Friday, May 21st was the first day of my work experience with the North Carolina Symphony as a performing arts management intern. I began my day stuffing over 200 envelopes with letters and other documents that were personalized to donors to request further donations. What was so interesting about this was that I started to remember some of the names of the people these envelopes were addressed to. And later on in the day, I went to Meymandi Concert Hall to greet donors and guests prior to the concert as part of the marketing team (working to create an amazing experience for the audience members before they even step into the hall so that they will want to come back). And I was meeting and greeting people, I quickly realized how many names I recognized from the envelopes, which clearly shows how all the work reaching out to community members really goes a long way and truly impacts the success of the symphony.
This image shows all the envelopes I stuffed (the addresses are hidden)- I stuffed over 200.
