The National Association of Manufacturers

Monday, August 2, 2010

Summer InternshipRobin Prywes and Meghan French

Major Projects:• Formatted article for Robert C. Byrd Institute

• Attended trade forums, daily communications meetings and all-staff NAM meetings

• Coordinated the Exports Press Briefing

• Designed display cases for the NAM lobby

• Contributed to the briefing book for Governor Engler’s CNBC “Squawk Box” appearance

• Handled the distribution of Member Focus, Manufacturing Strategies, election posters, and the Council on Competitiveness letters

• Writing tasks: Drafted press release, letters to the editor, and cover letters

Office Duties

Created and updated Media Lists for:• Business Bloggers

• Frequently called reporters

• State wide lists for the senate races

• Manufacturing

• Immigration

• Trade

• Editorial

• Energy

• Economic

Media Lists

Coffee with Matt Murray of Roll Call to discuss HR/labor policy and key concerns of manufacturers

Elections Briefing featuring National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen.

Lunch with Anne Schroeder Mullins of Politico

Emerging Media Research Council's first Member Briefing- “Creating a Digital Campaign”

Intern meeting with Governor Engler

Coffee with Emmanuel Touhey, comment editor for The Hill

Lunch with Governor Engler

NAM Picnic

Lunch with Jay Timmons

Office Outings

Twitter:• Designed concept for Twitter background

Social Media

• Created Twitter accounts for key NAM staff

• Created discussions on LinkedIn and on Facebook

• Created entire page of slides on SlideShare

Social Media

• “Made in America” lists of companies that manufacture in America

• Articles on healthcare rulings, Export-import banks, the Murkowski amendment, the

re-emerging manufacturing sector and the Disclose Act

• Found R&D and GDP charts used in the Manufacturing Strategy

• Tracked news on President Obama’s speech to the Nation on BP’s oil spill

Research

Schedule

6/10:Dukes of Haphazzard

6/17:The Moonshiners

6/24:Open Hand Slap

7/1: Lounging Johnsons

7/15: Blue Dogs

7/22: The Hapsters

Run Manufacturers

Thanks NAM for a Great Summer!