{"id":1410,"date":"2019-08-02T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/news\/my-internship-experience-with-afe"},"modified":"2024-03-26T14:59:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:59:46","slug":"my-internship-experience-with-afe","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/my-internship-experience-with-afe","title":{"rendered":"My Internship Experience with AFE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>By Shanley King, AFE Communications Intern<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Shanleypic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11721\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flowers. I thought I knew all there was to know about them. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Some make me sneeze. They can be arranged together or alone, and people buy them for apologies, decoration, well-wishes, romance, congratulations or no reason at all. However, there\u2019s a lot more to flowers than an occasion, a few hometown florists, or a store-bought bouquet. AFE opened my eyes to this, and the entire floral industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Shanley and I\u2019m a rising senior majoring in Communication Design at Elon University. My expertise in flowers and flower-growing goes about as far as the next non-gardener. What\u2019s the opposite of a green thumb? But not long into my summer internship at AFE, I realized that this was quite alright. There are many more people in this field than I thought who are doing their part to ensure the future of flowers and the floral industry, especially American Floral Endowment. When I tell others who I work for I get a lot of questions. \u201cWho are they?\u201d \u201cWhat do they do?\u201d They, like me, had no idea an entity in the flower industry existed \u2013 but that\u2019s the kind of problem I was employed to help fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/IMG_6951-e1565199296501-167x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11769\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AFE is a non-profit that raises funds to provide plant and flower research, customer market research, internships, scholarships, educational and research grants, and more to the floral industry. What better way to practice what they preach than by hiring an intern like myself to further disseminate their mission? This is one of many ways I learned AFE pursues their passion for aiding the industry. I\u2019ve seen Debi, Candice and Ashley all work extremely hard to make AFE what the industry needs it to be. They prove to be successful as they continue to produce educational resources and young professionals and students participate in their programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon arrival in June, I was met with a welcoming and professional office environment in beautiful Alexandria, VA. AFE provided all the necessary tools to complete each project and I was given the kind of space and creative freedom I needed. Debi often approached me with fun ideas and made sure I was doing the kind of work I wanted more experience in. I received helpful feedback on my designs, was challenged to improve upon my design process and be more diligent with my work. Along the way, I learned a lot about the floral industry and all of its moving parts. I never realized how often these flower gurus gather to share research, products, information, and innovations. On top of that, I didn\u2019t know the industry was even big enough to do that at all, let alone multiple times a year. AFE is not only reaching out and connecting with different faces in the industry through their online presence but also with their physical presence at these conventions, fundraisers and various gatherings. Their initiatives and dedication really speak to how important they feel flowers are to life, and I don\u2019t know where the industry would be without them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Shanley1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11722\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working with American Floral Endowment this summer has been a wonderful learning experience. I now have more experience with non-profits in a professional office environment, creating graphic content under deadlines and now, writing, too. I was met with everything I could have asked for in an internship and value the lessons I\u2019ve learned. I\u2019m thrilled to have connected with the team at AFE and I\u2019m excited to see how far AFE\u2019s reach can extend. Power to the flowers.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","news-categories":[50,31,29,44],"class_list":["post-1410","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-categories-internship","news-categories-latest-news","news-categories-news","news-categories-student"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My Internship Experience with AFE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shanley King, AFE Communications Intern. Flowers. I thought I knew all there was to know about them. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and...Shanley King, AFE Communications Intern. Flowers. I thought I knew all there was to know about them. 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