I Left My Heart in San Francisco

This post is way late, but I still wanted to share. This fall I had an awesome opportunity to attend the PRSSA National Conference! The conference was held in San Francisco and like my title hinted, the theme was, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". 

For anyone that doesn't know, PRSSA stands for Public Relations Student Society of America. I am currently the secretary of the chapter here at BYU-Idaho. PRSSA is a great experience because it is a national society and is the student society for the much larger, Public Relations Society of America. Each year they hold competitions, regional conferences and national conference all for the student members of PRSSA. In addition, all of the chapters across the nation work on public relation campaigns for their communities. 

Anyway, this was the gang! Just the five of us went to San Francisco this year and it was a blast. We got to learn from professionals across the country including Biz Stone (Co-Founder of Twitter), Emma Shiflet (Recruiting Coordinator at Edelman), Tim Westergren (Founder of Pandora), and soo many more! Hearing their messages were inspirational. Biz Stone spoke about making your own success. He related his high school experiences with sports to the founding of Twitter. Tim Westergren explained that the creation of pandora came only after he spent a lifetime as a musician and hanging out with musicians. he simply wanted a way to help them be heard! Lastly, Emma Shiflet and so many representatives from PR firms taught me the most. The main message I received was to be aggressive when it comes to job searching and how to do that. 

The conference was only a few days so unfortunately we could not do everything, but we got to have some fun in San Fran besides learning. 

As you can see, we got to see the Golden Gate Bridge! We went to Ghirradelli Square and ate the most delicious pumkin spice chocolates! And we were able to see China Town. 

Funny story about China Town...we only got to eat there once so we had to pick the best place! Soo, we looked online for the best reviews and found this tiny little restaurant that was tucked away upstairs in this old building. I am so sad because I can't even remember the name, but when we walked in, there was literally a audible pause in conversation as every person in the restaurant looked at us strangely. We were the only white people there and obviously not many of us went to that restaurant. Haha Then when we sat down, the waitress made sure to help everyone that was asian before us, even if they walked in after us! How rude! But other than the discrimination, the food was absolutely delicious! I am glad we were able to find a hole in the wall place in China Town!

Anyway, there you have it! A very brief summary of my first trip to San Francisco. Thanks for reading:)