This summer I’ve had the privilege of working at The Link & Option Center (TLOC) through the P.O.E.T program. We’ve had a few projects that were not successful like the “Our Side” play that we put together. Although it didn’t go through I still had fun working on it. We had to go out and get the word out about the play by passing out the flyers in some of the local communities. We actually got a hand full of people to come out and join the play, but the part that I liked the most was revising the script. We came up with good ideas for the play, so that was pretty cool. Once the project was cancelled we started to focus on the “Youth Against Violence Talent Explosion” which will be coming up very soon which I can’t wait too see how it turns out. I believe it will be awesome.
Even though some of the things we did to get the Talent Explosion started I didn’t care for, such as tagging. I was never the type of person that would go out asking for donations or even try to sell anything. My mother never approved of those things so I honestly didn’t like doing them, but it was my job. I made the best of it by making it fun to keep my mind off it. My partner and I were competing against each other to see who could raise the most money; and I won. The only thing about passing out the flyers I didn’t really like was the weather. On some days it would be scorching hot and it just made you not want to do anything. Though I was a little irritated, frustrated, and testy, I looked at it as good exercise. There’s always a positive to something.
When we first started working here, we did a lot of networking projects which is part of our job description; we set up profiles on sites like digg.com, facebook, myspace, twitter, and many more. Setting up the sites wasn’t bad, and since we are of a younger generation, we know how to set these sites up much faster. Once we had them set, there wasn’t much else to do, so that’s why I didn’t mind going outside to do more networking about the center.
I learned a few things from working here at TLOC one of the things I learned is that it is very good to have networking skills because pretty much wherever you work you will be doing some type of networking, so this is a good skill to have. I also learned communication skills because networking is also going out and speaking too people, you have to lure them in by giving them a good conversation, getting their attention and keeping their attention. So I got really good at that, I mean I was always good but I sharpened it up so it’s a lot better now. Working here at TLOC is a good help for me to further my education and my career like I said before it gave me a stronger and broader communicating skills and it helped me with learning how to work with people with all types of different personalities and learning to cope with them.
Now our big event that is coming up next is the Youth Against Violence Talent Explosion. I am really super excited for it, we worked hard on this event raising money, getting the word out and trying to find people to help donate things for the Talent Explosion. We actually have a real good amount of people that will come out and showcase their talent, so I cant wait too see what they will be doing because their auditions were very good. I really feel that this event is a great idea something very nice for the community to bring their family and loved ones out to enjoy the festivities. To show that there are still people out there who cares about the youth and that they’re not alone in the world, I just really want to see this event as a success and for people to appreciate what we at The Link & option Center and Ms. Twin Green are doing for today’s generation.
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