Site Visits

The site visits for our program have been very beneficial while at the same time being problematic. The goal was to spend a day each week at an international company and ask questions about their communication based on the Professional Writing Committee's Communication in the Workplace (CIW) report. 

In the planning stages, AIFS agreed to arrange two visits and I was responsible for two.  Over the last year, I networked with my contacts and corresponded with multiple companies and got agreements from four locations. Unfortunately, one fell through before we left the US. And two, Detica and SAS, had to back out once we arrived in the UK. At this point, we have finished two successful site visits to Keane (that I arranged) and Ramboll (that AIFS arranged). Despite the changes, we are able to readjust our schedule and make changes to our assignment while still maintaining the integrity and rigour of the course.

We were scheduled to go on a site visit this morning arranged by AIFS. However, it has been rescheduled to next Wednesday. On Tuesday, we are going on a behind the scenes tour of the Olympic site thanks to Dylan's father. We are counting the Olympic visit as our fourth site visit.

Although our visits may not have gone precisely as planned, they have been and will continue to be a valuable part of this program.