I first wrote this post for the SAS blog Conversations and Connections. SAS has been awesome enough to let me repost it here.

Editor’s Note: Once again, our summer intern Stacey seems to have snacking on her mind. Maybe it’s because she’s training for a triathlon?

(Monday, 7/12) Day 20:

Today there was an Executive Update Webcast, where Dr. Goodnight spoke about where the company’s going. It was cool to hear him talk about social media and know I’m a part of it.

(Tuesday, 7/13) Day 21:

Went to a Marketing 2.0 Council meeting where we talked about blogs, and I learned about some social media platforms I’d never heard of. While I was in this meeting (in another building) there was apparently a fire drill in my building. Sort of glad I missed that excitement.

(Wednesday, 7/14) Day 22:

The student blog is coming along swimmingly. We have 5 posts up already, and there’s an ice cream social tomorrow where we’ve gotten clearance to document with video.

(Thursday, 7/15) Day 23:

Sent out about 15 emails to Field Marketers today to try and get some more information on Key Influencers in the industry topics for the portal. Some of them have already responded, and one already sent me all the information!

(Friday, 7/16) Day 24:

Had another meeting this week, where we talked about the upcoming Social Media Training day, and I met the SAS Americas Marketing and Support (SAMS) team. I love them. They’re fun.

Weekly Recap:

This week has had its ups and downs. At some point, I was frustrated with the directory and not being able to find some of the information I need. But then Dave called in reinforcements: Kristine Vick. She directed me to Field Marketing Specialists (FMS) on the SAMS team, who have been really great in helping me fill in the gaps.

Also, part of the curriculum is up on the portal! I’m so excited to see this because (even though it’s not fully up on the portal yet) I feel like something I’ve done this summer has finally made it to completion. I can look at it and say, “I did that. And it’s done.”

Other than that, I created some Twitter lists on the @SASsoftware account. So if you’re in need of Tweeters to follow in Business Analytics, Government, Education, etc., you can find them there. And on Thursday, two great things happened. The first is that the student blog made it to the front page news of the internal homepage, SAS Wide Web. The second is that we had a student ice cream social. Dave informed me that I had to go so he and Kelly didn’t look like shmucks without their intern. That’s when I informed him that I had a little surprise set up with a fellow intern working in video production. Nick Makansi, my accomplice, took video and conducted interviews of interns for a blog post—Dave congratulated me on commandeering an intern of my own. I get to sit in on the editing, which happens next week. Oh the things I’ll learn!

photo by kern.justin