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Internship Handbook

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Table of Contents

Message from the Executive

Director

THIS IS YOUR CONFERENCE

ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS ARE RUN WITH YOUR HELP!

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So, you want to be an Intern…

The NLC Internship program was developed in 2004 by then Business Professionals of America National Post-Secondary President Dan Lynch. Since its inception the NLC Intern program has seen many changes and growth. In 2006 the in-tern program registration moved from paper to paperless with the creation of the Online Regis-tration System for Interns which was developed by Brenda Jacobsen and hosted by Idaho State University. During that conference 216 BPA mem-bers assisted behind the scenes in various posi-tions including the registration desk, working with the national staff and setting up for the gen-eral sessions. In 2010 the Intern Registration Sys-tem was integrated into the Business Profession-als of America online registration system and members and advisors now have a one stop shop where they are now able to register for, change and edit their own internship hours and Leader-ship Academy registration.

2004 First NLC Intern Program

2005 CA, Intern Dress code was established. Interns on duty should wear white shirts and black pants or skirts

2006 FL, Online Registration system for Intern Program went live, Super Interns were added to the internship choices

2007 NYC, Super Intern to the CEO was added

2009 TX, Super Intern to the National Officer Team was developed

2010 CA, NLC Internship Registration was inte-grated into the national online registration sys-tem of BPA

“This experience

was like no other.

I learned team

building and lead-

ership experience.

Meeting new people

was the most excit-

ing part!”

—Creyana Towner,

Intern 2013

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INTERNS HAVE A CAN DO ATTITUDE

Super Interns

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NLC INTERNSHIP IS A STUDENT-LED PROGRAM

Dress Code

White Shirts

Black pants or skirts

Your BPA Conference Name Badge

AND

Your Intern Badge

My experience interning led me to

do great things with BPA. I served as

a photography intern in Washington,

DC. I got to see a whole new side of

BPA, meet people from around the

country, and sharpen my photog-

raphy skills.

After intern-

ing in Wash-

ington, DC in

2011, I decid-

ed to run for

a National

Office in Chi-

cago, and

spent a won-

derful year

serving as

your National

Post-Secondary Secretary-Treasurer

in Orlando. My internship experience

opened a world of possibilities for

me, and deepened my love of BPA.

I hope that future interns are as in-

spired as I was to continue their in-

volvement in BPA. My intern experi-

ence was just the start to many ca-

reer opening opportunities.

Interning Leads to Opportunity

Shayla Jackson-Martin 2012-2013

National Post-Secondary

Secretary/Treasurer

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CREATE AN ULTIMATE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

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INTERNS STEP UP

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