Entering in my last week of my internship, at the beginning of the week I had pre-plan vacation with my wife because we was celebrating our one year of marriage on this Monday. However, the highlight of the week was helping out with the Entertainer’s Auditions. I wasn’t in charge of this event but I was providing support for my counterpart and help her with the event. The major audition is the Rocket Power Dancers. This is where I was in charge of the judges and get results from table to the results room.  This was a very fun event to work.

This was the week of my last basketball tournament of the summer. I also attend a promotional event at a local community shopping center. We were out there to promote all the Rockets upcoming events. Then I had to prepare of the last basketball tournament. A couple days before the event, my mentor and me did a site check and knew we had to do a half-day tournament and shorten the amount of teams for the tournament. On the day of the tournament, we had a mini problem with registrar but were easy resolved and the tournament was great once again. We were able to stay on time also. One of my highlights of the week was the fact that I was able to attend the Jeremy Lin Press Conference. The controversial move for one of the famous Asian-American. It was awesome to be part of the media frenzy. This was a great signing of the organization because it has boost morale of the fan base.

During this week, the other intern and I was in charge of a big grassroots marketing event. One of her major events during her tenure was Entertainers Auditions for the Houston Rockets. So we planned an event that for two days we would deliver flyers and promote the upcoming auditions. For about three days, three different promotional teams drove all over Houston trying promote the Entertainers Auditions. We attended different dance studios and dance events trying to get these performers to come and try out of the Houston Rockets dance teams. We spend numerous of hours researching dance studios, the event was great to get out and interact with fans. During this week, I was able to sit down with the Corporate Services Manager and discuss what she does for the organization. After our meeting, I am excited about opportunities in the corporate service department within any sports organization. I believe this department would utilize my work ethic and my relationship building skills to help maintain corporate partnership with the sports organizations.

This week was a short week because of the holiday. Most of my days were filled with market research and data entry. However during this week, I was able to use my connections and secure one of the local papers to write a brief article about the Houston Rockets free basketball tournament. Also, I participate in a community service event with the Rockets. My mentor and I attended a local food bank and pack boxes of food to the elderly. It was a great feeling to offer my time and give back to the community.