The Event

So I've been interning at the LDS Public Affairs office. I started about three weeks before this event. The World Affairs Council invited President Uchtdorf (one of the main leaders of our Church) to speak at a dinner. Our job was to get the word out to the LDS community and to invite as many public opinion leaders as possible. We had about 20 Consuls General in attendance along with religious leaders of other faiths.

I worked up a beautiful excel document so that we knew who was invited to which reception, and then if we were paying for them or now, and then the seating chart. It was a pain.

I also had to call around 800 people to "make sure they had the information" and get it to them along with instructions. It was a lot of phone calling. But I got to talk to some fun people (and some who weren't as fun). It was a lot of work.

The event was last Thursday and it was amazing. So stressful, but amazing. Pres Uchtdorf was amazing and everything ran smoothly. And I looked amazing in the vintage dress I stole form my mother's closet.