I'm an Intern!

This week started an incredible professional opportunity I have this semester at Johnstown's Community Foundation for the Alleghenies (CFA). The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies is a philanthropic group dedicated to the betterment of the Somerset, Bedford, Indiana, and Cambria counties through donor contributions. I will be their marketing and public relations intern with most of my work will be towards their press releases, E-newsletters, Social Media, and other such professional writing for CFA. I'll be under the guidance of their experienced communication specialists Angie Berzonski and Danielle Krout-Kaza.

This year actually marks CFA's 25th Anniversary and there is a major project in particular that I am fortunate to have been a part of today. They are taking on the usually intimidating task of redesigning a website. Fortunately, they have discovered a fantastic developer called JMG Systems. 

JMG is located out of Hollidaysburg, PA and is actually looking to expand thanks to their growing number of clients. The CFA has been one of their larger projects because of the large amounts of funds, scholarships, news feeds, and data. JMG has been working so diligently with CFA to create a website that is clean, effective, and still meeting every wish of the CFA. 

I was able to sit in on a meeting today at their Hollidaysburg office and reviewed the new website as it's closer to the final product. The meeting was extremely interesting and informative and really had me thinking about collaboration, something I will be exploring in several of my courses. From just this one staging I was able to see three members of JMG's team at work. They were the ultimate combination of technical prowess and creativity.

They were a perfect trio to deliver a clean and effective revamping to the CFA website and a great representation of what collaboration can create. They were communicative, personable, and definitely deserve their upcoming expansion.