun Group.

** Participation for showcasing PAWS' work at NGO Exhibition in Bandra

** Participation at Awareness Program held in December month & report

writing.

** Participation at PAWS fundraising Meetings & drafting MOM

** Designing Fundraising page of pawsasia.org

** Giving Press releases / write-ups for NGO Connect magazine

** Surveying 75+ respondents towards animal preferences

** Poster for Environment Day at ASBI

** Designing / Copywriting for Pet Show collaterals including poster,

Banner, ticket

** Designing Bookmark for Children Awareness Program

 

I whole heartedly thank Nisha for choosing PAWS as her preferred

organization for her internship, her two months dedication towards

organization. While she may not be directly involved in any field work

that PAWS has organized, she has taken ownership of few but nevertheless

important causes of the organization and understood " PAWS need to

sustain in today's world " . Although this internship may be part of her

college project, but the quality work & output was amazing. Now Nisha

will go back to Pune to continue her MBA, but she decided to become a

volunteer for PAWS & I am sure all you will appreciate her to be the

part of our PAWS Team.

 

Lets see what Nisha has to say about overall PAWS team & about positive

& negative things...

 

 

Nisha Mathew

Saturday, December 20, 2008 10:44 AM

NileshBhanage; nilesh paws

Cc: manasi paws

Re: Draft for TEAM PAWS

 

Hi Nilesh,

 

Thank you for your acknowledgement and for all opportunities and support

extended, appended is my feedback

 

2 Months with PAWS just flew in no time and now it is time to move on. I

take back with me lot of memories and learning that PAWS has given me.

 

I'm a copywriter/content writer by profession. I draft content for

communication material like Print/TV Ads, emailers, brochures, etc.

However, my internship at PAWS tested me on a lot of things beyond

copywriting: Networking Skills, designing, business communication, etc.

PAWS has been very kind to acknowledge my work and appreciate whatever

help was provided. But with all honesty, though I've tried to get

sponsorship in the past for other projects (other than PAWS), this is

the first time that I've managed to crack it. Maybe because PAWS has one

sincere cause for all its work: welfare of animals. And then suddenly I

find people who would normally avoid all communication if anything

money/sponsorship related work is involved, going all out to support my

work!

 

The positives of working with PAWS (And I'm sure all volunteers agree

with me on this)

 

* Complete Freedom and support to take up projects from start to

finish, with valuable inputs wherever required, but never so much that

would be belittling.

* Quick response on all jobs/help required towards completion of

tasks

* Flexibility in working (work from home/online)

* Hospitality at PAWS office from both Nilesh & Manasi

* Acknowledgement of work (very few companies in the corporate

world ever recognize or appreciate all those extra hours/dedication you

put in and don't care when you join/resign)

 

Instead of negatives, I'd term them as opportunities to improve:

 

* Quality of work very important: be it the website, corporate

stationery & identity, a little bit stress on quality (be it better

paper/better designing) would go a long way in improving efficacy and

enhancing scope of central theme that PAWS wishes to promote, even

though it means an extra buck or extra hours of work

* Have a vision and mission incorporated in all communication:

PAWS has built great history, this needs to be encapsulated in one

central statement that talk about what is & what will be the future for

PAWS; its vision (say PAWS vision 2012)

* Greater demarcation of work: Let there be better defining of

roles - who's to do what and what more?

* Network: Everyone's contacts together can make a big database

for PAWS, whatever vendors / supporter that each volunteer approaches

let it be inbuilt into the central database.

 

Regards,

 

Nisha

 

We all thank u Nisha for wonderful time you had with us....I will look

into your suggestions..

 

Regards,

Nilesh Bhanage

www.pawsasia.org <http://www.pawsasia.org/>

" Hands that help are holier than lips that pray "