Holman’s Post

Fond memories triggered by all these National Intern Day posts! Looking back on my intern days (over 20 years ago, eek), I am so grateful for the experiences I had with two different companies/organizations, both still going strong today. 👏 Shout out to the folks at the Wisconsin Innovation Service Center at UWW for giving students amazing, real-world experiences in research, product development and go-to-market strategy! 👏 And another shout out to Palmer Hamilton (formerly Palmer Synder Furniture) for enabling me all those years ago to digitize their contract records, and create a database with renewal alerts - all before I even knew what a CRM system was! To see how much the company has changed in 20 years is a great example of adaptation and strategy at work! Each of those experiences helped me build a foundation for skills I still use today and gave me exposure to the types of work I love. And when I had interns on my team, those experiences shaped my style of leadership - to give them real, challenging projects (and feedback), to provide exposure to other professionals and leaders, and to give as much business context for what they were doing as possible. And most importantly - to give them room to share ideas and to actually listen to them! Get after it interns, you'll do great things!

What does life look like as a Patterson intern? Watch this video to hear about all of the incredible work our summer interns did during their time here. #WeArePatterson

Working with Anglin PR this summer has given me some valuable insight in the communications industry. One thing the firm stresses is to never stop learning. Read the article below to hear about what I’ve learned about post-grad growth in the marketing and PR world!

Our summer intern is quickly learning the ins and outs of the business!!

Summer is intern season. But why should that matter to you as a leader? It means young and (questionably) fashionable college students are wandering the office. And trying to figure out how to use the printer. More than that, they’re trying to figure out what they want to do with “the rest of their lives." While these twenty-somethings want to learn from your company, there’s an opportunity here for you to seek out their insight and perspective. You can learn from your interns. The younger generation offers a fresh outlook on life and work. They’re eager, wise, and have more to offer than just an afternoon coffee run. In fact, they could be in charge one day. Here’s my challenge to you this summer: Take your interns out to lunch. Stay curious, ask them questions, and be open to their worldview and feedback. Most importantly, pick up the bill. Summer is intern season, but the real opportunity is for you to be a student.

Our summer interns hit the books and penned an awesome blog about the top 7 promotional products that are all the rage with Generation Z! 🔥✨ Discover the must-have items that will keep your brand trendy and relevant. Get the scoop now on our blog: https://lnkd.in/eTAf3QwC #newblog #nowtrending #genz #summerinternship #promotionalmarketing #promotionalproducts #toptrends

Very exciting news from my 📗 🐛:

Great opportunity to get Multi family acquisition exposure and financial analysis exposure.

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With the semester underway, I wanted to be sure that I highlight the wonderful experience I had interning at fairlife this summer! If you’ve spoken to me anytime within the last four months, I very likely mentioned how great of a time I was having, but here’s a quick recap just in case. I worked as the Channel & Customer Strategy Intern, under the management of the awesome Rebecca Cohen. I learned more about large grocery stores than I thought I ever could (just ask my college friends – we can no longer take a trip to the store without me sharing some fun facts about how they run)! In this role, I created insight-rich slides for 2024 plans, utilized my Excel skills to develop charts and calculations, helped create slides for the sales team to use in conversations with retailers, built summary Mekko charts, went on market/store visits to observe consumers and understand how a product gets to shelf, and learned how to use both Numerator and Nielsen IQ Discover to pull some really interesting reports. I also took a trip to the National Restaurant Association Show in McCormick Place, where I learned all how CPG companies develop, test, and market new products. In my main project, I made strategic recommendations based on data and insights as to how fairlife can compete with the growth of competitors. The final report was over 60 slides long and covered multiple topics, and I was so proud to present it to multiple teams within the company. HUGE thanks to Rebecca Cohen – her leadership and openness made my experience 100 times better, and I loved how many projects she involved me in. Thank you as well to Lauren Sellers, who planned a one-of-a-kind internship experience. (Our onboarding week was a blast, and I loved being able to travel to Coopersville and see a plant in person!) My team (Dean Weber, MBA, Dawn Helle-Peck, and Chris Ohmstede) were always supportive and taught me so much about the differences between all the channels. Ashley Lecheler and Eileen Thanner both gave great advice throughout the span of my internship and were always available to answer questions I had. In general, thank you to the WHOLE team at fairlife, LLC – it truly was the greatest internship experience I could have asked for. Finally, thank you to Andrew Bryant, who encouraged me to apply for this internship – you said that you thought I’d enjoy it, and you were right! Internship applications are open now! If you have questions about my experience, I’d love to chat more about it!